Turtle Tower, Tenderloin - Northern style - clearer broth, and rather getting a pile of bean sprouts, cilantro and other greens, you get a tiny dish of sliced jalapenos and lime. Curious if the French influence is stronger in Hanoi where the real Turtle Tower is. Most of the pho I have is a deeper broth -- which is making me wonder if most of the Vietnamese are from the south. Similar to they way most Chinese food here is really Cantonese.
Old Mandarin Islamic, Outer Sunset - The warm pot with lamb and preserved vegetable - satifsying - hot and brothy - with slippery thin white noodles. If you like kim chee, sauerkraut, or adobo -- you'll probably like No. 49. Order the beef pankake, Mandarin lamb; lamb with green onions and leave behind dishes that you think would be weird to have in a landlocked area -- like seafood. Also nice -- spicy hot pot --a version of shabu shabu -- cook your own vegtables and meats.
Here's a nice NYT travelogue on Chinese Muslims in Little Mecca (Linxia), but people who know say that this restaurant is really Beijing style.
To do:
- Ask Melanie about the history of the noodle and the Silk Road video.
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