GOAL: BIG 50 (+1). NO REPEATS.

• Monster Sushi (22 W 46th St) -12/30
  • Technically not the New Year, but it's close enough and I had a wonderful day so why not?
• Sripraphai Thai Restaurant (1/4)
• Palma (1/11) Post Avenue Q
• De Mole (1/16, 7/13, 7/17)
  • Taco salad (shrimp) -> Grilled chicken quesadilla. So good, I had to finish it.
  • +2 visits
• Ponsri (??) Thai place after Comic-con(2/6)
• Chinatown Ice Cream Factory (2/6)
• IHOP (2/21, 5/4)
  • +1 visit
• Buffalo Wild Wings (2/27)
• Woodside Cafe (3/6)
  • Nice, cozy place. Food was decent, although not much selection if you're not looking for breakfast.
• Spumoni Gardens
  • Reverse pizza (sauce on top!): So good, my germaphobic friend considered eating the pizza after she dropped it. On the table. Outside.
• Picnic Garden (4/5)
• Sugar Sweet Sunshine (4/9)
• Clinton Street Bakery and Restaurant (4/9)
  • The wait is definitely worth it.
• Ralph's Italian Ices (5/4)
  • So good it hurts. Really.
• J&R's
  • 5/8 - Ordered shrimp salad... where's the shrimp? :( At least the free appetizer (macaroni salad) was decent.
  • 10/30 - BBQ set, yum.
• Kimi Japanese Restaurant (5/15)
  • Totally recommend this place! Great food and friendly and attentive wait staff. Bacon of the sea (tako) -> Shrimp Yaki Udon -> Fried vanilla ice cream
• Mardi Gras (5/16)
  • Shrimp Creole - Plenty of delicious shrimp but the saltyness of the sauce drowns out the flavor of everything else. Could've done with more rice, too. Slightly pricey.
• Cheeburger (5/28)
  • Super cute soda glasses
• Manna Cafe (6/1)
• Cake shop by house
• Soba Noodle place (Hotaru night)
• Yakitori (Thursday before Tokyo)
• Izakaya in Shibuya (1st Tokyo night)
• Ramen place (2nd Tokyo night)
• Yoshinoya (3rd Tokyo Day) - Not sure if this counts... sort of like McDonalds...
• Izakaya near station
• Dipper Dan's (7/30) Kyoto
  • Strawberry Rare Cheesecake Crepe
• Apple Bread (by famous hotel) by Hakone
• Soba Noodle place (Hakone Day)
• Kaiten Sushi (Hakone Day)
• New York Style Eats (7/7) Thank you, Jason!
• Nam Son (7/11) Thank you, Tony!
  • Rolling dishes/wash cart and leaving it by our table while we are eating... okay.
• Katsu-Hama (7/14)
  • Baaaad wait staff, gtfo of here. slightly rude, inattentive and uninviting.
  • Overwhelming smell of soy sauce near entrance
• Max Brenner (7/19)
• Pinang (8/1)
• Hon Cafe (8/5)
• Dinosaur BBQ (8/7, 11/25)
• Linden Place (8/9)
  • For grandma's birthday
• Dallas BBQ (8/10)
• Big Wong King - 67 Mott Street (8/14)
  • sub-par service, and I mean it. they mixed up our tables (they moved a group to make room for us) and sent at least 2 wrong orders to us. We pondered over the menu for a while, and was then threatened with being kicked out if we didn't order within 5 minutes
  • however, the food is pretty good
• Applebee's (Times Square)
• Spanish place by Jason's work
• Chipotle
• Chinese Place by Stony
• Five Guys
• East Manor
• Smiling Pizzeria (9/26)
• Sushi Damo Damo (9/28)
• Lake Grove Diner
• Setagaya (St. Mark's)
• Suki Thai Shabu Shabu
• Sushi Island