Food & Drink
At Untapped New York we love speakeasies! So much so that we wrote the book "NYC Hidden Bars and Restaurants" which you'll find on our shop. Pictured here is our friend Georgette in her "Regarding Oysters" speakeasy, an oyster salon and cocktail experience where you get to shake your own cocktails and shuck oysters.
Chinatown Restaurant Week – What You Need To Know
This week, Untapped New York is gearing up for what I believe may be the most under-publicized event in
Sunday in Chinatown – The Official Guide to Dollar Dumplings
The longer I live in New York City, the less meaning the word ‘dollar’ has in my world. After all,
Shirokane Takanawa – a hidden gem in the heart of Tokyo
Nestled among some of the plushest neighborhoods in Tokyo (Roppongi, Ebisu, Hiroo, and Shirokanedai), the shotengai (shopping street) in Shirokane
DINE BY DESIGN: “You Gotta Have a Gimmick”
Welcome to “Dine by Design,” a new Untapped column about the intersection of food and design, written by Lauren Bloomberg,
A Guide to Greenpoint’s Polish Meat Markets
The local deli is a fixture on almost every street corner in every borough in New York City. Many of
Sunday in Chinatown – Lunch Box Buffet
“Where can I eat human flesh?” It wasn’t a serious question, of course. We, like so many other iPhone
Cafés in Seoul: Where modernity meets creativity
“I could always go to a café to write and could work all morning over a café creme while the
Julie & Julia for a Day: A culinary insight to culture, Thai style
It is extraordinary how a capital city characterized by the most horrific of traffic jams is also populated by the
Japanese Food Heaven at Mitsuwa
Just a ferry (or bus ride) away is the Japanese food heaven that is Mitsuwa. It’s basically an enormous
Sunday in Chinatown (Late Night Edition) – Great N.Y. Noodletown
Long after most of Chinatown’s restaurants have retired their woks and set their tea pots out to dry overnight,
Recipe Corner: Chocolate Bouchons with Black Pepper Ice Cream
I once got excited about Valentine’s Day. And I do mean “once”, as in, one time in my whole
Sunday in Chinatown – Wo Hop Restaurant
This week’s Sunday in Chinatown took us farther down Mott street than we’ve ever been. As was the