Food Shing
Before I get started into Food Shing, which is what this post is supposed to be about. I will jump into a tangent. So in another episode of checking my manhood at the door, I will share with my four readers, a gchat interaction betwee my sister and I. (And oddly it is interesting when I say three readers, three respond. Let us go for four this time. For the glory folks). My gchat message was, "sign #979724 that i am not a man. i kind of want to watch ps i love you." Actually in reality I am very private and paranoid (why keep a blog then?) but it is fun to share those nuggets of information every now and then. And no one is going to believe me if the message becomes, "I am going to make like Bob Villa and make a hand crafted table." My sister saw the message and then she replied...
The sis: "I don't even want to watch that movie. WTF is wrong with you?" And there you have it. Dressed down properly. Ouch. La hermana++. El perdedor--. What do you do after that? Tell her that you are listening to Sara Bareilles on youtube? No... You eat. What else are you going to do? Fandango.com the movie tickets? BTW, that is the move, after all you cannot possibly go up to the AMC, stand in front of a real man at the ticket counter and go, "um... one for ps I love you (and yes you are right, I really *am* that loser-tastic)."
As far as the noodles go, a couple of weeks back in the times, Peter Meehan reviewed Food Shing, by East Broadway. I usually do not head down that far into Chinatown, but for noodle joints? Why not? It is cold, those things fill you up right. The noodles at Food Shing are pretty good as far as hand pulled noodles are concerned. I been making my rounds on the food blogs and there are other people who prefer Catonese noodles (slightly yellower, thinner, and harder). If you prefer the 'toothsome' feel, then hand-pulled noodles probably are not for you. For me it is one of those preferences I grew up with therefore sticks with me til today. You ask me about something like tamales? Well, most of those taste good to me and tasting the differences would be hard and choosing a preference would be even harder.
The broth is not spicy. It should have been, but they had hot sauce and sriracha at the table. Average broth maybe, but it did the job. The beef chunks were thick and soft enough, although not fork tender. I still have not found a place that does a good hand-pulled noodle with the right broth and beef. I will probably go back to Food Shing simply because it is so cheap and it does a pretty good job of satiating my hunger and taste buds. The search for the perfect spicy beef noodle soup continues.
Food Sing 88
2 East Broadway.
New York, NY 10038
212-219-8223
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okay, here is your fourth reader. :) I tend to read your blog without commenting and would like to say i enjoy your writings and pictures.
Shuuro
December 21, 2007 1:35 pm
jen says it's ok to want to watch ps I love you b/c all her manfriends are prolly front row opening night singing along to the karaoke scenes.
also, mmm beefy noodles.
Barb & Jen
December 21, 2007 1:43 pm
I just wanted to say that I love Sara Bareilles, hehe! :))
Tea
December 21, 2007 5:51 pm
Hello hello I am reader #5 yes? Its 9ish on Sunday morning and I am doing laundry at the laundramat. What else better to do then to get on my blackberry and catch up on my fav Food in Mouth blog *tummy growling*. See how devoted some of your readers are? Thank me and go make me some scallion pancakes along with salty soymilk please =) I love beef noodle soup with some what do you call that. Umm that sour radish thingy? Syne that's not what you call it. Chingrish language "swan-tsai". Anyways I'm cuttin this short. Love the pics and you still make me hungry that's why I come back for more! =P
Steve
December 23, 2007 10:36 am
Man did my last post post on here? I am pissed off if it didnt
December 23, 2007 10:42 am
Shuuro,
Glad to know you are the fourth! I am glad you like the writing and pictures, will try to keep it up.
Barb and Jen,
Actually I heard the movie got really bad reviews. I am Legend is really good though. Mmm... zombies.
Tea,
Thanks for stopping by! Yea I actually found that song browsing through the Billboard top 50 list. It is pretty good stuff.
Steve,
You need to teach me more Chingrish and pin yin. I know exactly what you are talking about though. That stuff really is good, but no one really offers that on top of the noodles. And then some places have it in a plastic container at the table and that just looks like crap.
Danny
December 24, 2007 11:04 am
Danny,
I actually randomly chose that recipe! That was the simplest and I guess most authentic one I could find. I read many reviews, but everyone says something different, so I don't really know how do Sicilians really make and eat cannoli's, but I will make some research on that...
Tea
December 24, 2007 11:59 am
Hi ! Reader #7 i guess (a french one, sorry about that ;-)
Love yours pics and most of all your humour. Sara Bareilles is great you're absolutly right.
Deli
December 27, 2007 1:03 pm
Tea,
Ahh.. cool. Thank you. Usually I just pick them at random too, I was just curious what your process was like.
Deli,
Reader number seven! Woo hoo. Moving up in the world here.. no apology necessary, and I am glad you dig the content. Thanks!
Danny
December 28, 2007 10:53 am