After-Work Dinner: Buddha Bar

Greetings Meetuppers!

Please join us at BUDDHA BAR for dinner on July 25th at 8PM! The capacity is for 8 people including myself. Because of the limited capacity, I am collecting $5 (via Paypal) which, unlike previous meetups, is NOT refundable.

Thanks,

Komal
Meetup Organizer

BUDDHA BAR

25 Little West 12th St, New York 10014
Btwn Washington St & 9th Ave
Phone: [masked]

Excerpt from Hipguide.com:

Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr is taking over the MPD. Down the block from his Buddakan is his partnership with Iron Chef alum Masaharu Morimoto. And thank heavens the two stepped in to finally do something with this space in the Chelsea Market, which was once supposed to become Buddha Bar (remember the non-opening, opening party we threw years ago? No, we don?t either; it was so long ago.) Needless to say, now that these two brilliant minds plus architect Tadao Ando have taken over, it?s a 24 seat sushi bar, 8 seat omakase table, 160 dining room seats and we just love the 17,000 Tynant water bottles in the 40 seat lounge. Enough numbers for you? We expect another one to be the number of, what else, stars, they get for the excellent raw fish. Fortunately the only digits you need to know are for your credit card and the reservations line.

Excerpt from Citysearch.com: http://newyork.cityse...

Editorial Review for Buddha Bar NYC ? by Justin Hartung

The Scene

America brought Euro-Disney to the French, and now they've returned the gesture with this enormous Asian-themed restaurant and bar hailing from Paris. Beyond a circular tunnel lined with golden statues lie three massive adjoining rooms, separated by columns of rolled-up wooden mats and decked with red chandeliers, large teak tables and dragons coiled around heating pipes. A towering Buddha beams under a huge skylight. Meatpacking hotties and business-dinner parties are part of the show, especially in the glassed-in smoking room.

The Food

The pan-Asian cuisine fares better than expected for a factory-sized restaurant. Starters of chicken samosas are flaky and addictive, but thinly sliced scallops and sea bream saduchi suffer from overly similar lemon sauces. And while a too-sweet sauce mires braised short ribs and sliced rib-eye, both squeak by as high-end comfort food. Buttery sablefish with crisp greens in a robust miso needs no such qualifications. Desserts, including a curiously soapy iced-tea mousse, make for an anticlimactic ending.

Insider Tips:

What to Drink

The Saketini ($15), though a bit too sweet, brims with fresh cucumber flavor. For a splurge, try a bottle of the hard-to-find J pinot noir ($65).
Know Before You Go

The Extras

Purchase the restaurant's own mix CDs at the kiosk near the coat check.

Additional Links to check out:

Buddha Bar homepage: www.buddhabarnyc.com

Buddha Bar menu:

http://www.menupages....

*NOTE: INDIVIDUAL CHECKS WILL BE PROVIDED