sobaKoh and milk bar

On Tuesday night I joined Ramen and Friends for SobaKoh night. SobaKoh is a small, tidy, and modern Japanese Soba shop. We were a large group and basically took over the entire place. I had the soba soup with yuba. Yuba is tofu skin, and has a very interesting texture, sort of like a very thin omlette. My soup was very tasty. The soba was delicate with a good texture, and the broth had a nice soy flavor. The yuba had a delicate texture, and was a good compliment to the soba. It's important to note that the flavors are very subtle and gentle, but I like this. I did add a little bit of the hot pepper provided at the table to give it a little more zip. I don't know what authentic soba is supposed to tastse like, so I can't vouch for the authenticity. I don't often crave soba, so I'm not sure I'll race back, but it's a good place to keep in mind for a quiet, fairly healthy Japanese meal in the east village. I don't have any pictures but check out http://ramenandfriends.com/for the scoop.

For dessert we walked over to Milk Bar, which is the famous David Chang sweets joint. Cookies, cakes, pies, 'milks', soft-serve, flavored butters...this place had a crazy assortment of treats. I was very tempted to take home some of the kimchi butter but I decided to leave that for another time, because I was focused on dessert. I was quite full from dinner but I still ordered three cookies to take home since I wanted to bring a couple back for Mark to try. I ended up with the compost cookie, marshmallow, cornflake, and choco chip cookie, and the chocolate chocolate cookie. I was really excited to try these, as I've read countless mentions of milk bar across the internets and it was featured on Martha Stewart's show. I have to say that the compost and mashmallow cookies were actually too sweet and buttery for me. I adore cookies and frequently bake, so this is really saying something. The butter made them a bit greasy, and combined with the sweetness it was just too much to take. Mark and I decided that the chocolate chocolate cookie was the winner. It had a rich chocolate flavor, and wasn't too buttery. But, as Mark pointed out, it could have used a bit more salt to really let the chocolate pop. If I have a chance to return to Milk Bar, I'd probably try the crack pie, and maybe the cereal milk, and take one of those chocolate cookies to go!

it was a fun night, I always enjoy the Ramen and Friends outings. It is a diverse group of people, and they are fun and friendly!