I ate at these places on Friday afternoon.
Tasty Wok - I believe I grabbed something to go here at one time. It must have been pre-blog. It's in between Shine and Mills on 50 at the Shine end. It's authentic Hong Kong style Chinese food. I had a house special of stewed pigs feet for $8 and rice paste with roasted pork for $3. They tried to talk me out of the feet, but, I managed. Not much meat in there, but, what there is is delicious. They give you a big bowl and you have more than enough skin and fat if that is your thing. The sauce is sweet and sour. The rice paste is really a cold "lasagna" like rice noodle that they roll up and fill with a choice of things. They give you three. It's in a soy sauce with scallions. Good. The place has been open (from the award signs on the wall) since 2007. It's no frills. It has 1 table for 1, 8 for 4, and 2 for 6. The menu is in Chinese, English and Vietnamese. Service was fast and they speak enough English. They have "exotic" items like duck tongues, duck feet, duck wings, quail and jellyfish. The place was packed. It's slightly pricier than your average take out place, but, it is not that type of place.
Se7en Bites - I just grabbed a "duffin" from this bake and small bite shop on N. Primrose in the Milk District. I tried to go her the last time I was in the neighborhood, but, they close at 3pm. It's your typical "girlie" place. A place that drains the opposite sex of all the money they have left after "investing" in new clothes, shoes and cosmetics. An egg sandwich is like $8. It's all nice and I'm sure it tastes alright, but, it doesn't deserve the premium they think it does for being cutsie. The "duffin" was supposed to be a doughnut/muffin. It tasted just like a muffin to me. Dominique Ansel can rest easy. It was dry as well. Not my cup of tea. I have to economize so I can pay for others who do not.
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