Continuing on with my noodle trend. Here's a piping hot bowl of hand pulled noodles from Super Taste. Sure the meat wasn't the best quality but the flavor of the soup, the bite of the noodles, two dollops of chili oil and that sunny fried egg on top sure was tasty. And all of this plus a serve of dumplings for hardly $10? What more can I ask for?
Good to find a decent Italian place near work in case if I'm in the mood for pasta. Via Emilia serves some pretty nice freshly made al dente pastas. This is the chicken and wild mushroom tortelloni in truffle olive oil sauce; as a non-cream-based sauce, this was delightfully light and refreshing. Wish I could I say the same for the service though, I'm not one to gripe about service usually but forgetting orders (especially during the tight lunch hour- one waitress on duty non-withstanding) is not exactly one way to make a customer happy. If there's another redeeming factor; they do have a decent selection of lambrusco!
So this isn't exactly like the food in Taiwan but when you're craving some Taiwanese food, it does a pretty good job. Pickled vegetables and stewed minced pork on some pretty chewy noodles, a dollop of chili oil, the grilled pork chop and fried chicken leg and some other side dishes. Just the perfect quick meal for lunch.
Is this the best way to reheat pizza? "Best" is a strong word, so I don't know if I can commit to that but this sure is one damn good way to reheat a slice.
New York isn't the first place that comes to mind when one is thinking about bbq, but fortunately there are some decent bbq joints here that can help with those cravings for smokey, tender flesh. RUB (an acronym for Righteous Urban BBQ) is one of the better ones in town.
We ordered the Baron's Platter which is basically a sampler of their meats which included ribs, pastrami, smoked ham, smoked turkey, roasted chicken, home made sausage, brisket and pulled pork. The pulled pork in particular was extremely tender and tasty although the rest all had a nice smokey flavor. The sides of deep fried "super" fries and onion strings were crisp and had a nice seasoning on it as opposed to the usual one-dimensional salt. Lastly, I think anywhere that serves a mean deep fried oreo for dessert deserves to be frequented at least once.
