| |  | Matsugen | | | “Jean-Georges Vongerichten swaps 66’s foie gras dumplings for soba noodles, courtesy of three restaurateur brothers from Tokyo.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Asian (Southeast), Japanese, Sushi |
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| | | | | | From Serious Eats: New York Photographs by Robyn Lee Matsugen 241 Church Street New York, NY 10013 (at Leonard Street; map); 212-925-0202 Service: Knowledgeable (which isn't easy given the intricacies of the menu) and attentive, with a refreshing lack of downtown attitude and co... Read More | | | | | | Matsugen, which opened about a month ago in TriBeCa, is Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s latest Manhattan restaurant. It replaces 66, which I sort of liked, but which died a slow, natural death, and closed last year. Vongerichten has had a long love affair with Asian Cuisine. Vong and Spice Market are ... Read More | | | | | | Matsugen - Recommended with reservation 241 Church Street New York, NY 10013 Phone 212-925-0202 Boy is this place pricey. But if you are looking for quality Soba... there's really no other place that does it this well. Chef Kawada (formerly of Kai, now at Donguri) was the only other chef in the cit... Read More | | | | | | Uni with Yuzu jely As long as I can remember, soba was the plainest noodle dish available. Cold grey strands of buckwheat noodles set on a bamboo tray, with nothing but a soy-based dipping sauce accompanying it. Simply put, one eats soba purely for the noodles and not the fanciful toppings or... Read More | | | | | | Tomorrow, Frank Bruni reviews Matsugen, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's new traditional Japanese noodle house in Tribeca. Today, the Eater oddsmakers have set the action as follows:Zero Stars: 15-1 One Star: 9-1 Two Stars: 5-1 Three Stars: 3-1 Four Stars: 9-1 √√The first thing to notice this week... Read More | | | | | | Matsugen opened at old 66 spot in Tribeca. Jean George had a partnership with Matsugen, so this restaurant does not look like authentic Japanese restaurant... but Jean George didn't even involve menu creation. But I am surprised he was actually ther yesterday.. Interior was a little intimidating. T... Read More | | | | | | Inside Matsugen, a soba temple.Photo: Noah Kalina This week in New York, Adam Platt visits Matsugen with his wife. Neither was enthusiastic. In between gathering intel on openings this week it’s Pomegranate, a new Jewish grocery in Midwood and White Star, Sashe Petraske’s latest “sipping spirts” ... Read More | | | | | | Jean-Georges Vongerichten must be pleased by Frank Bruni's review of Matsugen in The New York Times today. Bruni writes about Matsugen with admiration, stating- "None of this restaurant’s eight types of sushi rolls wears the tag “California” or incorporates avocado...The sushi and sashimi ther... Read More | | | | | | Krieger, 6/26/08 In one of the biggest restaurant critic disconnects in recent memory Platt gives Jean-Georges' Matsuen a one star slam today, just days after Bruni's glowing three star rave. The space, the prices, the execution of all the non-soba dishes rub Platt— and his "normally compose... Read More | | | | | | Tons of hype surrounded the opening of this restaurant. Lots of blogger reviews, lots of official reviews, and last Wednesday, Bruni himself dropped 3 stars on the new joint venture by Jean-Georges Vongrichten and the Matsuhisa brothers of Japan. So I'm not going to tell you about the great ligh... Read More | | | |
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