I was excited that Yunnan rice noodles finally made it to NYC, but while these were good, I don't feel in a hurry to return.
For starters, we tried the current special, an open-faced szechuan bagel (collaboration with Black Seed Bagel) topped with their ghost chicken and cheese. It was pretty tasty, although the cheese was not necessary. The ghost chicken flavor is so strong that you almost don't taste the cheese, and the texture of the cheese was a detractor (it was a slab of melted cheese that was no longer hot, so it had that chewy, rubbery texture).
We of course had to get the little pot mixian to try something more classic. I liked the complexity of flavors, and the pickled vegetables and leeks were a welcome change. The broth was a bit on the tart side, but overall it was good. We also got the mala dan dan mixian, which was less impressive. It was pretty much just like a bolognese with a lot of meat sauce and not much else, and the meat sauce wasn't all that spicy as the name suggested. The tea eggs were cooked well but a bit salty, and I also got the pork chao shou (wontons) with the dan dan noodle and didn't find them that special -- not much filling and sort of dry; maybe it's better ordered as a separate appetizer with sauce.
For starters, we tried the current special, an open-faced szechuan bagel (collaboration with Black Seed Bagel) topped with their ghost chicken and cheese. It was pretty tasty, although the cheese was not necessary. The ghost chicken flavor is so strong that you almost don't taste the cheese, and the texture of the cheese was a detractor (it was a slab of melted cheese that was no longer hot, so it had that chewy, rubbery texture).We of course had to get the little pot mixian to try something more classic. I liked the complexity of flavors, and the pickled vegetables and leeks were a welcome change. The broth was a bit on the tart side, but overall it was good. We also got the mala dan dan mixian, which was less impressive. It was pretty much just like a bolognese with a lot of meat sauce and not much else, and the meat sauce wasn't all that spicy as the name suggested. The tea eggs were cooked well but a bit salty, and I also got the pork chao shou (wontons) with the dan dan noodle and didn't find them that special -- not much filling and sort of dry; maybe it's better ordered as a separate appetizer with sauce.
No comments:
Post a Comment