Thursday, October 8, 2026, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM ยท Nowon East Village, East Village, New York City
Nowon joins Taste of Asia at Madison Square Park on Oct 8, serving Korean-American dishes like chopped cheese rice cakes. Proceeds from the ticketed event benefit Apex for Youth and Madison Square Park Conservancy.
The chopped cheese rice cake says everything about this place. It takes the bodega icon and wraps it around chewy tteok, which somehow works better than either original. The Classic Mixtape ($49/person) runs six family-style courses from soy garlic fried chicken to honey butter tater tots, and the burger (the reason anyone finds out about Nowon in the first place) closes the deal.
Crispy tots coated in garlic honey butter. The side dish people order as a main.
Tteok loaded with beef and American cheese. NYC bodega meets Korean pojangmacha.
Double smash patty, soy glaze, house sauce, the reason everyone keeps coming back.