This restaraunt must make a choice to change its food quality to price ratio. Either dramatically improve the tastiness and ingredients quality or lower prices. While the apps were good (grilled corn was memorable, shrimp crepes delicious), and the atmosphere was nice, the main courses were unacceptable and mispriced to boot. My wife had the sole veggie noodle offering, which was a stew that for all intents and purposes was gruel, akin to the stuff served at Rikers Island I would imagine. Moreover, they served her grilled bread on the side rather than noodles! And this veggie gruel dish was $16 - for vegetables? And I had the chicken noodle soup which tasted like Asian food you'd get in the Midwest with muted flavors, in part because the base derived its flavor from chicken stock rather than pork (like Momo) which is quite frankly the more important white meat. And there were so many bean sprouts, I felt like I was in a health food store. There are just way too many other compelling options in NYC more deserving of the stomache space
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