New York Hot Dog and Coffee - West Village

Odd combination of foods in a generic and vaguely named storefront? Sure, I'm down for that. My friends Lauren and Caitlin notified me of a wacky place where they sell Korean hotdogs--I believe they told me this because I am partly Korean and because they are partly racist. Seriously, what, just because I'm Korean does that mean I will automatically like Korean things? Probably.

This store is kind of like the bizzaro dimension--they sell hotdogs and hamburgers of standard varieties, but then they offer hotdogs with bulgogi and kimchi toppings or chicken hotdogs with chicken kalbi toppings. And that's not all, they sell . . . Belgian waffles? Yeah, I don't know. I'm not complaining, but this place is pretty schizophrenic in a good way.

The hotdog with bulgogi was good if not for the unique take on a standard item, but it wasn't mind-blowing. I regret not getting it with kimchi as well--I think that would add some needed texture variety. The chicken kalbi hot dog wasn't as good--something about chicken on chicken didn't make for a satisfying taste, but that also may be my unfamiliarity with chicken hotdogs. The hotdogs are large, probably twice as big as your standard vendor hotdog or more. The buns are like normal hotdog buns on steroids--much larger and toasted for more bite and thickness. The fries were very crisp, not too salty or greasy, but for some reason the sign says "spicy fries" when these were just normal fries--a bit odd--perhaps lost in translation?

The prices are pretty average, not as cheap as I like them to be, at around $5-$10 with the higher end pertaining to the Korean influenced toppings. I would suggest going here to anyone simply because it's a pretty interesting experience: Korean hotdogs and burgers, coffee, Belgian waffles, somewhat odd furnishings, ceramic hotdog displays, super courteous Korean staff all in the west village. Like I said, bizzaro dimension.