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Sheng Wang

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    New Noodle Spotted in Chinatown, and Sampled

    Try to tell the noodles from the tripe. Every once in a while a new noodle slips into town. Remember when ramen arrived, not in a trickle but in an avalanche? Or your first bowl of peel noodles stir-fried with egg and baby bok choy at Sheng Wang?

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    New Peel Noodle Joint Opens in Chinatown: Kuai Le (or Kuaile) Hand Pull Noodles Restaurant

    ​Peel noodles with lamb in soup even boasts a stray mushroom or two. Five years ago, Counter Culture announced that a new Chinese noodle had hit town. At Sheng Wang on Eldridge Street, in a downstairs location attached to a fish-ball factory, something called peel noodles were served for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Fish Soup at Sheng Wang, Dish No. 52

    ​The fish soup at Sheng Wang has no noodles, but is a bargain at $3 per bowl. Sheng Wang has produced the best hand-pulled noodles in the city for the last five years, and was also the place to introduce peel noodles into Chinatown. The menu has gradually expanded since last year's renovatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Our 10 Best Things to Eat in Manhattan's Chinatown

    ​In A-Wah's Hong Kong-style wonton lo mein, the noodles are cooked al dente, and the broth is served on the side. The amazing thing about Manhattan's Chinatown, no matter how it ebbs and flows, no matter how many restaurants come and go: It's always been a bastion of excellent cheap eats. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Our 10 Best NYC Chinese Restaurants, 2010 Edition

    ​The "boiled beef with hot-spicy sauce" is every bit as mouth searing as it looks, but there are plenty of blander options -- such as "special spinach pancake" -- on Lu Xiang Yuan's menu. Like an arcing missile, Chinese cuisine in New York moves so fast, you can barely keep track of it. Thus, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Our 10 Best Noodles, Manhattan Edition

    ​Khao soi are northern Thai noodles that feature the same egg noodles in two guises: boiled and curried in the bottom of the bowl, fried and crunchy on the top. Tasty, nutritious, wildly variable, and unusually cheap, noodles have long since replaced bread as the world's staff of life. Our no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Sheng Wang, New York's Foremost Purveyor of Peel Noodles, Closes, Then Reopens, (Eek!) Renovated

    ​The exterior of Sheng Wang looks pretty much the same--but wait till you see the interior! I got a panicky call from Scooter a couple of weeks ago: "Hey, have your heard anything about Sheng Wang closing? It looks all closed up."

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Incredibly Cheap Eats: Peel Noodles at Sheng Wang

    ​ The plate of stir-fried peel noodles at Sheng Wang glistens with egg and baby bok choy. ​There's no better plate of noodles in town than the stir-fried peel noodles at Sheng Wang, located on the southernmost block of Eldridge Street in the heart of Fujianese Chinatown. Watch as the no ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 18, 2009

    Spring Guide: Slurp Through the Recession

    ​ The plate of stir-fried peel noodles at Sheng Wang glistens with egg and baby bok choy. ​There's no better plate of noodles in town than the stir-fried peel noodles at Sheng Wang, located on the southernmost block of Eldridge Street in the heart of Fujianese Chinatown. Watch as the no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    The Early Word -- Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodle Inc.

    The prodigal peel noodles at Tasty Hand-Pulled (click to enlarge) There are at least ten joints in greater Manhattan Chinatown that specialize in Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles. The latest entree in the sweepstakes is Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodle Inc. (note the fussy punctuation), on Doyers in the old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Peel Noodles in Brooklyn (Plus Incredibly Cheap Dumplings!)

    The prodigal peel noodles at Tasty Hand-Pulled (click to enlarge) There are at least ten joints in greater Manhattan Chinatown that specialize in Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles. The latest entree in the sweepstakes is Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodle Inc. (note the fussy punctuation), on Doyers in the old ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 3, 2008

    Fall Preview: Eat, Drink, and Be Worried

    Our fall predictions about the future of New York City dining

  • Dining

    March 18, 2008

    Lower East Side Fujianese Joints Becoming More Refined

    Our fall predictions about the future of New York City dining

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2006

    Eldridge—Also Known as ‘Fuzhou Street’

    Our fall predictions about the future of New York City dining

  • Dining

    November 7, 2006

    Use Your Noodles

    Slurping is encouraged late into the night at Fujianese newcomer

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