Boka
9 St. Marks Place
(between 2nd Ave & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-2887
I had a great time at dinner with friends last night! We had a little “welcome home” dinner for one of my friends who just returned “home” from London for a visit. Do you know she had the nerve to abandon us by moving there?! How dare she! Dont you hate when your friends move away, but the annoying people that you want to slap always seem to stick around? Why is that?
Anyway, we went to Boka! Its right on St. Mark’s place. I really like this place! Its spacious enough not to be considered small, and if youre in a large group, they put you in a cute little cubby-like room of your own! Its like having your own private party with wait staff!
The food is great! Ive never had a full meal there, I usually stick to appetizer type foods because theyre more fun. The main dish that people go there for is the BonChon Chicken. Its almost weird to go there and not order it. I’ve made a post before about BonChon Chicken when I reviewed “Mad For Chicken”. Its the same kind of chicken but to me “Mad For Chicken” is better. Mad For Chicken makes crispier chicken and they put more sauce on it. But if you dont feel like going all the way to Koreatown, Boka is great for second best. Another cool thing about Boka is the Happy Hour all you can eat chicken and beer special! For 23 dollars you can have all the chicken and beer you want! U HEAR THAT LUDACRIS!?
Honestly, the chicken and beer all you can eat special is fun, but it seems like they half ass it a little on the chicken when you do the special. I like my chicken extremely well done. And though the chicken was cooked all the way through, I would have liked some of it to be a little more cooked. Also, one round of chicken felt like it was luke warm. This doesnt fly when all the previous rounds were so hot, you could hardly even pick them up with your bare hands.
I guess we were eating the chicken too fast for them to keep up? NEWSFLASH: When you have “all you can eat” specials, you have to expect the HOMER SIMPSONS of the world and be prepared for these things! I had to send the luke warm pieces back and have them cooked a little more. My friends told me that I probably pissed off the waiter by sending it back and most likely the new chicken would be laced with piss or some other bodily fluid. HA HA VERY FUNNY! Whats funnier is that when the new chicken arrived, they were the first ones grabbin at it!
Boka also has really great sushi rolls! My favorite is the “Crab and Shrimp Roll”. My friend also got this really good roll that had beef in it. I think it was called a Bul Go Gi Roll! It was delicious! The beef was really tender! I didnt even know that rolls with beef in them even existed. I cant wait to try some of the other rolls.
As for drinks, aside from beer we had leechi soju. Im not a drinker but I liked this a lot! I had 3 shots of it (which is a lot for me) and ate one of the Leechis! Another time I went there, I had watermelon soju which is a lot of fun to drink! They dig out a small watermelon and fill it with the soju. Everyone takes turns scooping some into their little glasses! Its a little messy if youre clumsy but its really cute. Ive learned that I shouldnt drink more than one shot! Drinking prompts me to share too much info about my under garments (complete with visual aids).
Overall I really like this place. Its a cool place to go with a group of friends or on a date. Its very clean inside and I like the trendy atmosphere and neighborhood! Its right on St. Mark’s place so you can do some shopping once you leave! And if youre greedy like me, you can run across the street to Mamoun’s and get a Falafel for later!
