Restaurant Review: Noodle Cafe Zen or Zen 6 Ramen Gyoza House (not sure, but the address is 31 St. Mark’s Place, NYC)

I’m trying to find the official site or an updated picture for this place, but it’s kind of confusing since all the websites refer to Zen 6 or Noodle Cafe Zen. Either way, had dinner had 31 St. Mark’s Place.

It’s a Japanese restaurant. Had some of there ramen (not a huge fan and I think most ramen tastes the same so no point naming the specific kind), ramen burger, and the beef don. The food was pretty crap. We didn’t order sushi, but it is 50% off… sort of. Not sure what the conditions are.

Score: 4/10 Did not enjoy.

Official site: Not sure if http://www.noodlecafezen.com/ or http://zen6ny.com/

Restaurant Review: Lucky Cat (upper east side, NYC)

Wandered around last night with a group of ten and looking for ramen on the upper east side. Totto was full. Hide ramen upstairs was also full. Luckily we found Lucky Cat.

It was late so they had the room for us. It’s a satisfactory, if simple space.

Service was okay.

Prices were all right. Around ten bucks for plates. Skewers were around two to three bucks a piece.

We ordered a lot. We had one of their shabu shabu dishes (mountain of meat cooked in soup right at the table), some pork belly skewers, yakisoba (stir fry noodles), most of their varieties of soup ramen, and the pork belly tacos.

It was all right. Not everything was that good. I don’t recommend the Yakisoba. Ramen… is self explanatory. I place it in the same category of food as Mexican food, Italian food, curry, etc. It’s good when you want it, but it’s not complex and there isn’t a higher degree of satisfaction you can derive from such a simple dish. Pork belly tacos were pretty good, too.

Score: 6.5 Pretty good. Not everything on the menu is great. I’d stick with ramen and skewers.

Offical site: http://www.luckycatnyc.com/