xi’an famous foods No. 88 East Broadway No. 106 (entrance on Forsyth Street), Chinatown; No phone; xianfoods.com. For lamb face, the devotees trekked to Flushing and Xi’an Famous Foods at the Golden Mall.
They rode buses or subways and then parked their old Volvos at Prince Street or Bud Place. Then they walked in for liang Pi, starchy wheat noodles, and soft croutons.They were enchanted by the cumin-scented lamb in Silk Road flatbread, English muffins to make terra cotta soldiers, and burgers for Chinese-food-obsessed people.
Xi’an Famous Food: Maybe you were one of them Perhaps you wished you were
Xi’an Famous Food has opened a new location in Chinatown, Manhattan. It is one of the few Chinese food vendors in the area that are not Cantonese or Fujianese. It is located just a few steps from the F train under the Manhattan Bridge. It is truly wonderful.
Expect a restaurant. You will only find the kitchen and a small counter for two friends. Takeout, food for your car’s front seat or reheating are all options.
The lamb burger is $2.50 and the stewed pork version ($2) are your best choices. It’s reminiscent of Carolina barbecue from Han dynasty. The liang pi noodles are hand-pulled behind-the-counter and stir-fried ($5).
The lamb face plate ($8.75), is delicious. It’s chewy, fire-hued and has a little bit of gamy pong. The Mount Qi pork noodles in soup (5) are rich, spicy and sour. It’s a wonderful soup by itself, but you might find the burger bread a little dry. All you need is a quick glance through the broth.
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