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oms/b: midtown lunch so much better than it used to be
it’s been a long while since i worked in midtown, and i don’t think i have ever missed the food scene there — until last week that is. in addition to crazy work hours, all i can remember of midtown life was lots of chain food, super cheap pizza and periodic high end lunches that were good but then meant i had to hang out in the office till midnight or later, so even my fancy restaurant memories are a bit tempered. and getting something other than a sandwich or a soup was almost an impossibility.
based on my quick survey last week, inspired by more thorough research on midtown lunch, i am missing quite a bit in midtown these days starting with oms/b. this is one of those places i can imagine visiting weekly if i were still within walking distance of grand central. i am real rice lover, and this japanese fast food joint has so many kinds of rice balls (both stuffed and topped, often wrapped in a sheet of seaweed) i can imagine never being bored. oms/b’s vast selection includes sesame, takana pickles, bonito flakes, plum, cod roe, seaweed, chili shrimp, yukari-plum, hijiki wasabi-gari, lobster salad and ground beef, and that is just a fraction of the offerings. on my visit last week, i ended up having the wasabi shrimp and the football (mixed vegetables in vinegar rice wrapped in sweet fried tofu). they were both excellent snacks – satisfying and quick.
oms/b also has lots of appetizers including dumplings, tofu nuggest, noodle salads, sweeweed salads, edamame. and if you have a hankering for some sticky rice desserts, oms/b also has a few typical ones like sesame dango pictured below, as well as an assortment of mochi. and for filling up at lunch, oms/b offers a pretty decent deal of three rice balls plus an appetizer plus soup for $7.25. while the shop is small, and only has a few tables, it would be perfect for grab and go.
given that these omusubi rice treats are fast, flavorful and relatively healthy, i may actually start creating excuses for stopping off at grand central on my way uptown. oms/b: 156 east 45th street between 3rd and lexington avenues, manhattan, new york, .
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