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ma*ya hurapan kitchen
location: 234. e 4th Street. new york. ny
phone: 646.313.1987
pan-asian/thai, tapas, cheap, chic ambience, decent staff
last night, after a long time, i decide to break out of my cooking frenzy to try something "outside". picked maya hurapan (mr. harapan is the exec chef) in the east village/alphabet city area. it was particularly warm night of the winter and had much excitement sitting by the window. the menu was a tad different from other thai eateries because it had more than the red, green, and penang curry.
we ordered a bunch of tapas (served thai style), appetizers, and shared an order of thai barbecued pork chops served with a side of mango/red onion salad. of all the orders, an appetizer - roti canai (yes, its malaysian) stood out with colors and taste. the pork chops entree was good, but some portions were juicy whilst the others were not as much! Hmmm... wonder if its the same pork, or different. i think i ordered the wrong drink for the night with a ginger saketini that came out bland. for some reason i expected it to be a tad sweet. maybe i was daft in ordering it! we topped it off with fried coconut ice cream in a mango sauce (or puree?). i thought the ice cream would be made of coconut, but actually, the batter was coconut-based, while the ice cream per se was vanilla, i think. the service staff were agile and friendly. overall, the food was very good, and i would definitely go there. but a little bit of help in ordering drinks for the food would be good. also, i did not understand why they would have free coupons for larry flynt's hustler club. in any case, it was a welcome break to get out and catch some nice weather.
fyi there're a bunch of bars around the neighborhood including le souk. noticed some off the wall theater as well!
location: 234. e 4th Street. new york. ny
phone: 646.313.1987
pan-asian/thai, tapas, cheap, chic ambience, decent staff
last night, after a long time, i decide to break out of my cooking frenzy to try something "outside". picked maya hurapan (mr. harapan is the exec chef) in the east village/alphabet city area. it was particularly warm night of the winter and had much excitement sitting by the window. the menu was a tad different from other thai eateries because it had more than the red, green, and penang curry.
we ordered a bunch of tapas (served thai style), appetizers, and shared an order of thai barbecued pork chops served with a side of mango/red onion salad. of all the orders, an appetizer - roti canai (yes, its malaysian) stood out with colors and taste. the pork chops entree was good, but some portions were juicy whilst the others were not as much! Hmmm... wonder if its the same pork, or different. i think i ordered the wrong drink for the night with a ginger saketini that came out bland. for some reason i expected it to be a tad sweet. maybe i was daft in ordering it! we topped it off with fried coconut ice cream in a mango sauce (or puree?). i thought the ice cream would be made of coconut, but actually, the batter was coconut-based, while the ice cream per se was vanilla, i think. the service staff were agile and friendly. overall, the food was very good, and i would definitely go there. but a little bit of help in ordering drinks for the food would be good. also, i did not understand why they would have free coupons for larry flynt's hustler club. in any case, it was a welcome break to get out and catch some nice weather.
fyi there're a bunch of bars around the neighborhood including le souk. noticed some off the wall theater as well!
