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Chinatown, Restaurants
Chicken Soup (Chinatown Style) @ BoKy - NYC
10.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I’ve been slow posting as of late due to a heavy workload at my job compounded with a cold I caught working late every day for two weeks in a row. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised. Of course, the fact that my apartment didn’t have any hot water on Friday didn’t help matters. However, I realized cold water shouldn’t be taken for granted when running water stopped completely on Sunday. Sheesh, what a nice weekend.

Fortunately, my cold isn’t that severe, and I am somewhat functional except that I’ve lost my appetite entirely besides a strange craving for a Burger King Whopper. However, I am not one to give in to the nonsensical wonts of a terrorizing virus, so on Saturday, I decided I needed some chicken soup, specifically Curry Chicken Noodle Soup from BoKy. MORE »
Chinatown, Small Shops
Rollerblading to Sheng Wang - NYC
09.20.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

What do you do when your boyfriend forgets your bike at the office and then leaves for a company outing in the Hamptons? Well, first you bitch and moan, because, god damn it, it’s a nice day and you wanted to ride your bike! But then you get over it and rollerblade to Sheng Wang for some freshly hand-pulled noodles.

When you first get to Eldrige Street looking for Sheng Wang, you may initially be confused because it only says Sheng Wang in English at the very end of a awning mostly in Chinese. And if you aren’t Chinese, this will probably intimidate you. Two years ago, after the Sietsema article in the Village Voice about Sheng Wang came out, I decided to go try it out. However, after seeing the awning and the short, but dark steps, down into the subterranean restaurant, I decided to skip it, and went elsewhere. At the time, the fact the name of the restaurant in English was added seemingly as an after-thought, made me feel that they wouldn’t be very welcoming. This time I wanted noodles, and I didn’t care if I wasn’t welcome. MORE »
Announcements, Chinatown, Restaurants
New Posts Are a Comin….
09.18.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I have a big project at work these days so I haven’t had time to blog or even sit down to a meal for more than fifteen minutes. As a result, I’ve been eating a lot of Korean ramyun and Chinese lamian (hand-pulled noodles). Tonight I ate Hand-Pulled Noodles with Beef in Hot & Spicy Soup at Super Taste on the way home. It was spicier than usual today, which I don’t mind, but the broth was somewhat less meaty tasting; not as satisfying as usual. Also, they don’t have the little container of snow cabbage on the tables anymore!!! OH GOD, WHY??!!! OK, I think I need some sleep. I’ll have a real post up this weekend.

Super Taste
26N Eldridge St. (nr. Canal St.)
New York, NY 10002
Street Eats
My Fruit Vendors are Gangsta’ - NYC
08.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

This is just a random story that I thought was amusing enough to share. Last week, I decided to stop by Grand Street to get some bananas on my way to the subway. As I was waiting to be helped at my favorite fruit stand (on the corner of Grand and Forsyth St), a guy walking by grabbed a longan, spun around, and started walking away backwards with the longan held before his lips, ready to pop it whole into his mouth. He obviously never had a longan before. If you don’t know, longans are not like grapes. Similar to lychees, you have to peel the shell in order to eat the sweet springy flesh inside. And although the peel is not extremely hard, it is definitely not edible. I would say the shell is similar to the bark of a young sapling. MORE »
Chinatown, Midtown, Street Eats
Summer Cravings - NYC
07.24.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Chicken Biryani from the Biryani Cart

Summer cravings are a strange thing for me. I never know what I’ll crave. Usually it’ll be something really flavorful, because when it’s so hot out, I lose my appetite and I need something strong to awaken my taste buds. Last year, all I ever wanted to eat was chicken biryani from the biryani cart on 46th Street. Delicious dark meat chicken and basmati rice flavored with chili peppers and heavy on the cardamom, what more could you ask for? Maybe some of the mango pickles they throw in… MORE »