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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 2:28 pm
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NYC Restaurant Recommendations?

Any recommendations for Sat night dinner in general times square area? Staying at the Westin Times Square.

Would love something with an asian influence, or nouvelle but not fussy ...

we're on somewhat of a low carb regime so pasta etc is out ...
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 2:43 pm
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Post this same query on the Manhattan board at http://www.chowhound.com and you'll get tons of responses.

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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 2:56 pm
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Sushi - http://www.minado.com/
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 3:13 pm
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Tao.

No exactly Times Square but a short 5 minute taxi.
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 3:28 pm
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Redeye Grill on the northwest corner of 7th Avenue and West 56th Street (about a frigid - but neat - 15 minute walk uptown from Times Square). It's not an Asian specialry restaurant, but it's got phenomenal sushi.
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 3:30 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SJU Abogado:
Redeye Grill on the northwest corner of 7th Avenue and West 56th Street (about a frigid - but neat - 15 minute walk uptown from Times Square). It's not an Asian specialry restaurant, but it's got phenomenal sushi.</font>
And it has a website, to boot:
http://www.redeyegrill.com/

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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 3:36 pm
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Ruby Foos is an Asian place in the general area. Pretty interesting place along the lines of what you want.
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 6:20 pm
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Good (not spectacular) Chinese at Ollie's Noodle Shop and Grill - 200 W. 44 Street

Lots of non-noodle meat, poultry and seafood dishes if you want to avoid the rice and wheat content in the noodles.
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 11:09 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by auh2o:
Tao.

No exactly Times Square but a short 5 minute taxi.
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auh2o, just checked the menu out for this place and it looks very good! I'll have to try it out if I decide to burn a free weekend in NYC.

http://www.taorestaurant.com/
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 11:37 pm
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Wu5 Liang2 Ye4, on 48th Street.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 9:51 am
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For Asian trendy, you can try the Blue Fin at the W. A bit pricy but it is a fun ambience.

If you like Thai food, I love Pongsri on 48th near 8th Ave. May not look too fancy but it is delicious.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 10:34 am
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Also another trendy Asian outift would be 66. At 241 Church Street not anywhere near TS. Vong on 200 E 54th would be Thai food of the same chef. Chef rarely on location for booth IMHO. Chef being Jean Georges.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 10:37 am
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Don't know whether 'A Dish of Salt' is still around, but I ate three outstanding meals there during a few month stint about five years ago.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 12:10 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Arcolaio99:
Also another trendy Asian outift would be 66. At 241 Church Street not anywhere near TS. Vong on 200 E 54th would be Thai food of the same chef. Chef rarely on location for booth IMHO. Chef being Jean Georges.</font>
Good suggestions, I havent been to Vong for a while but it was really very good some years ago. Heard some good buzz on 66 also. His restaurants are generally pretty upscale but these are on the low end of his places compared to his flagship restaurant, Jean George. Im a fan of Ollies too. It isnt fancy but pretty good and cheap.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 3:14 pm
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Blue Fin. On top of the W hotel in Time Square. The only place non-tourists will go in Time Square area.
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