Xi'an Famous Food

Xi'an is the name of an ancient city in China, a few hours from Beijing. Xi'an food isn't one of the more popular imports from China, compare to Cantonese, and Sichuan. Thanks to this 'restaurant', I think Xi'an food deserve to be recognized.

There are two locations. One is in Flushing, Queens, the other one is in Chinatown Manhattan. I found out that Anthony Bourdain visited the Flushing location and was impressed by it. Their signature dish is the "liang ping", which is a kind of room-temperature flat rice noodle. The second one is the cumin-flavored lamb "burger".

Antelmo, Daniel and myself liked the cumin lamb 'burger' a lot, but they are not crazy about the 'liang ping'. This place is definitely CHEAP, and the food is delicious. I would say it is on the "spicy hot" side. The problem I have with this place is that there is no place to eat. The 'restaurant' is more like a "closest". I don't know how they can cook in there but it kinda does remind me of my own kitchen space that I have survived for 6 years and counting. There is a park nearby where you can eat (which was what we did) or like most people, take the food home.

Location: Between Forsyth street and West Broadway. Directly under the Manhattan Bridge. The place is so small, you might miss it.