Noodle pilgrimage spreadsheet

Priya Deshmukh

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Registrar by day, noodle provenance researcher by weekend — I condition-report bowls the way I condition-report paintings (is the broth stable? any surface crazing on that char siu?). This is the master list, color-coded in my head if not on paper. Not ranked by 'best' — ranked by 'which one I'd defend in a studio visit.'

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Noodle pilgrimage spreadsheet — 10 items
Name	Neighborhood	Address	City	Noodle Type	Price Range	My take
1Xi'an Famous Foods	Chinatown	45 Bayard St, New York, NY 10013	New York	Hand-ripped biang biang noodles	$	Cumin lamb noodles are the permanent collection piece here — everyone cites it, nobody's bored of it (like a Rothko, but spicier).
2Ho Foods	East Village	113 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003	New York	Taiwanese beef noodle soup	$$	Tiny room, huge flex — the braise is the kind of thing a conservator would call 'exceptionally stable' (translation: perfect every time).
31915 Lanzhou Handpulled Noodle & Dumpling	Chinatown	114 Walker St, New York, NY 10013	New York	Lanzhou hand-pulled lamian	$	Sit facing the window — the noodle-pulling is better theater than most gallery openings, and free.
4Din Soup Dumplings	Sunset Park	5424 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220	New York	Hand-pulled la mian with dumplings	$$	Line's long, waitlist's real — budget your Saturday like you're budgeting an install day.
5Đi Ăn Đi	Greenpoint	68 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222	New York	Vietnamese phở	$$	Beef phở here reads like a well-lit vitrine — clear broth, nothing hiding, everything intentional.
6Thanh Đa	Sunset Park	6008 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220	New York	Bún bò Huế	$	Lemongrass-chili punch that'll clear your sinuses and your inbox anxiety simultaneously.
7Klom Klorm	Bushwick	181 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237	New York	Khao soi curry noodles	$$	Khao soi stewed beef is rich enough that I've considered writing a condition report for my own stomach after.
8Superior Wonton Noodles	Bath Beach	1618 Bath Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11214	New York	Cantonese wonton noodle soup	$	Unfussy, unphotographed, unbothered — the bowl equivalent of storage-room art nobody puts on the wall but everyone wants.
9Ten Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodles	Bath Beach	8689 Bay Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11214	New York	Yunnan rice noodle hot pot	$$	DIY hot pot of little dishes — basically a flat-file drawer you get to eat from.
10Zhongzhong Noodles	Fort Greene	277 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205	New York	Chongqing-style noodles	$$	Chili oil hits like a surprise studio visit — bracing, a little too honest, worth it anyway.

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