1. Khe-Yo
8.5
157 Duane Street (btwn Hudson St & W Broadway), New York, NY
Asian Restaurant · Tribeca · 142 tips and reviews
SavorySweetLive Margaret: Love the grilled black bass, bamboo grilled ginger quail and the Duck salad!
Eater: The menu includes things like crunchy coconut rice with sausage, bamboo grilled quail, duck laap, spare ribs, grilled chicken, and pork belly with quail egg. A really fun restaurant for date night.
Sam Scott: Must try: Bamboo Ginger Quail, Chili Prawns, Berkshire Spare Ribs. Tread lightly in the bang-bang sauce 🥘
Joseph: The Roof Garden has a new exhibit made entirely out of bamboo and it is still growing. A guided tour, running every half-hour takes you up on this bamboo exhibit. It will be running until October 2010
nymag: The vibe changes every year at this rooftop bar atop the Met. This season, check out the Starn brothers' labyrinthine bamboo installation: a sculpture you can climb—if you buy a ticket and wear flats. Read more.
John Saeyong Ra: No more Big Bamboo but still a great place to chill out. You will feel like you are floating on top of central park.
3. Hide-Chan Ramen
8.2
248 E 52nd St (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Turtle Bay · 317 tips and reviews
Sparkie: Thu.–Fri. until 4 a.m.; Sat.–Mon. until 11:30 p.m. Order: Zen-Nose Deluxe ramen, with extra char-siu pork, egg, pollack roe, spinach, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, onions, scallions, and nori seaweed.
Sparkie: Order: Zen-Nose Deluxe ramen, with extra char-siu pork, egg, pollack roe, spinach, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, onions, scallions, and nori seaweed.
Kyu Yang: Don't get the pork buns. Do get any ramen. Imo I don't like anything that gets in the way of the taste of the noodles or broth. So I would recommend not to add the karage mushrooms n bamboo shoots
5. Red Bamboo
8.4
140 W 4th St (btwn 6th Ave & MacDougal St), New York, NY
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 177 tips and reviews
Jamel Malik: The Roti Canai and Bamboo Nuggets are great appetizers.
The Corcoran Group: If you like fake meat, then this is going to be your Shangri-La! You must try the Dragonfly Dumplings, the Caribbean Jerk Spiced Seitan and the Bamboo Nuggets!
Tim Crook: Soul vegetarian restaurant. They have tons of "meat" dishes. Faux, obviously, its the best you'll ever have. The Soul Chicken Sandwich and the buffalo wings are incredible.
6. Congee Village 粥之家
8.2
100 Allen St (at Delancey St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Lower East Side · 217 tips and reviews
Chino W.: house special garlic chicken, salt & pepper calamari, minced pork congee, chicken & mushroom bamboo rice
Chino W.: Try the Chicken & Shitake Mushroom Bamboo Rice
Winnie: Delicious authentic chinese food. Get the rice cooked in bamboo!
Lauren Gardner: must try the fried eel, soup dumplings, bamboo and mushrooms and scallion pancakes
Noah Landow: get soup dumplings and bamboo shoots.
Anna Frenkel: Scallion pankcakes - SO GOOD. Also: bamboo shoots, pork soup dumplings, pan fried noodles w/ chicken or beef.
Untapped Cities: If you don't end up with 2-3 times as many bamboo baskets as you have people at your table, you're doing it wrong. Want a good seat? Come early on Sunday morning... it fills up quicker than you will. Read more.
Get My Grub On! www.getmygrubon.co: Pretty good for outside Asia and they have all the ladies with the rolling wagons around. Beancurd skin with crunchy bamboo shoot were my favorite.
Melody Han: Dim sum gets super busy around 11am on weekends, but worth the wait to come at noon when they bust out the goodies: snails, clams, tripe (along with the usual dumplings and shumai). So cheap, too!
12. Tori Shin
8.0
362 W 53rd St (btwn 8th & 9th Ave), New York, NY
Japanese Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 96 tips and reviews
Dahlia Bock: The omakase is a must do. And make sure you ask for the grilled bamboo shoots and the chicken oysters and the pork belly wrapped tomatoes
Alan M.: Hands down, the best Yakitori in New York. Sit down in front of Chef Kano, ask for the omakase!!
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Go for the omakase. It allows the yakitori chefs to produce a customized feast of their specialties. - Inspector
13. Han Dynasty
8.9
90 3rd Ave (at E 12th St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · East Village · 348 tips and reviews
Nate Folkert: crispy rice style shrimp in sweet and sour sauce with bamboo shoots, black mushrooms, and wood ear mushrooms, served on crispy rice
Ben Watkins: Fav Philly restaurant hits NYC. Spicy fish tofu stew is the bomb. Get three pepper (anything) for crispy, spicy noms. Any of the noodle appetizers are yummy as well
Hannah K.: Get everything. The dumplings. Amazing. The crispy rice. Incredible. The crispy chicken. Yes, please. Philly knows how to do it. You're welcome, NYC.
14. OBAO Hell's Kitchen
8.3
647 9th Ave (Btwn 45th & 46th Street), New York, NY
Thai Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 151 tips and reviews
Lindsey jellig: Get the bamboo infused vodka on the rocks... Effects last even longer ;)
Lori Luo: A two-story eatery in Hell's Kitchen serving up solid Thai and Vietnamese dishes. Their lunch special, with includes two courses for $9, can't be beat.
Dress for the Date: Blending Thai and Vietnamese, OBAO bridges the gap between the streets of Southeast Asia and the streets of NYC into "Modern Thai." Try the Grilled Japanese Eggplant, Fresh Shrimp Rolls & Pad Thai.
15. Shanghai 21
8.3
21 Mott St (at Mosco St), New York, NY
Shanghai Restaurant · Chinatown · 271 tips and reviews
ZenFoodster: Back to Shanghainese roots..my fave & THE BEST Xiao lung bao (aka XLB or crabmeat soup dumplings) served in US! Get Spicy cabbage, Fried Pork Chop & Bamboo apps are not too oily or over-seasoned ;9
Eugene B: Hands down best soup dumplings in the city. Inevitably always end up ordering pan fried pork dumplings as well. Despite being a Shanghai place, the Har Gows are great too. Go at noon to skip the line.
Anna Frenkel: Friends don't let friends eat soup dumplings at Joe's Shanghai when higher quality dumplings are right around the corner. EAT HERE!