Chinese Food

Who among us doesn't like Chinese food? I, for one, have always been a fan. My favorite kind of Chinese food, however, is not the kind that you can get at a semi-nice sit down restaurant. No, the best kind of Chinese food to be had, especially here in New York City, is of the take-out-only variety.

I'm talking about the kind of Chinese food where 9 bucks (in NYC no less!) will buy you an entree, an eggroll, a soda and a fortune cookie. The kind of food where you recognize the ridiculously high MSG and sodium content, but love it anyway. From the kind of place where you can barely understand the person taking your order, and they can barely understand you.

When our favorite Chinese take-out place, conveniently located across the street from our apartment, closed down unexpectedly about a month ago, we roomates panicked. Where would we get our belovedly awful Chinese food?! We tried a few other local places, but the quality was too high; the order-takers too fluent in English.

Finally, about a week ago, my roomate Alex discovered, via MenuPages.com, a sufficiently hole-in-the-wall Chinese takeout place where the MSG content is high, the English skills are low, and the prices are just right. If you ever visit, we'll have to get some.


Ah, Chinese food in its rightful habitat: plastic bags and cheap takeout boxes.