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This place has a sick view. I could probably stop there if I
wanted to. I mean, it’s got a whole
bunch of other shit going on, but for an unheard of view, there’s maybe six or
seven places in the city that offer this.
Off the top of my head: Mandarin
oriental, the Standard Bar, Rainbow Room, there I’m stumped. I’m sure there’s more beloved nine—go to
google if you feel so inclined.
Went here with the other wife and some old co-workers for
our semi-annual recap that comes with being old. It was a prime spot for me as it is
ridiculously close to Penn Station. Had
a few glasses of wine, some Korean barbecue, caught up… The food is interesting, very Korean, and
though expensive it is worth that mother fucking view.
The hi-light of the night came, oddly, with the wine. They have quite a substantial wine list,
but don’t expect people coming here to be drunks. We drank them out of one particular varietal
and they botched it like a bunch of amateurs. Allow me the bigoted aside—I’ve always found
that Asians are absolute horrible liars.
And this experience supports my opinion. First they told us they had none cold. We said well we would wait. Then they came back heads hung in shame and
said they were lying and they had no more. Then
they comped us the next two bottles of wine!
I must say there was a fair amount of drunken shaming involved, thinly disguised as displeasure…something
to the effect: “You ruined our dinner! How could you do this. We haven't seen each other in years, and we researched your restaurant to find this specific bottle, a wine of our ancestors, so that we could all come and drink to the death of our parents.” (Obviously, I am still quite capable of being an asshole.) Their reaction would make you think
that afterwards, perhaps in the next staff meeting, one or perhaps all of the party
involved had to perform some sort of public hara kari or something. It was that fucking Asian.
Anyway, place is worth the money due to the view. If you
have the opportunity though, try and exploit the honor and dignity of the
staff.
