Usually the grizzly and sometimes gruesome plates of NYC Chinatown are too scary for my sensitive pallette. Did they wash the lettuce enough or am I going to get grit in my teeth? Is the meat going to be stringy, unidentified and hard to eat? Is the 10 dollar price tag worth the price I will pay if the food is gross?These are questions that run through my pea-sized brain when I eat in Chinatown.
I am not trying to insinuate that every restaurant in Chinatown is a dump. There are certain jewels to behold down there. Before you go make sure you get a reccommendation from an experienced renegade diner who can show you the ropes.
Last night my man took me to a place at 87 Baxter St. called Nha Trang One. I had never had the pleasure of feasting on Vietnamese food before (as far as I can remember) and I was worried that it would be sweet and weird. I gave it a shot anyway. Inexpensive, nice waiters and delicious food. This place was a homerun!
We had these amazing little fried pork egg rolls which you can wrap in lettuce and mint leaves and then dip in spicy chili vinegar.
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| Crunchy, Spicy, Crip, Minty, Lettucey. |
Next we dived right into the beef with vermicelli noodles. Wrap that shit in a lettuce leaf too WHAT WHAAAT!
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| Reowwww! |
Last, the major mouthburner: Sweet and Spicy Shrimp soup with Vegetables. The broth tasted like a spicy pineapple, and the shrimps were pretty freakin good, even by fish babe standards. Do NOT order the large, the small is huge and you will never finish it anyways. ATTN Cheapskates: $9.95 for a bowl.
Okra never tasted so good.
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