Restaurant Review: Kaya NYC

Details: I went to the holiday stall on the south side of Bryant Park in New York City. The official site is http://www.kayanyc28.com/

Came here for lunch one day. They serve Taiwanese style bao, which is meat wrapped in a soft, Chinese bun and topped with sauce and some vegetables.

I ordered the combo, which was two baos and Taiwanese popcorn chicken. I ordered the chicken bao and the pork belly bao.

To be perfectly honest, the baos were pretty bad. I’ve been to Baohaus and other places with these kinds of baos and these baos were some of the worst. The popcorn chicken was okay.

Score: 3.5/10 I do not recommend this place.

Resturant Review: McGee’s Restaurant & Pub (55th St., NYC)

McGee’s is the bar that inspired the bar in the show How I Met Your Mother. Came here for drinks after work.

Beer… is beer. Not much to say about that. Someone ordered a martini. They said it was all right.

We ordered some food; the popcorn shrimp, McGee’s Zesty Wings, the pulled pork sandwich, and the shepherd’s pie. It was all less than mediocre. It was barely decent bar food.

I will say that the interior is nice. Surprisingly roomy and with a nice comfortable feeling.

The service was fine.

Score: 5.0/10 I don’t recommend coming here. It’s mainly a bar for tourists who watched How I Met Your Mother. The food was meh. The setting was surprisingly quiet. Maybe come here just to hang out.

Official site: http://mcgeespubny.com/