riki

link to yelp

midtown, nyc

it's been nearly a month since my last post. a lot of working, some unpacking, and quite a bit of eating. i've been in california for over a month now, but i have such a backlog that this post is about a restaurant we went to when tina visited jenny and i in midtown several weeks ago. riki. jenny first discovered this place years ago, but since then the ownership and menu changed significantly. we noticed the change while walking in, but decided we were too lazy to go elsewhere.

riki used to be an awesome yakitori spot, but now it's turned into a mediocre japanese bbq spot. we ordered "shabu-shabu" style meats and tripe to cook on our table's grill. "shabu-shabu" style apparently refers to thinly sliced meat that you typically find at hot pot restaurants, but here you grill it instead of boiling it. grilled meat is always going to taste pretty good, but riki's meat was lacking the flavor that you typically get at korean restaurants. disappointing food, but the company more than made up for it.