2nd Annual Independent Food Festival and Awards: Most Heavenly Pork Bun

2nd Annual Independent Food Festival and Awards:
Most Heavenly Pork Bun: Momofuku berkshire pork bun

There have been a lot of images of heaven through the ages. Light, fluffy, cloud-filled scenes full of rubenesque women with harps. A stern-looking fellow checking off names at the gate. Maybe a hazy light at the end of a tunnel, offering a glimpse of some haloed figures ascending with arms outstreched.

But there's one thing that heaven's always been missing: Pigs. Not flying, sainted pigs, mind you. But fatty, delicious, ready-to-be-eaten pigs. We haven't consulted scripture lately (and if Nirvana is the absence of desire, we'll pass on the absence of a craving for pork, too...) but offhand, there's no recollection of decadent heirloom pork. And as long as gluttony's on the list of sins, we'll be tucked away in the East Village, enjoying our pillowy-soft bun, a couple well-placed slices of cucumber, and that delicious, heavenly Berkshire pork. It's a hell of a bun.

Momofuku Noodle Bar
163 First Avenue (between 10th and 11th)
New York NY 10003
212-475-7899

Comments

[guy2k]

I second that emotion! This is NYC's definitive bite of pork! I only hope that the city's new Sous Vide crackdown doesn't put my pig permanently back in its poke.

[Danielle]

Oh, Momofuku is great. I usually don't like pork buns, but I adore theirs. The only place I've had better was this little hole in the wall that used to be on.. hmmm... Mulberry St., I think. It broke my heart when that place closed down.

I like the spicy rice roll things they have at Momofuku, too. The only thing they serve that I don't like is the ramen.