The Good Fork

livetotravel · August 2006

My wife and I and four of our friends, including a chef from a well-regarded PS restaurant made the pilgrimage to Red Hook last night to The Good Fork. Our friends had all been once before, this was our first time. When we were seated in the charming outside area my chef friend ran into two others from the food business. Always a good sign when you see people who really know good food eating at someplace you've never been to!

Owner Ben Schneider graciously greeted us on arrival and showed us to our table on the back deck.

We opened with glasses of Prosecco and by the end of the night had consumed 4 bottles of wine, a white Bordeaux, an Argentinian melbec, a French cabernet and an Italian red I lost track off ;-)

We each ordered and shared different appetizers - Vietnamese pork ribs (delicious!), pork & chive dumplings (fantatstic), crab cake, grilled mango salad, a egg drop/shrimp fettucine and sabo noodles with goat cheese and ginger.

For mains there was skate, seared scallops, roasted cloonshe chicken, slow braised Bershire pork, and steak and eggs Korean style.

I had one the best cheeseburgers I have ever tasted! Delicious charred top with perfect medium rare center, on a perfect bun with tempura onion rings for a side. Heaven!

At the end of the evening Sohui Kim, the chef and partner came out to chat with us.

All-in-all a great evening. I see what all the buzz is about and highly recommend The Good Fork to anyone. We'll be returning.

Now where do we catch that B61?

mick · August 2006

Catching the 61 from the Park is a little tough. If you can get to 5th ave. and 9th st. take the B77 instead. Otherwise, the B71 runs from Grand Army Plaza to Van Brunt along Union. You're about a mile away and can catch the 61 there. Problem is the 71 only runs every half hour.

livetotravel · August 2006

hey thanks Mick. What about if we took the "F" to Smith/9th or Carroll - what bus would we take from there?

stacey · August 2006

Livetotravel wrote: hey thanks Mick. What about if we took the "F" to Smith/9th or Carroll - what bus would we take from there?

Check out this site it can help

http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork

mick · August 2006

Smith/9th take the 77 to Van Brunt.

filmlover44 · March 2007

Subject: Re: The Good Fork

Livetotravel wrote: My wife and I and four of our friends, including a chef from a well-regarded PS restaurant made the pilgrimage to Red Hook last night to The Good Fork. Our friends had all been once before, this was our first time. When we were seated in the charming outside area my chef friend ran into two others from the food business. Always a good sign when you see people who really know good food eating at someplace you've never been to!

Owner Ben Schneider graciously greeted us on arrival and showed us to our table on the back deck.

We opened with glasses of Prosecco and by the end of the night had consumed 4 bottles of wine, a white Bordeaux, an Argentinian melbec, a French cabernet and an Italian red I lost track off ;-)

We each ordered and shared different appetizers - Vietnamese pork ribs (delicious!), pork & chive dumplings (fantatstic), crab cake, grilled mango salad, a egg drop/shrimp fettucine and sabo noodles with goat cheese and ginger.

For mains there was skate, seared scallops, roasted cloonshe chicken, slow braised Bershire pork, and steak and eggs Korean style.

I had one the best cheeseburgers I have ever tasted! Delicious charred top with perfect medium rare center, on a perfect bun with tempura onion rings for a side. Heaven!

At the end of the evening Sohui Kim, the chef and partner came out to chat with us.

All-in-all a great evening. I see what all the buzz is about and highly recommend The Good Fork to anyone. We'll be returning.

Now where do we catch that B61?

This is kind of sad, but I used to babysit for Ben! I'm glad to hear that the restaurant is doing well. I can't wait to try it.

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