Comments on: Yips http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/ Food Adventures for Your Urban Lunch Hour Fri, 25 May 2012 21:25:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Vanessa http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-138556 Vanessa Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:15:41 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-138556 I'm disappointed to hear that Yipps isn't great. I used to go there in 87 and it was the greatest restaurant to go to, especially for the sweet and sour shrimp. That is how I found this blog, checking to see if it still existed and to hear all the comments made me write one as well. It seems its changed a lot since 87 but if they still serve the sweet and sour shrimp, do try it and blog a comment. I’m disappointed to hear that Yipps isn’t great. I used to go there in 87 and it was the greatest restaurant to go to, especially for the sweet and sour shrimp. That is how I found this blog, checking to see if it still existed and to hear all the comments made me write one as well. It seems its changed a lot since 87 but if they still serve the sweet and sour shrimp, do try it and blog a comment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-53136 Anonymous Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:46:28 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-53136 I just stopped by today for the first time. Their address is not 1290 Avenue of the Americas, like how some websites noted (Google Maps). They are actually located on 52 W 52 Street, between the 2 Chase banks. The BBQ Chicken smells wonderful and it tastes decent. I just stopped by today for the first time. Their address is not 1290 Avenue of the Americas, like how some websites noted (Google Maps). They are actually located on 52 W 52 Street, between the 2 Chase banks. The BBQ Chicken smells wonderful and it tastes decent.

]]> By: Ben http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Ben Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:54:31 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-273 I go to Yips about twice a week, and I always get the same thing: BBQ Chicken, Fried Rice, and a side of hot & sour soup for $1.50. Costs me $7.05 in total, tastes great, I enjoy it, and I rarely want dinner that night because it's filling. Haute cuisine? No. Good stuff (to me at least), done cheap? Yes, and in Manhattan that's a winner in my book. I go to Yips about twice a week, and I always get the same thing: BBQ Chicken, Fried Rice, and a side of hot & sour soup for $1.50. Costs me $7.05 in total, tastes great, I enjoy it, and I rarely want dinner that night because it’s filling. Haute cuisine? No. Good stuff (to me at least), done cheap? Yes, and in Manhattan that’s a winner in my book.

]]> By: anon http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-270 anon Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:08:42 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-270 Cynthia--tell me more about this "china-town" you speak of. There are restaurants there? Cynthia–tell me more about this “china-town” you speak of. There are restaurants there?

]]> By: Johnie http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Johnie Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:00:41 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-265 The different lines at Yips are the same menu. Just get in the shortest line. My favorite combination is Shrimp w/ Broccoli (or Lobster Sause depending on day of week it's served), extra sause, and Pork Chops... Mmm Mmm.. The different lines at Yips are the same menu. Just get in the shortest line.

My favorite combination is Shrimp w/ Broccoli (or Lobster Sause depending on day of week it’s served), extra sause, and Pork Chops… Mmm Mmm..

]]> By: Left Hand Luke http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Left Hand Luke Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:40:08 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-268 Oh Mike, you fool of a man. You have yet to taste the BBQ chicken I suspect? Your rantings, ravings and abuse of CAPS LOCK have saddened me. I swoon for the BBQ chicken and yet, here you have the spite and malice to damn the place with half-baked analogies? Return to your Manchu Woks and do not cast such stone of anger upon Yipps. Oh Mike, you fool of a man. You have yet to taste the BBQ chicken I suspect? Your rantings, ravings and abuse of CAPS LOCK have saddened me.

I swoon for the BBQ chicken and yet, here you have the spite and malice to damn the place with half-baked analogies? Return to your Manchu Woks and do not cast such stone of anger upon Yipps.

]]> By: Mike http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Mike Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:24:44 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-259 I don't know if comments can be merged but I wanted to make clear that I'm not comparing the place to "good" Chinese restaurants. Any but one of even the most mediocre places within a 4 block radius is better than Yip's, and I'm pretty sure the place that was worse was finally run out of the rising rents. I don’t know if comments can be merged but I wanted to make clear that I’m not comparing the place to “good” Chinese restaurants. Any but one of even the most mediocre places within a 4 block radius is better than Yip’s, and I’m pretty sure the place that was worse was finally run out of the rising rents.

]]> By: Mike http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Mike Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:08:56 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-262 Yips is just plain VILE with a capital, well, VILE. I have eaten it a couple of times but even out of desperation to stave off hunger, it's like getting a root canal to take care of a little food stuck between your teeth. I mean, their food is just painfully bad from any perspective. Even the stuff that should be able to survive a steam table is bad. The best analogy I can think of is that their food is the Chinese version of bad junior high school cafeteria food. And while it's one thing to eat it when you have no alternative, it's quite another altogether to voluntarily subject yourself to it, and to add insult to injury, actually pay for the dubious privilege. Yips is just plain VILE with a capital, well, VILE. I have eaten it a couple of times but even out of desperation to stave off hunger, it’s like getting a root canal to take care of a little food stuck between your teeth. I mean, their food is just painfully bad from any perspective. Even the stuff that should be able to survive a steam table is bad. The best analogy I can think of is that their food is the Chinese version of bad junior high school cafeteria food. And while it’s one thing to eat it when you have no alternative, it’s quite another altogether to voluntarily subject yourself to it, and to add insult to injury, actually pay for the dubious privilege.

]]> By: Midtown Lunch » Blog Archive » Arang Korean/Sushi Buffet http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Midtown Lunch » Blog Archive » Arang Korean/Sushi Buffet Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:13:00 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-264 [...] I just wanted to say a quick thank you for all the emails I’ve gotten, many of them with some great suggestions.  A lot of those suggestions urge me to branch out farther and farther from the places I have already reviewed.  9th avenue, the high 30s, Koreatown.  Someone even suggested I go to Chinatown if I wanted “real authentic Chinese food“.  Apparently she didn’t fully grasp the meaning of my blog’s very complex title.  It is very confusing… [...] [...] I just wanted to say a quick thank you for all the emails I’ve gotten, many of them with some great suggestions.  A lot of those suggestions urge me to branch out farther and farther from the places I have already reviewed.  9th avenue, the high 30s, Koreatown.  Someone even suggested I go to Chinatown if I wanted “real authentic Chinese food“.  Apparently she didn’t fully grasp the meaning of my blog’s very complex title.  It is very confusing… [...]

]]> By: simond http://midtownlunch.com/2006/07/07/yips-2/comment-page-1/#comment-257 simond Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:44:42 +0000 http://zandjnews.com/blog/2006/07/07/yips-2/#comment-257 Yeah Yips is right next door to our office. The only time we go is when we have less than 5 mins to get lunch before our 2-3 hour meetings (they can crank out your meal in less than 45 seconds if you have exact change). I get the fake beef usually. Yeah Yips is right next door to our office. The only time we go is when we have less than 5 mins to get lunch before our 2-3 hour meetings (they can crank out your meal in less than 45 seconds if you have exact change). I get the fake beef usually.

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