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Mandoo Bar

By Hungry Hedonist   Feb 24, 2007

So forget what I said about no Manhattan posts for a while. This weekend was sell day for most banks, so there were many a soon-to-be banker enjoying the all-expense-paid hedonism, the fruits of a grueling interview process. I hopped on this bandwagon and was convinced by N, that I, too, deserved a weekend in the city. And what better way to start off the adventure than a dumpling gorging session? A and I headed down and met N and S at Mandoo Bar in Koreatown. Except that, there were a series of buildings with the same address, and we found ourselves standing inside a closed office complex wondering what the heck was going on. Turns out we only had to walk 10 more feet to find the place. What smart cookies we are. FULL REVIEW

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NYC Dining: Mandoo Bar

By Off The Broiler   Feb 23, 2007

When I’m not eating Korean food in Northern New Jersey, where we have a huge selection of Korean restaurants to choose from, I’m eating it on 32nd street, in Manhattan’s Little Korea. One of the things I really like about Little Korea is everything is packed into one long block, and on a nice day you can visit all the cool shops and restaurants, and choose from various different food specialists as opposed to general Korean restaurants that serve things like Kalbi and Bulgogi. FULL REVIEW

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Oddity at Valentine's, Taralucci e Vino, Blackhound, and Mandoos!

By The Wandering Eater   Feb 16, 2007

It's been an odd few days. On Valentine's Day, it snowed (kind of ironic?) and I have classes. Why?! It's bad enough that it snowed and rained ice pellets that literally blows in your face since it was so windy. But still, I have to schlep my behind to the city and be in school. Grrr... Sorry...I want to vent. Well, on Valentine's Day during my lunch hour, I walked over to the Time Warner Building and went to Whole Foods for some of their soup and a salad. Oddly enough, the lines were still awfully long during the lunch hour, it looks like the snow never happened. Since those foods don't look so gloriously amazing, I'm not going to write FULL REVIEW

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bakeries, K-Town and Mesa Grill

By The Girl Who Ate Everything   Jan 23, 2007

"We should take the B or D to Grand Street. Because...um, I want an egg custard tart." After spending a few hours at the Brooklyn Museum last Saturday, Jason, Joana and I emerged in various states of lethargy and tried to decide the best way to get back into Manhattan to visit Babycakes for the sake of Joana's gentle tummy. Although I can eat just about anything without too much bodily harm (until I ultimately get diabetes), I enjoy the "not as guilt inducing" sugar/wheat/gluten free treat from Babycakes every now and then. But first, I craved...egg custard tart. FULL REVIEW

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Mandoo Bar

By Big Apple Dining Guide   Dec 17, 2006

The inlaws took us to a Korean dinner earlier in the year and it really found a place in my heart. Momofuko Ssam Bar has been filling the gap for the most part, but I was in the area (Garment District) for a routine doctor's checkup and decided to check out Mandoo Bar for a quick bite. The line was out the door, so I decided to just order some dumplings for takeout. I ordered the kimchee mandoo - steamed dumplings with pork, vegetable, tofu and kimchee. That would have been enough, but I decided to try the Goon Mandoo - pan-fried pork dumplings - in order to get a better grasp of what the tiny restaurant had to offer. FULL REVIEW

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By food. new york (and affiliates).   Sep 26, 2006

mandoos are dumplings, as far as i understand. on my way to the “happy wonderful epic adventure” that was the flaming lips concert yesterday, i stopped here to pick up a quick dinner of kimchee mandoo (as recommended by nymag). by chinatown standards (so i hear), these dumplings were pricey, but by midtown standards, i would say quite reasonable - $8 for 10 dumplings. they were filled with kimchee, tofu, pork, and veggies. they were quite good, although the kimchee flavor overwhelmed any other flavor - but not too spicy! the restaurant itself was pretty nice, with dumpling makers in a front display area, and a spare, modern seating area behind. i would go again to try their other dumplings. a good place to stop in midtown on the way to penn station. :) FULL REVIEW

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Camera in the Kitchen: Mandoo Bar

By Gothamist   Sep 22, 2006

Women in white coats move deftly in the window of the Koreatown section of 32nd Street forming tray after tray of fresh mandoo--Korean dumplings--at the aptly named Mandoo Bar. The main attraction are obviously the mandoo--theirs have thick doughy wrappers and the typical variety of meat and vegetable fillings, spiced up by the occasional inclusion of kimchi, the fiery Korean radish. We were partial to the goon mandoo, pan-fried dumplings filled with pork and vegetables, and the vegetable mool mandoo, boiled vegetable dumplings filled with a fresh mix of vegetables in a dark green wrapper, but the kimchee mandoo wrap themselves around kimchee, tofu, pork, and vegetables, for a spicier dumpling. 8-12 pieces range between $6 - $10, and the menu also offers traditional Korean rice dishes, like dolsot bi bim bob, a combination of rice, vegetables, and beef, and an egg cracked atop in a sizzling stone pot. Mandoo soup, a clear, but rich beef broth filled with a generous number of pork dumplings, is comforting and perfect for a colder day. Though the Korean restaurant options are plentiful on 32nd street, Mandoo Bar is another tasty choice for a casual meal that's kind to your wallet. FULL REVIEW

Mandoo Bar

By Ganjin Girl's Guide to Chinatown   Jun 13, 2006

If you're going to try Mandoos (Korean dumplings), have them here! They make them right in the window (a beautiful multicolored sight), and the appetizer of 4 Mandoos is only $5.00, which is way better than the usual price of $7.00 or more. Plus, the Mandoo menu is expansive, with plenty of varieties to choose from. FULL REVIEW

Mandoo Ya?

By Twenty Bucks A Day   Feb 01, 2006

Mandoo Bar (actually pronounced Mahn-doh) was one of the first restaurants I frequented in NYC.  When I first moved here from Boston, I was living in my grandmother’s place in Larchmont, and commuting via Metro-North – Mandoo was a frequent stop for my soon-to-be-roommate and I before heading back to Grand Central to catch our respective trains. FULL REVIEW

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Mandoo

By Potatomato   Jan 20, 2006

There's a Koreatown near Madison Square (the scale is no way near the epic size of the LA one), about 7 blocks from my office. It is rather neat block with lots of nice polish and slick Korean restaurant. There's this very good dumpling house with a front window view of the kitchen. The green = veggie, white = pork and pink = seafood. All VERY VERY good! Very satisfied. :D My friend told me that awhile ago some copy cat open a dumpling house on the same block with the same open front window kitchen...but the quality is so bad that it closed down very soon. A bit walking for lunch hour but this sure beats the deli fodo I'm so sick of. FULL REVIEW

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Mandoo Bar’s Peep Show on 32nd Street

By NYC Nosh   Dec 08, 2005

Koreatown is one place in Manhattan that everyone should visit at least a few times, but somewhere that many lifelong New Yorkers never think to go. Literally overshadowed by the Empire State Building, people walk right through it without recognizing the urban treasures they are neglecting. Most importantly, there’s some fantastic food in this little quadrant from 31st to 36th Streets between 5th Avenue and Broadway, much of it on the sparklingly lighted stretch of 32nd Street. Even better still, this is one area that provides pedestrians with a little street entertainment in the form of shopfronts that allow you to peek inside and watch people pulling noodles, chopping onions, and best of all, assembling mandoo. FULL REVIEW

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Saturday, April 23, 2005

By A Year In Food   Apr 23, 2005

Dumplings are among my favorite foods, and apparently the world agrees. From pelmeni to piergoies, to kartoffelklosse to kreplach, from pork buns to potstickers, so many cultures have their own versions of this filling appetizer. Determined to get just a taste of what’s out there, Vince and I devised the Dumpling World Tour, a jaunt across continents or at least across town. FULL REVIEW

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