Highlights: Eleven Madison Park, Xian Famous Foods, Soba Nippon, Lucky Eight. Culture Espresso – chocolate chip cookie which was gooey at the beginning of October but suddenly become small and crispy by the end of the month. Rumor is that they changed bakers — too bad! A side note, there seems to be a fair [...]
Archive for the ‘noodles’ Category
Fall in New York
November 4, 2010
SANTOUKA RAMEN ****
January 21, 2010
Santouka Toroniku Ramen (#7). Shio broth is silky and complex with balanced salt, seafood and pork flavors and a sesame note. The special pork (pork cheek?) is thinly sliced with a nice ribbon of fat that softens in the broth, nice soy flavor and tenderness. Noodles were good though not notable. Halu’s noodles are more [...]
PAGAN**
March 30, 2009
Burmese Moo Hin Nga (Cat Fish Noodle Soup) – Fish chowder with rice noodle, ground catfish, onion, garlic, and cilantro – better than Larkin Express.Chin Hin Yee (Burmese Hot and Sour Soup) – too sour and one dimensional.Tea Leaf Salad (Lap Pat Thut) – o.k.Rainbow Salad (Lat Thut Song) – great balance of ingredients, tasty [...]
A&J RESTAURANT*’
March 29, 2009
Taiwanese in Cupertino Seaweed and Bean Sprout in Garlic Vinegar Sauce – good vinegar and garlic kick.Scallion Pancake – standard.Beef Tendon with Garlic Sauce – o.k. tendon is in large pieces, but flavorful.Pan Fried Beef Bun – like a large potsticker with a ground beef and chinese chive filling, just o.k. if a bit greasy.Taiwanese [...]
