corsino

hudson (horatio/ gansevoort)

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derek and i had grand plans for our rare weekday evening off of work. we were really excited about the malaysian street food festival being held in the meatpacking district. derek has always wanted nyc to have a hawker center like the ones we saw in singapore. unfortunately, when we got there - it was packed! i've never seen so many asians in nyc in one place and here, they were all squeezed onto a tiny traffic triangle in the middle of a busy street. too hungry to squeeze through the crowds and wait in line, we decided to continue the malaysian theme, but head to a restaurant instead - fatty crab. apparently many others had the same idea as that place was also packed. we kept walking down the road and saw corsino. italian? no wait? sure!

turns out it's the sister restaurant of one our favorites, 'inoteca. started with crostini - pieces of toast with various garnishes. my favorite was the ricotta and orange honey - light, creamy, with a hint of sweetness. pictured is derek's pasta with pork ragu. pretty good, but nothing to write home about. overall - while the food was tasty, the atmosphere was crowded and hurried, and the prices were unreasonably high. it's decent, but the quality of food just can't compare to fatty crab with their amazing pork buns, chili crab, pork belly, and coconut rum cocktails. next time, we just need to have patience and wait for a table to open up at fatty crab.