Momofuku with the Family

So I went back to Momofuku as I said I was going to.  We couldn't reserve a bo ssam like we wanted to so we ordered some other dishes instead.  It was yummy.

Here's the outside of the restaurant.  They were apparently still closed when we they got there so they had to go sit in a Starbucks for a while until I got there.  I ended work at 5:30pm and didn't get there until 6pm.

Someone is in there....

Side shot of the place.  This is the entrance to Milk Bar where they have unique desserts and shakes.

The menu, can't see it clearly but it's a very simple menu.

Patrick ordered the Ginger Ale to start.

Seasonal Pickles - These were yummy but the favors blended in a little bit after eating them for a while.

There are the Steamed Buns - Pork Belly with Hoisin Sauce, Cucumbers, and Scallions.  They were a bit fatty for me but they remind me of something I would eat at home.

This was the Special Pork Bun - Seared Pork Belly with Avacado, Carrots, and Pickled Radish.  This was much better than the regular Steamed Buns.  Penny was thinking we should've gotten more of these instead.

Surprisingly Penny had never tried Sweetbreads so we ordered some Veal Sweetbreads - Almond, Sauerkraut, and Thai Chili here.  I've had them at L'Ecole and they were really good there.  These were even better.  For those of you who don't know what sweetbreads are here you go, as defined by Wikipedia.

We also shared a Short Rib Sandwich - Taleggio, Beet Slaw, and Nueske's Bacon.  This was really yummy.  Funny, it took every ounce of effort to cut it up into six slices.  The bread was so toasty and nice that the butter knife they gave us to cut it with didn't really do much.  We managed to get it into pieces though.

We shared a dish of the Potato Ravioli, it apparently was a side of the Grilled Dry Aged Ribeye that we ordered for our main dish.

  Here is the Dry Aged Ribeye.  It was tender and yummy.  Those are large pieces of garlic on top of it.

It came with this dipping sauce and some sea salt to put on top of it, otherwise it was a little bland.

Afterwards we went into the other part of the restaurant, Milk Bar, to have some dessert.  Unfortunately we were no allowed to bring it into the restaurant section but that's all right.  The change of scenery and somewhat fresh air was good.

They all looked so yummy.

I settled for the Grasshopper Pie and a cup of Stumptown coffee.  It was delicious but super heavy and filling.  I'm kind of glad that the dinner we had wasn't so heavy.

Here's a random shot of Miss Audrey Allure and Andres.  Lol.

Overall I enjoyed my dinner out with the family.  I wish we could've reserved a bo ssam but maybe next time we'll have better luck.  I certainly enjoyed it nonetheless.

Happy New Year!