Seafood pan fried noodles at Amazing 66
My favorite roast chicken with preserved veggies
and beef short ribs on a hot skillet
Showing posts with label chinatown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chinatown. Show all posts
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Yup, it's amazing!
Seafood pan fried noodles at Amazing 66
My favorite roast chicken with preserved veggies
and beef short ribs on a hot skillet
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
roast duck with baby bok choy
my friend went to chinatown and picked up this dinner for the new year, so i wouldn't have to cook. it was lovely: nice and fatty and tender, with crispy crunchy skin that had an irresistable layer of savory grease that makes you involuntarily lick your fingers. the baby bok choy cut the fat just so.
after i took this picture, i wondered if i could drop into my favorite spot in any chinatown anywhere else in the world and pick up a roast duck that was this good.
probably so.
Monday, December 10, 2007
an ode to ny noodletown
it's never the overdone frou-frou that gets me when i eat out. it's the simple basic things done well that are especially satisfying. especially when they're affordable.
this chinatown spot was a late night favorite when i first came to the city and i was gigging out at all hours. after my GERD was diagnosed and eating late at night became impossible (if i wanted to sing at all), it was a dinnertime must whenever the mood would hit me. nowadays, dating someone who actually lives in the heart of chinatown means that i get to have this way too often.
this is my favorite thing from ny noodletown -- duck rolls. and no, they're not on the menu. i can't even remember how i procured them from any of the waiters because they hardly speak english and i don't think i've ever gone in there with any chinese pals. but once i figured it out, i was hooked. i've never had them as good anywhere else. and believe me -- i've looked.
so crispy, so tasty, so greasy-yummy, with so much flavor -- i usually get two orders, with a nice green vegetable within easy reach. (seriously.)
and then there were three -- jewels, that is. soy chicken, roast duck and roast pork. this could very well be my favorite entree: all of them, such ample servings, hugging each other on this nice thin layer of oyster and soy sauce, with a green chimichurri sauce on the side. the whole thing changes from one bite to the next.
thank God i hardly ever eat alone. my friend is 6'6" and he's always got an appetite, so that usually means that i get to taste a lot.
this chinatown spot was a late night favorite when i first came to the city and i was gigging out at all hours. after my GERD was diagnosed and eating late at night became impossible (if i wanted to sing at all), it was a dinnertime must whenever the mood would hit me. nowadays, dating someone who actually lives in the heart of chinatown means that i get to have this way too often.
this is my favorite thing from ny noodletown -- duck rolls. and no, they're not on the menu. i can't even remember how i procured them from any of the waiters because they hardly speak english and i don't think i've ever gone in there with any chinese pals. but once i figured it out, i was hooked. i've never had them as good anywhere else. and believe me -- i've looked.
so crispy, so tasty, so greasy-yummy, with so much flavor -- i usually get two orders, with a nice green vegetable within easy reach. (seriously.)
and then there were three -- jewels, that is. soy chicken, roast duck and roast pork. this could very well be my favorite entree: all of them, such ample servings, hugging each other on this nice thin layer of oyster and soy sauce, with a green chimichurri sauce on the side. the whole thing changes from one bite to the next.
thank God i hardly ever eat alone. my friend is 6'6" and he's always got an appetite, so that usually means that i get to taste a lot.
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