Saturday, February 19, 2011

Chinese food in Chinatown NYC

2-19-2011 Sat. cold wind, cloudy.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST
--- coffee

AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- tea | apple | walnut bread
BEFORE-CONCERT DINNER ---( at X.O. Chinese restaurant, NYC) fried bread twist | congee | sauteed razor clams in scallion and ginger sauce | pan-fried daikon cake | Cantonese egg noddle and shrimp wonton soup | pork dumplings | winter greens in oyster sauce
AFTER-CONCERT DRINK --- warm sake | pan-fried pressed tofu | pan-fried vegetable spring rolls


razor clams with ginger and scallion sauce


dim sum at X.O. in Chinatown


Alexander Wang new store in SoHo


Zankel Hall beneath Carnegie Hall

  • X.O. in NYC Chinatown never fails to deliver excellent Cantonese dim sum style food, consistently, efficiently. Wonton noodle soup is outstanding particular in texture, razor clams are delicate and sweet.
  • the concert of Anne-Sofie von Otter recitals at Zankel Hall underground beneath Carnegie Hall. when subway trains roam nearby, some sound vibration adds to the music.