A Ramen restaurant in Tarrytown

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While searching for something else on the Internet I bumped into a listing for this Ramen restaurant in nearby Tarrytown. I’m very fond of Ramen so off I went to try it.

It’s called to Susuru Ramen. It’s quite small and when I walked in it was completely full. I was lucky to get a seat at the counter. Moreover, all the people were Asian, suggesting that the food would be good, even if the ambience was not all you might like it to be. The prices were quite reasonable.

I ordered the Tongkotsu Ramen, which were, indeed, very good.

I’ll definitely be going again!

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In New York City with Jasmine – In Chinatown

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My feet were no longer hurting (much). I wasn’t thirsty, but I was starting to get hungry. Luckily Jasmine appeared with a couple of her friends. We had a drink (or in my case another drink) and after a while one of her friends left. We went to Chinatown with the other friend (who I’ve known since she was about 14 and at the International School in Geneva with Jasmine).

The chosen venue was Dim Sum Go Go. You can see the sign behind me in the fifth picture. There we met Jasmine’s friend’s two sons.

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Lin Ze Xu. According to Wikipedia (which has a lot of additional) information:

Lin Zexu (30 August 1785 – 22 November 1850), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese political philosopher and politician. He was a head of state (Viceroy), Governor General, scholar-official, and under the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Lin’s forceful opposition to the opium trade was a primary catalyst for the First Opium War. He is praised for his constant position on the “moral high ground” in his fight, but he is also blamed for a rigid approach which failed to account for the domestic and international complexities of the problem. The emperor endorsed the hardline policies and anti-drugs movement advocated by Lin, but placed all responsibility for the resulting disastrous Opium War onto Lin.

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Picture courtesy of Jasmine.

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And that was about it for this particular trip. The next morning, we had breakfast, and after that I went back to Grand Central Terminal and took my train home.

Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

In New York City with Jasmine – Lunch at The Odeon

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We’d passed The Odeon while walking down to the Frederick so, after we’d checked in we decided to go there for lunch.

Condé Nast Traveler has an interesting piece titled The Odeon at 40: An Oral History of the New York City Institution The classic New York City restaurant celebrates 40 years in Tribeca in which it says (among other things):

Whether you live in New York City or are just passing through, space is always of the essence. Even the most luxurious hotel rooms are smaller than you’ll find elsewhere. The result of living with limited square footage is that one’s “home” often extends beyond any apartment, enveloping daily haunts—that go-to restaurant, the coffee shop around the block, the bar you always find yourself ending the night at. For many New Yorkers over the last 40 years, The Odeon has been all of those places.

Founded 40 years ago today by Lynn Wagenknecht, Keith McNally, and Keith’s brother Brian McNally, the trio brought a much-needed café to the corner of West Broadway and Thomas Street in Tribeca, a neighborhood then filled with artists and writers—the people that we look back on four decades later as the tastemakers of a turning point in the city’s history. From the wood paneling and the classic, brasserie-styled red banquettes, to the bar that spans the northern wall of the restaurant, every design detail of The Odeon transports guests to an earlier New York.

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Taken with a Sony RX100M3

In New York City with Jasmine – DJango

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As mentioned in an earlier post, the reason we stayed at The Roxy was because we were going to spend the evening at, Django, a jazz club on the lower level of the hotel.

Django’s website describes the club as follows:

Descend into The Django and you’ll feel like you’ve entered another world. The subterranean jazz club, with its vaulted ceilings and exposed brick walls, was modeled after the boîtes of Paris. The venue consists of two cocktail bars, open dining space and a stage for live performances with the ne plus ultra: a state-of-the-art Meyer Sound system. The Django has become a place to call home for musicians and audiences alike. Providing opportunities for rising stars, seasoned performers, and eager audiences to enjoy a range of jazz music 7 nights a week complemented by a hand-crafted cocktail program by award-winning mixologist Natasha David and an elevated dinner menu.

We were supposed to see two performers: Loston Harris and Benny Benack III. Before going down to the club we met with some of Jasmine’s friends in the lobby, one of them Scott McDermott a well-known photographer. I don’t get a chance to talk to other photographers, especially those of Scott’s caliber and I was really enjoying the conversation. Unfortunately, this meant that we were rather late and, I believe, missed most of the first set.

However, we were able to watch all of the second set. I’m not usually a fan of Jazz, but I enjoyed Benny Benack (see pictures below, except for the first two).

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Taken with a Sony RX100M3