Elvis Costello isn’t releasing his new album on CD — it'll only be available on vinyl and as a digital download. And while that's a fascinating move, I have to admit that I’m way more interested in the album's name: Momofuku. Did Costello, who currently lives in New York, name his new release after the hottest restaurants in the city: chef David Chang's Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ssam Bar, and the new, impossible-to-get-into Momofuku Ko?

Costello's reps weren’t immediately able to provide an answer, so I went straight to Chang, whose East Village restaurants serve his hyper-inventive, heavy-on-the-pork cuisine in a rock and roll setting: waiters wear t-shirts, you sit at counters, and loud music is always playing (plus, there's a huge vintage Band poster hanging at Noodle Bar). "We've heard he's a fan of the restaurant, but I doubt he'd name his album after us," says Chang. "That would be too weird. It blows my mind. There’s just no way! He's Elvis Costello, for Christ's sake!"

Chang, a "big-time" Costello fan, notes that "Less Than Zero" is on heavy rotation in his restaurants. He's never met Costello, though, and says that the only rock-musician regulars he knows of are the Hold Steady and Superchunk's Mac McCaughan. But if Costello's album name is a tribute to Chang's restaurant, does he get a much-coveted hook-up for Ko — which seats only fourteen people and accepts reservations only online? "Nope!" says Chang. "Even if I wanted to get a table, I'd have go through the reservation system."