September 12, 2011
Okay, it’s Sunday night and I’m going to wander down to Carmine Street and have a Sunday dinner at the Noodle Bar and then wander around a little. So there!
And we're off. It was raining earlier, but now it's nice outside.
You can see the Twin Tower lights in the center of this photo if you look real closely.
Okay, we're just about a block away from Carmine Street, almost there.
And here we are at the Noodle bar. Yes, I'm a poet and I know it.
Inside it's a long and narrow space. There's an empty seat, so let's go snag it.
They have more wine than beer, but they have TsingTao, which is a favorite of mine.
Rows of soy sauce line the wall opposite the bar.
There's a nice view of Carmine Street from my seat at the bar.
The kitchen crew is busy preparing dishes. It smells great in here!
This woman's been obsessively texting the whole time I've been here. I feel sorry for the poor schmuck she's ignoring.
The beer has arrived, let the dinner begin!
And here's a trio of sauces to spicen up the meal. Hot sauce, soy sauce and a little bowl of chili sauce.
The first course is served, sesame chicken wings. Nice and spicy and even spicier after I added some additional hot sauce to them.
For the main course I got the coconut shrimp and spicy noodles.
Delicious! A wonderful Sunday dinner! But all the spiciness has left me craving something sweet to balance it out.
So I thought we'd check out the pastry at Rocco's on Bleecker Street, a block away.
Let's go inside and take a gander.
Usually it's packed in here, but luckily it's slow tonight.
Wow, it all looks great, but I'm pretty full, so I think I'll try some of the mini pastries.
And here they are, my three mini pastries. Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo...Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.
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16 Comments
Reader Comments (16)
Man, I sure can use a nice good rich Napolean, yum, yum...
Noodle bars are great, meal looked very filling. Pastries also looked fantastic. You stayed away from ground zero yesterday? probably packed,,,,good move.
I'm a major fiend for coconut shrimp...that looked great!
@Mykola Mick Dementiuk: Rocco's has great pastry!
@Al: That's one of the best Noodle restaurants in the city, in my humble opinion. I've never gone back down to ground zero since the shit went down. I just don't want to relive that day.
@Jaws: It was great! A wonderful Sunday dinner.
Oh yum! We have no good Chinese/Asian restaurants around here which stinks. The pastries looked delish too!
@Britta: I love Asian noodle places and I think this is the best in the city.
Was that really an angry noodle in the surprise link...or CBBM in his embrionic form? Mouahahahahahahaaaa!
@Jaws: Aaaahhhh!
That's a lot of food!! You'll have to combine Chinatown Brooklyn food w. the mysterious Soccer Tavern one of these days. My dinner last night was THE BEST ravioli I have ever eaten in my life. Seriously amazing meat & roast artichoke ravioli.
@onemorefoldedsunset: Maybe we can get something to eat before Hank's this Sunday. It was a lot of food and I'm on a diet all week.
@Biff and rr: Seriously, did you two run off together?
Diet? Come on Marty! Noodles looked great although I would have skipped the shrimp and headed on over for the desserts!
@kari: Rocco's has the best pastry in town. Next time you're here, we'll have to stop there!
TA-DA! I'm back! Had to go sit on a beach for a while (where I ran into Cardboard Box Man's cousin, Sandy [evidence coming soon]). When I saw noodle bar, I expected you to be visiting Sammy's - but this place looks just as good! And those pastries look yummily in my tummily. Glad you had a nice meal, accompanied by a favorite brewski or two. And thanks for taking us to Carmine Street. One of my favorite bistros was on that street. Wonder if it's still there?
@Biff: TA-DA! Welcome back, Kotter! Can't wait to see that evidence. I'll be stopping by Sammy's in the future, what's the name of the bistro?
YUM!!Coconut shrimp and Italian pastries--cannolis-please. Don't forget the cannolis.
@Melanie: Ha! You've put me in a Godfather state of mind!