Room Service
47th & 9th Ave. (second location on 21 St. bet. Broadway and Park Ave. South)
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Ordered: Golden Triangles ($5.20), Thai Mixed Chicken and Shrimp Dumplings ($4.20), Thai Dumpling Woon-Sen Soup ($3.90), Chicken in Red Curry ($8.90), Spicy Squid Ink Spaghetti ($14.90), Thai Ice Cream ($4)
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Room Service is the the type of place a student wants to go. Hip, trendy, and - perhaps most importantly - moderately priced, this Hell's Kitchen eatery is an attractive alternative to other more expensive midtown date spots.
R.S. has everything you need to start off right on a date. Cheap food (the spaghetti was on the more expensive side of the menu), trendy-Thai-place vibe, and a friendly wait staff (who allowed us to celebrate our friend's birthday with a cake we had brought in from another restaurant*).
The Golden Triangles were a good start. My grandmother might call them finger-sized fried beef patties, but really they were deep-fried wantons served with a sweet-and-sour sauce (they also have a house hot sauce available - typical chili sauce - for those who like to spice it up!). I'll probably skip the chicken and shrimp dumplings next time I go (nothing special about 'em), but would get the Woon-sen soup again.
The red curry sauce was sweet and tangy, slightly better than a massaman curry dish at an average Thai spot. The squid spaghetti comes with a LOT of noodles. Only get it if you're really in the mood for carbs.
Last but not least, the ice cream they served was too hard. Tasty, but too hard. All in all, it's a good date spot (cheap and decent food), and could also serve as a hang out spot or place to have a causal business meeting.
*Room Service charges $1-2/person for everybody who shares a dessert brought in from the outside.
http://www.roomservicerestaurant.com/
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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