Eating Out New York City - Day 2 (American, Continental, Malaysian)

The two cities in US that I have always loved to visit and never got bored are NYC and Las Vegas. Beside the hustle and Bustle the food definitely is the main attraction. On this week long visit to NYC my boys upfront decided that highlight of this trip is going to be checking out several NYC restaurants.









The morning of Day 2 started with a beautiful view out the window of millenium hotel at 1 UN plaza (1st Ave and 44th). We had a view of Hudson river/ UN building on one side and the Manhattan skyline on the other. We highly recommend the hotel for the value it offers and the close proximity to all the points of interests. Hot American Breakfast buffet at the hotel dinning room "Ambassador" was very good too.

We walked down to MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) and decided to go to the Time Warner Building to try Buchon Bakery owned by famous Chef of "Per Se" (number one rated restaurant in NYC by some, where reservation may take a month advance notice) Thomas Keller. Buchon Bakery is on the second floor of Time Warner Building where Per Se is on the thrid floor.




MOMA





Columbus Circle




Bouchon Bakery
10 Cloumbus Circle
2nd floor Time Warner Center (Cross from cloumbus Circle)
RECOMMENDED

We had a quiche, ham and chees grilled sandwich and the braised chicken soup.
The quiche was excellent so was the sandwich the bread but the soup was too salty.

After lunch we just walked cross the street to the Central park a took a nap under the tree ;)













Time Square NYC July 8th 2009










Fatty Crab Upper West Side
2170 Broadway
(between 76th and 77th)
New York, NY 10024
ph: 212.496.CRAB
NOT RECOMMENDED

Zak Pelaccio, chef of 5 Ninth and its newly opened Malaysian spinoff, Fatty Crab, was a true disappointment. We had seen great reviews on some places including gayot.com and seemed like it is the newest craze in NYC. The food was very basic Malaysian cooking with LOTS of Salt. When we mentioned to our waitress she claimed food was savory... ha ha ha .. not salty.

Any way the boys enjoyed the japaneses bubble drink more then the food. The Nasi Lamak that we ordered was Ok and the soft shell crabs were good. (How can one go wrong with a deep fried soft shell crab? Well fatty crab did.. by adding extra salt to the batter)

Fatty Sliders | mini pork & beef burgers were juicy and falvored with herbs (lemon grass?)and the Chinese Broccoli w/ Salted Fish had too much soy sauce. When cooked with salty fish.. do u really need soy sauce?

May be if someone asks for less salt when ordering the food may taste better, but why bother.