ruby foo's

new york, ny

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ruby foo's is an asian-inspired restaurant in times square. the decor is rather cheesy with random fortune-cookie-like sayings painted on the walls and other asian-y touches. some of the food is good - i like their fried rice. derek and i decided to go to ruby foo's for new year's eve because we wanted to be near times square and all of our other options were completely booked. the new year's eve menu was strange - i had truffled shark fin chowder with you tiao (which they called chinese flatbread despite the fact that it is round and not flat) and filet mignon with "ho fun" lasagna. the you tiao was good, but the soup was not. my filet mignon was good, but the lasagna was terrible.

the highlight, however, was the fact that ruby foo's had a special area outside of the restaurant cordoned off for their guests. they also passed out celebratory hats and noisemakers. at 11:50 pm, derek and i headed outside into the cold to watch the famous times square ball drop and countdown. and at 12:05 am, we headed back into the warmth of the restaurant and enjoyed some champagne while listening to two new york city anthems - frank sinatra's "new york, new york" and jay-z+alicia key's "empire state of mind."