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Nowon is an East Village Korean American Pocha that sprang out of the iconic HIM pop-up at Black Emperor Bar. Since 2019, one of New York's b…
Burger was amazing. Spicy KFC was good as well butttt 5 pieces of $17 doesn't seem worth it to me.
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Jared C
3 contributions
27/01/24
• DoorDash order
Burger wasnt as good as I was expecting especially for the $20 price tag you would be better off getting a burger from Shake Shack.
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Elaine A
Emerging Expert • 6 contributions
19/11/22
• DoorDash order
I can see the Truffle Rice Cakes Al Limone tasting fine in the restaurant but this type of rice cake def doesn't travel well. It had to be microwaved several times while eating it to soften it up. Very creamy and greasy and the lemon and lemon zest were barely enough to cut the heaviness of it all. A bit one dimensional and could've used more truffle or an addition of some type of veggie.
The Nowon Tofu Bun had potential but the one I received barely had anything else other than the thick block of tofu. There wasn't even half the amount of jalapeno, parmesan, peanuts, slaw, etc compared to the photo- it felt like chewing on a whole lot of plain tofu. I almost wish the tofu were cut half as thick because the outer sides were seasoned and fried well. The ratios just felt all off. Also it's served on white sandwich bread and not a seeded bun.
Also got the tots with honey butter which was sweet and addictive and the cheesy mushroom rice which was the tastiest dish but too oily.
All in all felt like elevated/pricey bar food. Def more American-leaning than fusion, and as a Korean, I can't say that it felt Korean-inspired at all to me except that a couple of Korean ingredients were used (rice cakes, rice, tofu...).
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Amy K
6 contributions
20/04/24
• DoorDash order
'Chopped Cheese' Rice Cakes portion size seems to have been reduced to about half while the price remains the same
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JD M
18 contributions
3/05/24
• DoorDash order
The Legendary Cheeseburger was average. The Nowon Fried Chicken was good but it was such a small amount of chicken.
