Out Sick. Saturday Eats.

It must be the random weather fluxes. I get sick about once a year. Usually during March. Am currently in bed with a massive blue bathrobe, a big pink blanket, and an even bigger copper comforter. The sheets are navy. Some pillows are white, others are yellow. There are far too many colours.

Hopefully will be better by tomorrow. Till then, would you be interested in...

...a crocodile? Teehee. Found at the Deluxe Market in Chinatown.

Other random eats from Saturday.


Morning hot chocolate with fresh Ronnybrook Farm Dairy's whipped cream at the Greenmarket.

I wasn't expecting much from the hot chocolate itself, for it was fresh whipped cream that I craved. Unfortunately the cream wasn't whipped thick enough, thus oozzing a thin, somewhat liquid-y mass.

Shall stick with the tangy and thick yoghurt drinks in the future. Strawberry is the best flavor, with Mango coming in a close second. And oh! The coffee milks are some kind of wonderful, not to mention the Ginger Creme Brulee ice cream...::droooll::

Greg also picked up a baguette for the subway ride en route to see Mitzy at the Brooklyn Flea Market. Baked goods from the Greenmarket aren't noteworthy in the least.

Later that afternoon, we went to Chinatown's Sun Light Bakery for fresh steamed noodles, which I learned about via Mitch.

$1.50 gets you this! Pretty awesome, huh?

Corner 28 in Flushing does the same thing, but they've also got $1 Peking duck buns right next door. Thanks to Kathryn for introducing me to that stand! :)

The menu features two types of jook - one sweet and one savoury, a few different steamed buns, and the highlight...cheong funn steamed to order. Pictured above are the five different types of cheong funn you can pick from. Chicken, pork, beef, lup cheong and shrimp. Can't remember the fifth one. Scallions added upon request. No extra charge. Boy, I love this place.

Removing the noodles from the steamer contraption.

Fresh out of the steamed, scraping off the noodles.

Squirting on the shoyu and hot sauce.

And then...ta-dah! We got two types of noodles. First, the lup cheong and shrimp...

...and the beef and scallions.

We walked around a bit more, stopping in at Hon Cafe for Hong Kong nai cha, and then to...

...Saigon for banh mi. Back in Hawai'i and LA, I'd have banh mi's on a bi-weekly basis at the very least. But I have never eaten an NYC banh mi for fear that it won't live up.

And you know what?

Banh Mi Nem Noung, Thit Nguoi, Cha

It didn't live up.

Banh Mi Pate & Cha

The pate wasn't thick and creamy the way it is at San Gabriel's Mr. Baguette, or Bale in Hawai'i. We split two different banh mi's - the "Pate and Cha" and the "House Special." I preferred the former for it's abundance of pate. While it might not be as good as that in the west coast, decent pate is better than no pate at all. Forgot how much I missed that stuff. During elementary school, grandpa would buy pate by the pound from Bale, and slather it on Saint German baguettes for my after school snack.

Banh Mi Nem Noung, Thit Nguoi, Cha

Danny did a nice post on Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich here.

And of course, one must never consume a banh mi without a cup of ca phe su in hand...

...iced for myself...

...and hot for Greg...

And that was my first NYC banh mi experience. There will be many more to come. Till then, must go to sleep...I feel a fever coming back on.

Sun Light Bakery Corp.
160 East Broadway
New York, NY 10002
(212) 608-8899

Hon Cafe
70 Mott Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 219-1431

Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich
369 Broome Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 219-8341