YUBU SoHo
Korean restaurant · SoHo ·
Korean tofu pockets with diverse fillings, milk tea & coffee
Korean tofu pockets with diverse fillings, milk tea & coffee
"Yubu does one thing, and they do it really well. They offer 12 kinds of rice-stuffed, sweet tofu pockets (around $4 each) topped with Korean ingredients. The creamy crab salad one is our favorite, but the bulgogi is a close second. Get a couple pockets for a quick snack, or four to five for a full meal. (They’re deceptively filling.) Be sure to add a refreshing “sparkling ade” like the one with slivers of fermented Asian green plum. This fast-casual place has a good amount of seating in their bright dining room—unlike their original East Village location, which is takeout-only." - kenny yang, carlo mantuano, hannah albertine, bryan kim
"Yubu does one thing, and they do it really well. They offer 12 different kinds of rice-stuffed, sweet tofu pockets topped with Korean ingredients. The creamy crab salad one is our favorite, but the bulgogi is a close second. Get a couple pockets for a quick snack, or around four for a full meal. (They’re deceptively filling.) Be sure to add a refreshing “sparkling ade” like the one with slivers of fermented Asian green plum. This fast-casual place has a good amount of seating in their bright dining room—unlike their original East Village location, which is takeout-only." - kenny yang, bryan kim, carina finn koeppicus, willa moore, sonal shah
"Yubu does one thing, and they do it really well. They make about a dozen varieties of rice-stuffed, sweet tofu pockets, topped with Korean ingredients. The creamy crab salad one is our favorite, but the bulgogi is a close second. Get a couple pockets for a quick snack, or around four for a full meal. Be sure to add a refreshing “sparkling ade” like the one with fermented Asian green plum. This fast-casual place has a good amount of seating in their bright dining room—unlike their original East Village location, which is takeout-only." - willa moore, bryan kim, kenny yang, carina finn koeppicus
"While Yubu spotlights yubuchobap hand-held pockets, I found their dalgona is applied to two signature drinks—the dalgona milk tea and dalgona milk coffee—each $5, combining almond milk with shards of dalgona; these drinks have been on the menu since the shop opened in June 2021." - Caroline Shin
"Standing outside of Yubu, I felt nostalgic for early pandemic street-corner meals; this impossibly small East Village storefront specializes in yubuchobap—pillows of rice, meat, and seafood wrapped in fried tofu skin—and at about $3.50 each it’s one of the best handheld foods I’ve had during the pandemic. Of the dozen preparations (I sampled five), the salty-sweet beef bulgogi was my favorite: one of the few without mayonnaise or sauce yet surprisingly the most flavorful. There are a few outdoor tables, but for me the ideal way to eat these—especially with the free pack of Haribo gummy bears that comes with every order—is standing on two feet." - Eater Staff