There are so many restaurants to try but only so many meals in one lifetime! Here’s our running list of recommended eats, so we can keep track of where else we still need to go. Let us know if we are missing any!
New Jersey
House of Falafel – South PlainfieldAmazing Taste – North PlainfieldNamkeen (Hot chicken) – Chatham- Slamwich Scratch Kitchen – Madison
Ninety Acres – Peapack- Shanghai Jazz Restaurant & Bar – Madison
Ryujin Sushi – Bridgewater- South + Pine American Eatery – Morristown
Saigon Subs & Cafe – Morristown- Cinnamon – Morris Plains
- Kulu Desserts – Edison
- The Sweet Spot – Highland Park
- Ai Sushi – Somerville
- Sweet Basil’s Cafe – Livingston
- The Fox & Falcon – South Orange
- Bistro d’Azur – South Orange
- Urban Chicken – Montclair
- Missy’s Main Street Cafe – Rockaway
- Cafe Matisse – Rutherford
Water & Wine – Warren- Maywood Pancake House – Maywood
- Kura Revolving Sushi Bar – Fort Lee
- Beach Bee Meadery – Long Brand
- 4Chicks Cafe – Newton
- Knife and Fork Inn – Atlantic City
- Itshow (Japanese small plates, tempura) – Palisades Park
- Minka Japanese Kitchen – Cliffside Park
New York
- The Cauldron
- Taiyaki NYC
- Nami Nori
Bona Bona Ice Cream- Eileen’s Special Cheesecake
- Very Fresh Noodles
- Mori – Brooklyn
- Air’s (Champagne bar)
- Kimika
- Babbo (Italian)
- Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream
- Daigo Handroll Bar – Brooklyn
- Bessou (Japanese)
- Kassaki (Omakase)
- LRoom Cafe (Desserts)
- SakaMai (Japanese & cocktail bar)
- Oh K-Dog (Korean hot dogs)
- Dirty French
- Benemon (Japanese comfort food)
- Angel’s Share (Cocktail bar & speakeasy)
- Soba-ya
- Paper Daisy (Cocktail bar)
- Temakase
- Maharlika (Filipino)
- Kyo Ya
- Cote
- Thursday Kitchen (Korean tapas)
- Daily Provisions (Cafe)
- Jeepney (Filipino)
- Sweet Churros
- nonono (Japanese tapas)
- Traif – Brooklyn
- White Bear (Dumplings) – Flushing
- Mad for Chicken (Korean chicken) – Flushing
- Basta Pasta (Uni pasta)
- Kyuramen (omurice & split ramen bowls)
Boston
- Brassica Kitchen & Cafe
- Laughing Monk Cafe
- Milkweed (Brunch)
- Saltie Girl (Seafood & cocktail bar)
- Mike & Patty’s (Sandwiches)
- Cafe Bonjour
- O Ya
- Carmelina’s
Las Vegas
- Sakana
- Lotus of Siam
- Full House BBQ
- Shokku Ramen
- Umami
- Chubby Cattle
- Ton Ton Katsuya
Chicago
- Crab Cellar (Get the spicy butter to dip)
Japan
- KURA Sushi Soka
- Rokurinsha (Ramen)
- T’s Tantan Tokyo Station Keiyo Street (Ramen)
- Sapporo DOMINICA Ginza (Curry)
- Robot Restaurant
- Jiromaru Shinjuku Honten (BBQ)
- Tokyo Mentsudan (Udon & izakaya)
- Gyukatsu Motomura Shinjuku Minamiguchi (Tonkatsu)
- Sushi Tokami
- Kyubey Ginza
- Tempura Tsunahachi Sinjuku So Honten
- Sushi Yoshitake
- A Happy Pancake Shinjuku
- Ugashi Nihon Ichi Sinjuku Nishiguchi
- Udon Shin
- Reissue (Cafe)
- Jomon Roppongi (Izakaya & sukiyaki)
- Eggcellent
- Soul Food House
- Maccha House Macchakan Kyoto Kawaramachi (Get the matcha tiramisu)
