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Buddakan
(212) 989-6699
75 9th Ave
New York, NY 10011
New York, NY 10011
Categories: Full-Service Restaurants, Limited-Service Restaurants
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By chelsea
Updated 08/28/2008
Every time people ask me where I live and I tell them Chelsea....I receive this response, "Oh ho! Chelsea from Chelsea!!" And every time someone says it, they pat themselves on the back and celebrate their witty comment, then they say something like th...
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When I say that they have the best shrimp I’ve ever had, I’m not kidding. I’m so serious in fact that I would swear on my grandma’s life. The Chili Rock Shrimp is outrageous.
I was a bit apprehensive about Buddakan when I walked in, it’s a huge restaurant, with trendy looking people and a lot of dark corners for celebrities to hang out in (I saw Derek Jeter, his corner apparently wasn’t dark enough, because I spotted him) and loud hipster music that makes you feel like you’re on a photo shoot for Vogue.
However after my first bite into an Edamame Dumpling, I was sold. If you’re into fancy drinks order the Heat or the Charm.