Vert Frais
Japanese restaurant · Long Island City ·
Japanese-French cafe serving ramen, pancakes, and cocktails
Japanese-French cafe serving ramen, pancakes, and cocktails
"This sunny, white-walled café in Long Island City does not look like a serious restaurant. It looks like the kind of place where you’d grab a coffee with friends or pull out your laptop at a communal table. But with the backing of Kanoyama’s long-standing chef, the kitchen is not to be underestimated. The classic shio ramen is a must, the broth fragrant and deep with smoky, charred slices of cha-shu and crunchy bamboo shoots. Thin slivers of sushi-grade salmon laced over a mound of warm rice with scallions and topped with poppy ikura are also a source of easy comfort. Dessert is all but bound to set social media feeds on fire: Fluffy, tall, jiggly souffle pancakes that are light as air, none too sweet, and impossible not to finish in a few big bites." - Michelin Inspector
"The lone addition outside Manhattan, Long Island City's Vert Frais is noted as a destination for late-night fans seeking midnight ramen from Kanoyama by Sanshiro." - Melissa McCart
"This sunny, white-walled café in Long Island City does not look like a serious restaurant. It looks like the kind of place where you’d grab a coffee with friends or pull out your laptop at a communal table. But with the backing of Kanoyama’s long-standing chef, the kitchen is not to be underestimated. The classic shio ramen is a must, the broth fragrant and deep with smoky, charred slices of cha-shu and crunchy bamboo shoots. Thin slivers of sushi-grade salmon laced over a mound of warm rice with scallions and topped with poppy ikura are also a source of easy comfort. Dessert is all but bound to set social media feeds on fire: Fluffy, tall, jiggly souffle pancakes that are light as air, none too sweet, and impossible not to finish in a few big bites." - Michelin Inspector
"Breakfast and/or lunch: Shio Ramen or Katsu Don at Vert Frais." - Nancy DePalma
"In the last year Vert Frais arrived as a newcomer to Long Island City, described as a French-leaning ramen restaurant adding a different take on noodle culture in the neighborhood." - Emma Orlow
