Stopped into Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th) yesterday just to see what was going on (I can’t resist whenever I’m in the area), and noticed a couple of things. First off, they’ve moved all the check out registers to the new coffee/shave ice/frappe/ice cream area (where the Beard Papa used to be.) I don’t [...]
Posted: 10:30 am, November 3rd, 2009 under Cafe Zaiya.
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Cafe Zaiya’s new website is now fully operational, with their entire menu available for online ordering (until now, they only had a limited number of items available.) To celebrate, all week long (10/5-10/9) everyone who orders online will get a free Itoen Tea.
Posted: 9:30 am, October 5th, 2009 under Asides, Cafe Zaiya.
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Got this email last week from Lunch’er Andrew: “Had a great lunch at Zaiya today [on 41st btw. Mad+5th], though I had to go online for a tutorial on how to open those damn plastic wraps!” Wait a second… there are online tutorials for how to open those shrink wrapped triangular rice balls? “But of [...]
Posted: 2:15 pm, September 14th, 2009 under Cafe Zaiya, Japanese, Videos.
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For me, the fun of Cafe Zaiya has always been to wander around aimlessly marveling at their wonders. The selection can be overwhelming sometimes, and the crowds unforgiving, but there are still few places I enjoy more than this fast food Japanese wonderland on 41st btw. Mad+5th. But if you’re one of those regulars who [...]
Posted: 8:30 am, August 20th, 2009 under Cafe Zaiya.
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I don’t think I’ve ever had kinako (soybean powder) in any form- but according to Kathy YL Chan, Cafe Zaiya on 41st btw. Mad+5th is now serving kinako soft serve… and I will take her word for it that this is exciting news! I guess we’ll need her to update her food porn guide to [...]
Posted: 1:30 pm, July 22nd, 2009 under Asides, Cafe Zaiya, Sweets.
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A few things have happened since Kathy YL Chan (from A Passion for Food) compiled her Food Porn Guide to Navigating Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th) for Midtown Lunch. Beard Papa is now gone, replaced by a coffee and dessert bar. Since Kathy is our resident coffee, dessert, and Cafe Zaiya expert we told [...]
Posted: 11:30 am, June 22nd, 2009 under Cafe Zaiya, Coffee, Kathy YL Chan, Sweets.
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Photo courtesy of Kathy YL Chan from A Passion for Food
It looks like Cafe Zaiya’s new dessert and drink bar has opened (where the Beard Papas used to be) and Kathy YL Chan is already on the scene. She laments the loss of the delicious cream puffs, but the black sesame frappe she posted about [...]
Posted: 10:30 am, June 16th, 2009 under Cafe Zaiya, Coffee, Sweets.
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Beard Papa fans shouldn’t be too upset about Friday’s news that they’re leaving Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th). Not only is Beard Papa going to look for another Midtown location to sell their cream puffs, but Cafe Zaiya will be converting the extra space into a dessert/drink bar. From the GM of Cafe [...]
Posted: 10:45 am, June 1st, 2009 under Bubble Tea, Cafe Zaiya.
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Tina (aka The Wandering Eater) passed along this sad news yesterday: The Beard Papa counter inside Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th) will be closing up shop on the last day of May. This means that unless you want to be coming into Midtown over the weekend, today is the last day for a [...]
Posted: 8:30 am, May 29th, 2009 under Cafe Zaiya.
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From the ML Forums: According to Lunch’er “Clues” if you can get a hot one, Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th) is making the best fried fish sandwich in Midtown. Between this and the Happy Well Being House Cart (if they ever come back), I may have to re-write this post.
Posted: 9:15 am, May 21st, 2009 under Asides, Cafe Zaiya, In the Forums.
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