• Intro
• Photography/Videos
• bōm
• Omakase by Korami

Intro

Welcome to my second blog! This time, it will be on my trip to New York City, with most of the commentary happening in the later food sections. This was the first time I actually got to stay in NYC for a few days and do stuff within the city while previous times I was just passing through. So I wanted to make this a trip where I splurged a bit and so I ended up going to bōm and Omakase by Korami – both very fancy!

Photography/Videos

bōm

bōm is a 1 Michelin-starred restaurant that serves a progressive Korean tasting menu at the chef’s counter. This was the menu that was being served the day I went:

These were all the ingredients that would be used for the dishes (the crab was still alive and moving around :0)

The dining area:

Now we start with the courses!

The service throughout these dishes was amazing. I wasn’t expecting them to, between each course, swap out our utensils for new different ones that match the next course. And whenever we were served a dish, they would describe what was the dish, all the ingredients that make it up, and what traditional Korean dish inspired it.

You could watch the chefs put together the dishes and that was really cool to watch!

This was my first time trying caviar! I always thought it was a rich food that probably tastes bad, but I really enjoyed its really salty fish flavor (if you don’t like seafood then you probably won’t like it 😅).

They called these dishes the filler dishes because according to the chef, “Don’t you hate it when you go to tasting menus and you’re still hungry after you leave? Well, these are to make sure you don’t end up eating tacos and burgers after this 😄”. My friend ended up getting a burger. And of course these also tasted very good and did fill me up!

While I was busy eating the dishes, they began cooking the wagyu and the smell was amazing 🤤

I noticed that the meat looked a bit burnt after it was cooked, and indeed when I ate it, you could definitely taste the burnt flavor. But then came another really amazing service moment. Without even saying anything, another chef was walking by and then said, “Oh, that looks a tiny bit burnt, don’t eat the rest, I’ll make you a new one.” And then she took the dish and brought out a new one and cooked it again, this time making sure it wasn’t burnt. Tasted much better than before and that was really cool to experience!

This was also my first time eating wagyu, and what I see people saying online about it was definitely true! The meat was soooooo soft and tender and it did basically melt like butter in my mouth, definitely the best meat I’ve ever had!

Time for the desserts!

The whole experience was amazing and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to try a fancy Korean tasting menu! I’m happy that it got to be my first Michelin-starred restaurant experience!

Omakase by Korami

Omakase by Korami is a omakase restaurant that serves guests a 15 course selection of sushi/fish chosen specifically for that season. What the seating area looks like:

Very cool flamethrower ‼

So not too much commentary on this one, but I really really really enjoyed the sushi and watching the chefs make it right in front of me! I would definitely recommend this place to anyone who likes sushi and wants to try a bunch of different types of fish!

The Back Bay Midnight Pedalers is an annual event that started in 1989. It’s a 30 mile ride that usually occurs on a weekend in August starting at midnight and going till sunrise. The ride passes by historic and architectural landmarks in the Boston area. At each stop, the leaders of the bike ride share the history of the site and fun facts. Anyone can join by just showing up at the start of the ride, usually at Trinity Church in Copley Square, or this year at the front steps of the Boston Public Library due to construction near the Church. This year, the ride started with around 100 riders and finished with 40.

A friend shared this link with me https://www.mit.edu/~jweiss/BBMP/ and I decided to try it out this summer! It was so fun, I would recommend it to anyone who likes biking and learning about the history of Boston. I’m looking forward to next year’s ride!

This will be a collection of videos and pictures from the ride :)

Two people had these really tall bikes which were so cool!

Hopefully the cars were cheering for us and not honking at us 😅

Late-night bar goers cheering us on!

Here’s an example of the history talks we had at each landmark:

Another one:

Passing by Mike’s Pastry in the North End at 4 AM.

The sun finally rises :D

Of course during the ride, some of the bikers had speakers and they were playing groovy music 💃🕺

As we neared the end, we biked towards the coast to watch the sunrise 🌅

The small specks in the distance are us bikers on Head Island Causeway 🚴‍♂️

Our final stop was Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park where we had morning breakfast 🍴

This is the final Strava map of the route we took:

Thanks for looking through my pictures and videos! 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️