Malaysia Beef Jerky
Malaysia Beef Jerky
95A Elizabeth St
(btw Grand & Hester St)
Chinatown, NY
(212) 965-0796
After living and visiting here in Chinatown for over 20 years, I can’t believe I’ve never been to this place! Lying at the very end of the Mott Street marketplace towards Grand St, contains this hidden jewel that sells beef jerky! If I blew up this picture, you can see the prices listed on it.
P R I C E S
Sliced Pork
Pound:1 – $16; 1/2 – $ 8.00, 1/4 – $4.00
Pork Jerky
Pound:1 – $16; 1/2 – $ 8.00, 1/4 – $4.00
Spicy Pork Jerky
Pound:1 – $16; 1/2 – $ 8.00, 1/4 – $4.00
Spicy Chicken Jerky
Pound:1 – $17; 1/2 – $ 8.50, 1/4 – $4.25
Chicken Jerky
Pound:1 – $17; 1/2 – $ 8.50, 1/4 – $4.25
Spicy Beef Jerky
Pound:1 – $17; 1/2 – $ 8.00, 1/4 – $4.25
Beef Jerky
Pound:1 – $17; 1/2 – $ 8.50, 1/4 – $4.25
Curry Beef Jerky
Pound:1 – $17; 1/2 – $ 8.50, 1/4 – $4.25
My bf and I are crazy in love with beef jerky. But unfortunately, we’ve never had fresh ones before because we always get the packaged ones from the store. But my god, when you step foot inside the shop you’ll see all the jerky goodness inside! Mm!! Too bad I didn’t get a picture inside because I was so overwhelmed by its strong spicy and sweet aroma. Anyways, we decided to get the 1/4 of the spicy beef and pork jerky to go since you can’t really sit and eat there.
Even after a long trip back home in brooklyn, the jerkies are still warm!! Yess. Anyways, this is the spicy pork jerky and it’s my first time having pork jerky. This jerky is very soft since it’s fresh, and it made it easy to eat. See even though it’s spicy, I honestly didn’t think it would be that spicy because it looks pretty sweet! But goodness, it was incredibly spicy! When my father took a bite of this, he was running to the kitchen for water because it was that fiery! Even though it burns, it was a very good pork jerky and it tastes a little sweet and it’s very spicy and tender as well!
Recommended!
Rating – 4/5
This is the spicy beef jerky. Wow, this is the best beef jerky I have ever heard. This isn’t as overwhelmingly spicy as the pork, which is perfect for me. It’s warm, very sweet (probably they added a honey glaze) and subtly salted. I love it. You have to definitely try it for yourself!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Rating – 5/5
This isn’t a restaurant so I couldn’t find the health inspection results. But don’t worry, there’s a lot of people working in there so I’m sure they keep it in tip top shape! =)
Yakitori Taisho: Japanese Barbeque
Yakitori Taisho
5 ST MARKS PLACE
Manhattan, NY
(212) 228-5086
YAKITORI!!!! This is not your typically Japanese restaurant. No they don’t serve sushi or ramen or any typical japanese food. But they’re totally cool because they are all about sticking meat and all sorts of stuff on their skewers! Mmm, I like cooked food and bbq meat!
If you’ve been down on St Mark Place, you’ve definitely seen this restaurant before. It’s next to the infamous beat up Barney that sells tourist goods and jewelry, and it’s the first Japanese restaurant on the block if you’re heading towards 1st avenue. Usually I’m really deterred from eating at this place because it’s always, 100% of the time packed. Every time I come here, there’s always a line forming outside of the door. Luckily for me and my bf this time, there was no line. At 6pm, wow, I guess people come a little bit later?
Well to my surprise, this place was awfully packed! My god! It is a really small joint here! Btw, be careful when you walk down the steps, you can trip and accidentally fall. Oh no, don’t think I fell. You know, I’m just saying because I saw a woman fall. =P Anyways, the first thing you’ll see when you enter is a couple of single tables for couples and a bar, as you can kinda see with my picture. After that there are a few more bigger tables and that seems to look like that’s it. The waitress asked me if me and my partner wanted to sit at the bar, and of course I said hell no because, #1 I’m claustrophobic, and #2 I wanted my own table and my own space. Apparently, that’s a little hard considering how small this place is!
To my surprise, the waitress offered us a table in the back room. Holy crap, I didn’t think this place can be bigger, but it is. Just pass the bathroom there is a little room inside with a few tables. Wow, hey, at least this is better than to sit at the bar. 
So yeah, there’s probably like 6 tables in there. Believe me, it’s a very tiny room so it’s a tough squeeze.
After settling down from all the chaos out there, I was ready to order. I already had something in mind to eat after viewing a post on this restaurant by blogger feistyfoodie. I knew I wanted the cod fries that they have here. I am a big fan of fries and I was dying to try it and the sauce that comes with it. Mmm. My bf was having a hard time trying to decide what he wanted because there is so much to choose from! Look at the cool menu! I just had to take a picture of this because it’s so graphic!!
Ahh so beautiful. Each page is more colorful than the last. Mm…if these pictures doesn’t make you drool, then I don’t know what will!
Appetizer!
Mentai Potato
french fries with spicy cod roe & mayo sauce, Price: $4.50
My god, honestly, these fries taste better than the Pomme Frites ones around the block! It’s freshly cook and it’s nice and plumped, just the way I love it. My bf thinks it needs a little more salt, but I think it’s perfect. The mayo sauce taste good with the fries for a few dips, but then afterwards it gets disgusting to eat. I love these fries soo soo much! Everyone else in that room ordered this too, so you should go and get these too!! They’re a big hit!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rating: 5/5
Entrees
Yakitori Tei
Scallions, shrimp, chicken meat ball, beef, and chicken, Price: $8.50
I never had a chicken meat ball before and had confused it with a crab meatball because of it’s soft texture. Oh let me tell you how each and every skewer taste like — perfectly salted and grilled. My god, the chicken and beef are so juicy and delicious. My boyfriend couldn’t finish this because it is so filling. My goodness, this is really good.
Recommended
Rating: 4/5
Taishodon
chicken meat balls, chicken chunks and beef over rice with kimchee served with miso soup, Price: $6.95
As I said before, the skewers of meats are amazing. It went really well with the kimchi rice, but I wasn’t fond of the ginger that you see on the top right. At first I thought it was carrot, but I was wrong. It’s definitely ginger and I did not like it one bit. But other than that, this is a very good bowl of rice and it’s incredibly filling!
Recommended!
Rating: 4/5
Overall I had an incredible time coming here. I would definitely come back here for the fries! Yumm, definitely!
YAKITORI TAISHO
5 ST MARKS PLACE, MANHATTAN 10003
212-228-5086
Current violation points: 12/28
Inspection Date: 10/24/2006
Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
1.) Food contact surface not properly maintained.
2.) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to vermin exist.
3.) Evidence of flying insects or live flying insects present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
4.) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
