Best affordable antidotes for the winter chill?
I'm looking for suggestions for your favorite soup takeout, places that serve good hot sake, tea shops, vendors that serve hot tofu with syrup -- anything hot, satisfying and affordable -- in NYC?
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8 Comments:
vendors that serve hot tofu with syrup
There's a small store on Mott (just south of Bayard) that sells taho, I took my photographer friend Rion there once and you can see her photos from the afternoon here. There's also sometimes a guy with a cart right outside the JMZ station on Centre and Canal. I've also bought some from a lady with a cart on Grand but I forget the cross street, it's around Mulberry somewhere.
Lia Bulaong at 11:20PM on 02/09/07
On the corner of the small triangle of shops fronting Lafayette, just south of Bleecker and across from Noho Star, is a place called BITE that has among the best Cuban black bean soups I've had. Take out only - $4.00 - includes a nice hunk of ciabatta. Thick, spicy and topped with a dollop of homemade sour cream.
Livetotravel at 9:25AM on 02/10/07
The hot chocolate at Max Brenner:
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/?s=max+brenner
jperlow at 1:25PM on 02/10/07
If you go to Max Brenner, make sure you get the Italian hot chocolate, and nothing else.
Myself, I like congee in this cold weather. Congee Bowery or Congree Village will do you right. You can get a giant container (good for two meals) for $4 or so.
kathryn at 7:00PM on 02/10/07
Kathryn or anyone else-- What exactly is Congee? I've heard so much about Congee Village over the years and I'm stumped. Thanks!
Lexie at 2:37PM on 02/12/07
Lexie: Rice congee is a type of rice porridge that is eaten in many Asian countries. The word congee derives from the Tamil word kanji. In some cultures, congee is eaten primarily as a breakfast food, while in others, it is eaten as a substitute for rice in other meals. [from Wikipedia] Wikipedia says further: To make Chinese congee, white rice is boiled in many times its weight of water for a long time until the rice breaks down and becomes a fairly viscous white porridge. It is usually eaten as a savoury dish, with zha cai, salted duck eggs, lettuce and dace paste, bamboo shoots, wheat gluten, meat, or with other condiments, or plain.
When I've had it, I've eaten it with a sort of fried doughnut type thing -- long fried bread with sugar dusted onto it. You can dunk the doughnut thing into the congee. Being a fan of fried food in general, I LOVE to have congee with these sticks. But that seems to be primarily a breakfast thing. Whenever I have congee at night, the bread sticks are usually unavailable :( The early bird catches the worm, they say!
Adam Kuban at 2:53PM on 02/12/07
Great suggestion! Congee with salted duck egg sounds good! I've had it with Chinese sausage which is also really good!
femmebot at 5:38PM on 02/12/07
Congee with pork and preserved egg is the best, to me, yum yum!
Lia Bulaong at 9:08PM on 02/12/07