Gahm Mi Oak

A friend with an extensive knowledge on Korean food suggested we go to Gahm Mi Oak for some selected authentic Korean dishes--dishes that are just as good as in the homeland.

Must dish:

Sul Long Tang, a snowy white ox-bone soup with white rice and white noodle, accompanied with scallion, salt and pepper on the side. A clear yet beefy flavored broth with thinly slices of beef. Add salt as you go. Next: Abai Soon Dae korean style pork sausage, steamed. Texture similar to a healthy version of a light meatloaf minus the bread crumbs, add in some rice vermicelli served in diagonal slices. Steamed intestines and cattle stomach were accompanied.

Gahm Mi Oak gets it right. It emphasizes and practices healthy Korean cooking, the way it should be. None of that fried stuff. You don't need the load of oil/ fat to accentuate food to satisfy the taste buds. If need compared, Gahm Mi Oak makes the usage of oil from conventional restaurants/ fast food joints look like the Hades of Grease, as Gahm Mi Oak would be portrayed as a monastery for capturing the simple and minimalistic approach to good eating.

So if there is anything we've learned today, kids, is that: Tasty food come steamed too. Who'd ever thought?


Gahm Mi Oak 43 W 32nd St # 1 New York, NY 10001 (212) 695-4113

Sarge’s Deli & Restaurant

Dined at Sarge’s for less than an hour—45 minutes to be exact. A Jewish deli with an enormous restaurant menu—that should be cut down since they lack pedigree on the basics. The pastrami and rye was standard deli fare—similar prototype from your corner deli for lunch with half the price. The pastrami was thinly sliced through the machine slicer, which lost the essence of the carnivorous characteristic. Personally, pastrami should be carved by hand; nothing beats the thick and uneven slabs of meat as you sink your teeth and tear into the flesh. Aside from the lackluster food, Sarge’s tawdry façade claims to portray Old New York time warp. But in reality it’s rundown and tacky. Something you can expect from a tourist trap but worse. Décor for a deli is not important; food is, but Sarge’s is flawed on both.

That said, Sarge’s can not, thus should not be ranked in the New York deli elite category—it’s not practical. Given that it is 24 hours, Sarge’s can possibly and literally be the last place to get your pastrami fix--thats of course when all the delis are closed for the night.

548 3rd Ave New York, NY 10016 (212) 679-0442