New York
Mission Chinese Food
On the Lower East Side, Mission Chinese Food is not exactly a Chinese
restaurant. It began its life as a pop-up: a restaurant nested within a divey
Americanized Chinese joint in San Francisco’s Mission District. From the
beginning, a spirit of resourcefulness and radical inventiveness has infused
each and every dish at the restaurant. The green neon around the bar, the
pink cane chairs, the pale green Formica table tops all evoke the style of a trendy mid-century diner.
Mission Chinese Food
Doing
justice to chef Danny Bowien fiery, creative dishes with Asian-American
flavors, hungry diners line up outside both the San Francisco and New York City
locations, waiting hours for platters of Sizzling Cumin Lamb, Thrice-Cooked
Bacon, Fiery Kung Pao Pastrami, and pungent Salt-Cod Fried Rice.
The
Menu
Green
Tea Noodles
Steamed
Broccoli Shoots – Oyster Sauce
Thirty-five
year old chef owner Danny Bowien was born in Korea and adopted by parents in
Oklahoma, hence he has a broad spectrum
of influences. He is the recipient of many awards amongst which the James Beard
Foundation’s illustrious Rising Star Chef Award, Bon Appetit named Mission
Chinese Food the second-best new restaurant in America, and in 2012, The New
York Times hailed the Lower East Side outpost as The Best New Restaurant in New
York City.
Ginger
Scallion Tea Rice
Wine
Bottles – T-Shirts
Shaved
Ice - Ice Cream - Raspberry Coulis -
Pop Rocks
Mission Chinese Food
The
decor in the main dinning room is a kitschy take, with all the trimmings, on
classic Chinese restaurants; velvet banquettes, lazy Susan, “Chinese” sculptures,
dragons with neon eyes and last but not least a fish tank.
Mission Chinese Food
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