I can’t say that I’ll miss it but what used to be Boi Restaurant then switched to Foodie (44th btw 2+3rd Ave) is gone. I never got around to try it but I remember my coworkers saying they enjoyed the dumplings. It’s always sad to see a place shutter, but with a name like that are we really that surprised? Let’s just hope something good will replace it.
But wait… there’s more.
Forgot to mention this in my write up of Foodie the other day (on 44th btw. 2+3rd). I discovered that they’re going to be my Zapp’s hook-up! Zapp’s is brand of spicier, Cajun-inspired, kettle potato chips from Louisiana. Their Cajun Dill Gater-Taters are something from my childhood, a lunchtime swap that regularly occurred (I’d switch anything for a taste of their dill and garlic goodness.) It’s like bringing back a lunchtime tradition! You might think it would be weird that a Vietnamese restaurant would carry Zapp’s- but there’s actually a huge Vietnamese population in New Orleans. I wonder if that’s where the owners of Boi are from?
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The Name Is Terrible, But the Dumpling Soup Isn’t at Foodie
Posted by Blondie at 9:30 am, December 16th, 2010 under Foodie.
Despite the terrible name, I’ve become a little hooked on Foodie (44th btw 2nd+3rd). Everything close to my job has gotten a bit stale for me, so when Boi became Foodie earlier this month it allowed me to enjoy the quick lunch again. I have been especially looking forward to their dumplings, which weren’t available until last Friday. And not only do they have dumplings, they have dumpling soup! I know it’s just dumplings in broth, but it’s more than that to me-it’s the first time I’ve gotten respectable dumplings for lunch in Midtown in a long time.
Posted by Blondie at 10:30 am, December 14th, 2010 under Foodie, Soups, Vietnamese.
The Boi restaurants were at one point a God-send for those of us in Midtown East: pretty decent Vietnamese, only slightly overpriced for what it was. Plus, Boi To Go was one of the first places to offer the elusive banh mi in Midtown; granted it wasn’t Chinatown-cheap style banh mi, but we take what we can get here, don’t we? For a while they’ve been going through some changes, beginning with Boi To Go shuttering back in August which wasn’t a huge shock considering that Boi Sandwich is practically identical and one avenue over. But when we heard yesterday that they had closed Boi Restaurant, their slightly upscale Vietnamese flagship (on 44th btw. 2+3rd), that was kind of surprising. Even more surprising? The new name. Ladies and gentleman, meet “Foodie”.
Posted by Blondie at 11:45 am, December 2nd, 2010 under Boi to Go/Boi Sandwiches, Foodie, Vietnamese.
