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Every New York restaurant story in the iFat Food Chronicles archive, from ramen and fried chicken to burgers worth crossing an ocean for.

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Totto Ramen in New York — featured food and venue photographGone But Not Forgotten

Totto Ramen, New York (CLOSED)

I was quickly hustled to the bar so that the couples in the restaurant wouldn’t be reminded of the harsh life in the single’s jungle. I sat down and creepily watched the chefs at work. To say that they were merely efficient would be like saying that Meryl Streep is an ok actor. It was clockwork; and they still had enough time to mingle with the single people who would be ordering love heart t-shirts for themselves on Valentine’s Day.

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Basta Pasta in New York — featured food and venue photographGone But Not Forgotten

Basta Pasta, New York (CLOSED)

I’m a food porn producer; some might even go as far as to call me a food porn star. However, that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy some food porn from other food porn stars on off days. Sometimes, when I haven’t been out to eat in a while; I’ll live vicariously through the foodgasms of some other folks in the food blogosphere.

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Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York — featured food and venue photographJapanese

Momofuku Noodle Bar, New York

I’m a terrible cook. Case in point: when I was younger; I thought that dumping a bunch of ingredients into my fried rice would make it tastier. Leftovers? They’re going in. Bacon? Well, you can’t leave that out. Pizza from three nights ago? It’s different, but normal is overrated so you’re going in too!

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Hide-Chan Ramen in New York — featured food and venue photographGone But Not Forgotten

Hide-Chan Ramen, New York (CLOSED)

This was deceptively spicy. Being that I’m a simpleton; I usually associate the colour red with spiciness so I was caught off guard. Considering the ‘spicy’ tuna buns had been mild, I assumed this bowl of ramen would be of that ilk.

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Shake Shack in New York — featured food and venue photographBurgers

Shake Shack, New York

Shake Shack should be a national heritage site. It should be placed on all ‘places to visit’ brochures of every city fortunate enough to boast one of (if not the best) burger franchises in the Milky Way. Am I being hyperbolic? Hell, I might be underselling the greatest burger experience I’ve ever had.

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That’s every New York story in the archive.