Restaurant Review: Fuku+

Details: Located at 15 W. 56th Street, First Floor, New York, NY 10019. Official site is https://fukuplus.momofuku.com/

Fuku+ is a small bar under the Momofuku brand name. There’s some seating, but not a lot.

I came here to try their spicy fried chicken sandwich and fries. The spicy fried chicken sandwich costs eight dollars and consists of a friend chicken patty (tasted like dark meat) with pickles on a potato bun. It came with their Ssam sauce on the side, which mostly tasted like Korean gochujang sauce. I kind of wish they had some mayo or aioli type sauce on the sandwich, but it was fine even though the sandwich itself had no sauce on it. Fries were three dollars and average.

Overall, this is just your standard bar food. Nothing extraordinary, nor do I think it was intended as such. Just your average small bar inside a hotel. Additionally, there’s a Momofuku Milk Bar in front of the place, but bring credit card if you want some dessert because that’s all they take.

Score: 5.2/10

Restaurant Review: Steak ‘n Shake

Details: Located at 1695 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. The official site is https://www.steaknshake.com/

As far as I know, this is the only Steak ‘n Shake in New York City. A friend from the midwest was extolling the virtues of this place so I decided to give it a try.

Restaurant Review: In-N-Out Burger

Details: Located at 3102 Sports Arena Blvd, San Diego, CA 92110. The official site is http://www.in-n-out.com/

I’ve finally visited the much vaunted In-N-Out Burger. As an east coaster, I’ve never really had the chance to try In-N-Out.

I ordered the Double-Double (cheeseburger with two beef patties, lettuce, tomato, and mayo) and the animal style fries (“secret” but not so secret fries topped with chopped grilled onions and a thousand island type sauce). The burger was under $4.00 and the fries were under $4.00, too.

When it comes to burgers, Shake Shack is usually the hamburger I use to compare with other burgers and currently my favorite fast casual burger in New York. Compared to Shake Shack, the Shake Shack burger comes out slightly on top. The fries were about as good as Shake Shack.

However, when considering the price, In-N-Out is easily superior to Shake Shack. Everything at Shake Shack costs around five to ten dollars. The fact that In-N-Out can price a fast casual burger and fries at under four dollars a piece is nothing more than miraculous.

Overall, the taste and quality of the burger and fries at Shake Shack and In-N-Out are about the same. When price is considered however, In-N-Out is clearly far better than Shake Shack. It’s a shame then that In-N-Out is a west coast thing and will likely not be coming to the east coast in the future to compete with Shake Shack.

Score: 7.5/10

Restaurant Review: Burger & Lobster

Details: Located at 39 West 19th St., New York, NY 10011. Official site is http://www.burgerandlobster.com/home/

Burger & Lobster. It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s a restaurant that serves only burgers and lobster. It’s a short menu They let you put some lobster on your burger or they put the lobster onto a roll (lobster roll). You could just get a lobster. You could just get a burger. Or, you could put lobster on your burger. They also have fries and salad for side dishes.

The main thing that they seem to encourage is the one pound lobster with a six ounce burger for $33. It comes with fries, a small salad and a saucer of lemon herb butter. While I would love to expound upon how they put some unique twist on burgers and lobsters, they did not. It’s just a pretty good burger with a lobster, either steamed or grilled.

Despite the straightforward nature of the food, I was very happy eating here. I love burgers. I love lobster. Put them together and I am a happy camper. There’s something to be said for just giving a person what they want, all on the same plate.

Our group generally just ordered the lobster and burger for $33. A friend got a lobster roll, which was good. The food wasn’t extraordinary, it was just good.

The space was fairly large and roomy.

The service was fine.

Score: 7/10  Additionally, I ate the whole saucer of butter they gave. I dipped my lobster in it, I dipped my burger in it, and I dipped my fries in it. At the end, the saucer ran dry.