26 Eldridge St just below Canal

What they say is true! These is some good noodle at Super Taste Restaurant. The space is bare bones and very worn. We walked in at 9 :15 and there was one guy at a table. I wondered if the place had fallen off. Was abandoned by noodle snobs it for  harder to get to, dirtier, and dingier places and seem more impressive at cocktail parties? Nope. While I was the only white person in there, the room filled up and emptied out twice in the hour and 15 minutes we were there. Lots of people in and out, things to go, lots of people eating out of special metal bowls that I bet you have to be really special to get. And the noodles? Good noodles..We ordered Shredded Fresh Pork and Pickled Mustard Tuber. $4.75? Holy shit! What, do they make these in China? I’m always amazed someone can make money doing any kind of food for that kind of price, particularly because of how expensive most of the stuff i make is. But this is broth, a bit of meat, spinach, and some pickles. And loads of MSG. No gold plating.

The noodles were tender, springey, toothsome. They took the flavor of the broth well, which was rich with beef, pork, and a spicy, slightly smokey dried chili. And all of that MSG. Could have used more spinach and pickled mustard but for $4.75? Really good. We also got dumplings, and they might have been better than the noodles. The glossiness of the skin when they showed up at the table was brilliant – reflected all of that flourescent light, the red neon, the yellow buildings across the street.  And then they tasted good on top of it. Perfectly toothsome, great porkiness, great seasoning, scallions….other. Super Taste = Super good. (sorry, had to do that)