It's not you, it's MEE

So my co-worker comes in the other day with his lunch and when I tell you the smell was completely driving me CRAZY!...that's exactly what I mean! I thought my little homemade lunch was cool, but I was quickly put to shame as soon as he took his food out of the bag. Holding back the urge to be a savage beast and put my hands in his food, I managed to calm myself and get one question out: "WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THAT FROM!?" He humbly responded, "MEE Noodle." And so it was done. The decision to track down the source of that heavenly aroma was made and a few days later my adventure began.

What's MEE Noodle?

I thought it was a noodle shop where every item on the menu either came on top of noodles or noodles were on the side. Not the case at all. It's basically a Chinese restaurant with an extensive noodle selection on the menu. They have the classic items like sesame chicken, beef and broccoli, etc., if you aren't looking to take the noodle route.

Did you get the noodles or did you go the safe route?

No noodles for me, but I did try something that I don't normally get. I ordered the roast pork with Chinese vegetables, fried rice, and a hot and sour soup. All for $6.20 plus tax...can't beat that with a bat! Thank God for lunch time specials :)

Was the food as "heavenly" as you'd imagined it would be?
It certainly was! They brought the soup as a starter and it was VERY tasty. Fairly small portion though. You have to be careful when ordering hot and sour soup because it's usually one extreme or the other. MEE's hot and sour soup was just right. Not overly chunky, flavor was perfect, and top things off it had the right amount of spicy.

On to my main dish...I usually try to stay away from the Chinese dishes that have vegetables in them because you end up with a handful of meat and a boatload of veggies! You know what I'm talking about...you get your order and it looks like you ordered a vegetable meadley and they accidentally dropped a few piece of meat in there. SMH! But going against my better judgment, I decided to get the veggies with the roast pork. Surprisingly, one didn't overwhelm the other and there was the perfect amount of both. Speaking of amounts, the portions they give are huge! 2 maybe even 3 people can be satisfied off of 1 lunch special. I know half way in I was waving the white flag and that RARELY happens.

My co-worker that came with me had the General Tso's chicken (not spicy) and that was just as good too. Usually you get the General Tso's or the seasame chicken and the chicken is overly breaded, sticky and soft. Not like a mushy soft, but like fried, leftover soft (if that makes any sense). Not here! That chicken was fried HARD and you could tell as soon as you bit into it! Nice and crunchy how deep fried and sauced up chicken should be.
Just out of curiosity what was it that your co-worker had that made you go there in the first place?He had the BBQ roast pork over white rice. Slightly different from what it was that I got, but I'm sure it's just as good. That will be what I have the next time I go there.
Recommendation?
This is definitely a place that you want to go to. I have tried other Chinese places in the area and it's always something that doesn't sit to well with me. I find myself saying things such as, "too greasy, not enough meat, way too much rice, texture isn't right..." I have absolutely no complaints about this place. Now that I think about it, it's probably the best Chinese food in the area when it comes to price, portion and overall taste. Definitely try it out!

MEE
795 9th Avenue

New York, NY

(212) 765-2929