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i need wonton soup but china wok is gooooone! — Brooklynian

i need wonton soup but china wok is gooooone!

lnelson
lnelson
edited November -1 in Park Slope
i have a cold and the only thing that will cure it is wonton soup. i need wonton soup NOW! but my go-to wonton soup place, china wok, apparently is no more. can anyone recommend a place near 15th street, ideally on 5th or 7th? it doesn't need to be fancy, just needs to have decent wonton soup and still be open. and by "decent," i mean up to the level you'd expect from any take-out place, not a fancy chinese restaurant or a place in chinatown. i'm looking for the cheap stuff. ASAP!

help me, internet!
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  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    Red Hot.

    I haven't had their soup, but of the several dishes I've had there, all were very tasty and much higher quality than the normal take out chinese I get (Wok and Roll or Mr. Wonton)
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    I love Red Hot also!
  • lnelson
    lnelson
    Red Hot what? What's their number? Can they understand me if I have laryngitis? More importantly, what's their number?
  • lnelson
    lnelson
    hey wait...only the blog knows brooklyn says it closed a year ago.
  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    It's reopened as Red Hot II

    718.369.2577
  • lnelson
    lnelson
    Indeed they did. I just called. Thanks.
  • southslopesuit
    southslopesuit
    Red Hot is awesome, but lately I keep ordering from Tofu on 7th, and am equally impressed every time.

    Their Wonton Soup in particular has a bit more ooomph than Red Hot's.

    Try them - (718) 768-5273 - 7th avenue around 3rd street
  • mpmav1
    mpmav1
    Red Hot (II)'s wonton soup rocks. Your in good hands...
  • eggcream
    eggcream
    I hate Red Hot wonton soup. It's on the dark side like too much pepper. I like Mr. Wonton's much better.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Does either Tofu or Red Hot have the real Cantonese wontons with the thin wrappers, or are they the same dense thick-skinned wontons found at every other place in the neighborhood (including, sadly, the misleadingly-named Mr. Wonton)? I would love to find a place in delivery range that has good wontons, but I had actually given up hope a long time ago and stopped ordering wonton soup outside of Chinatown, Sunset Park or Flushing (or the place near Century 21 in Bay Ridge).
  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    I don't like any wonton soup, but Red Hot is the only place in NYC where my sweet and sour chicken has actually come with stuff besides the chicken, ie carrots, peppers, onion, and pineapple. And it's very tasty, not that grainy texture like some places (like they didn't mix the sauce very well).

    The dinner portions are huge, so don't order too many things if you don't want to reheat them.
  • willregistersoon
    willregistersoon
    While on the subject of Chinese food, does anyone know any dumpling places in Brooklyn Chinatown like the ones in Manhattan? Where you get 5 amazing handmade dumplings for a dollar?
  • apple pants
    apple pants
    Willster,

    The Brooklyn Chinatown dim sum places have mostly closed. They are all banks now. A few still exist, but five dumplings for a dollar, I can't ever recall seeing that in Sunset Park.

    What Sunset Park does have now are many little Chinese bakeries with one dollar pizza, sandwiches, etc.

    The best deal in Sunset Park are the Mexican vendors selling tamales and fruit and other goodies at VERY fair prices. In the morning, the tamales are $1.50 each and are yummy in your tummy. In the summer, you can get corn drenched in white cheese and fruit all over the place. Yum.
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    What? there are still plenty of restaurants that do dim sum in Brooklyn's Chinatown-what are you talkigna bout applepants? i don't think any of them do them 5 for a dollar-but, i know restaurants that do dim sum lunch.
  • jamesburger
    jamesburger
    Closest two to Hunan Wok is either Mr. Wonton or Hunan Delight on 6th and Union

    James
    http://www.jamesburger.com
  • myfigurefemale
    myfigurefemale
    So, lnelson - what did you get and are you feeling better?
  • idlewild
    idlewild
    willregistersoon wrote: While on the subject of Chinese food, does anyone know any dumpling places in Brooklyn Chinatown like the ones in Manhattan? Where you get 5 amazing handmade dumplings for a dollar?
    Kai Feng Fu on 48th and 8th, Pacificana on 55th and 8th. I remember seeing a few places in the 40's on 8th Ave, as well as some others scattered on 7th Ave and 6th Avenue, all between 65th Street and the 40's.
  • kennisbb
    kennisbb
    oooh...i want dumplings....i love dumplings
  • lnelson
    lnelson
    i got wonton soup, but i had to order something extra because it wasn't up to their free delivery standards and i was too weak due to the mystery-itis (which i am now 99% sure is bronchitis, boo hoo, i get it once a winter) to walk around the corner a second time after my failed attempt to find china wok earlier in the evening. tragically, i am allergic to soy, so i had to get one of those "diet delight" things.

    but non-tragically, i guess that plain steamed chicken and broccoli and brown rice with no sauce or flavoring was just what the doctor ordered. and everybody was a winner, because to ensure my canine companion's eternal loyalty, (because i think he's falling in love with my across-the-hall neighbor who speaks to him in italian, which i'm starting to think is his native language even though i got him in CT), i gave him one or two pieces of steamed chicken once it got too dry for human consumption.

    and holy chinese food, that wonton soup is FAB! actual meat in the wontons! (as opposed to those complexly-folded starch noodles with no meat that really really REALLY crappy take-out serves. i was prepared to deal with THAT and like it, so imagine my delight!) and i didn't die, so i guess whatever trace amounts of soy are in the flavoring for the meat are too subtle for my system to detect and go into death mode.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Idlewild wrote: [quote=willregistersoon]While on the subject of Chinese food, does anyone know any dumpling places in Brooklyn Chinatown like the ones in Manhattan? Where you get 5 amazing handmade dumplings for a dollar?
    Kai Feng Fu on 48th and 8th, Pacificana on 55th and 8th. I remember seeing a few places in the 40's on 8th Ave, as well as some others scattered on 7th Ave and 6th Avenue, all between 65th Street and the 40's.
    Pacificana has dim sum but definitely not 5 dumplings for a dollar. But I did have pretty good dumplings at a place like that on 8th Ave in Sunset Park, but I forgot what it was called or where exactly it was. Sorry. :cry: I have to go back and walk around there some more.
  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    lnelson, I'm so glad you're feeling better and that you liked Red Hot. I hate to talk a place up and them have someone not like it, esp someone who's sick! I feel way too responsible for disappointment :)
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    OpossumQueen wrote: lnelson, I'm so glad you're feeling better and that you liked Red Hot. I hate to talk a place up and them have someone not like it, esp someone who's sick! I feel way too responsible for disappointment :)
    I tried Red Hot the other night. The wontons had a good filling and the soup was flavorful, but the wrapper just wasn't what I've been looking for. If you've ever had the wonton soup at Great New York Noodletown (fka New York Noodletown, ffka Noodletown) on the Bowery, you'll know what I mean.
  • eggcream
    eggcream
    "$1, 4 fried dumplings
    Four quarters will get you four fried dumplings from this budget Chinatown eatery — and that’s worth a trip from anywhere. Load up on a small plate of these crispy pork and chive confections, drizzled in soy sauce and vinegar.
    Kai Feng Fu [4801 Eighth Ave. between 48th and 49th streets in Sunset Park, (718) 437-3542]."
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    eggcream wrote: "$1, 4 fried dumplings
    Four quarters will get you four fried dumplings from this budget Chinatown eatery — and that’s worth a trip from anywhere. Load up on a small plate of these crispy pork and chive confections, drizzled in soy sauce and vinegar.
    Kai Feng Fu [4801 Eighth Ave. between 48th and 49th streets in Sunset Park, (718) 437-3542]."
    I wonder if that's the place I was thinking of. I have to go check it out. Maybe next weekend...
  • pitu
    pitu
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=eggcream]"$1, 4 fried dumplings
    Four quarters will get you four fried dumplings from this budget Chinatown eatery — and that’s worth a trip from anywhere. Load up on a small plate of these crispy pork and chive confections, drizzled in soy sauce and vinegar.
    Kai Feng Fu [4801 Eighth Ave. between 48th and 49th streets in Sunset Park, (718) 437-3542]."
    I wonder if that's the place I was thinking of. I have to go check it out. Maybe next weekend...

    If I'm in town, can I come with you? Mrs.p has a low tolerance for dumpling jaunts.

    In other news, I had one perfect thin-skinned wanton in perfect delicious rich chicken soup at Sheep Station. It was the side (instead of fries?) to a skate po'boy, which was a special last Tuesday night. Something different is going on over there -- although I'm guessing it's just them getting ready to open that noodle bar they've been talking about for awhile.
    Might be a solution for you, if it ever opens.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Sounds great on both counts!
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    This is a preview of the upcoming episode of No Reservations about "disappearing Manhattan". In this scene, Anthony tries some old school Cantonese food. Check out the wontons at 1:22 (just pause and look at them for a minute). That's where all our neighborhood Chinese places fall short. The thin delicate wrapper.

    http://www.viddler.com/explore/TravelChannel/videos/89/
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    Carni - have you been to Eton, the dumpling place on Sackett & Henry in CG? I just had lunch there and they are fantastic dumplings with the elusive thin wrapper you crave. The only thing on the menu are three different types of dumplings (pork & beef, chicken and vegetable), a few noodle dishes and bubble tea (occasionally they have soup). And they usually have a dumpling special, today was shrimp other times I've seen crab. Prices are reasonable ($3.50 for 5 but they also have specials like $6.75 for 9). Really really good.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    VoodooNYC wrote: Carni - have you been to Eton, the dumpling place on Sackett & Henry in CG? I just had lunch there and they are fantastic dumplings with the elusive thin wrapper you crave. The only thing on the menu are three different types of dumplings (pork & beef, chicken and vegetable), a few noodle dishes and bubble tea (occasionally they have soup). And they usually have a dumpling special, today was shrimp other times I've seen crab. Prices are reasonable ($3.50 for 5 but they also have specials like $6.75 for 9). Really really good.
    I'll definitely need to try that the next time I'm in the neighborhood.

    I just got back from lunch in Chinatown at a hand-pulled noodle spot. In addition to my noddles, I got a Fukienese wonton soup, which was awesome. Light vinegary broth, with small wontons that are mostly delicate flowing dough and a little nugget of meat with that aromatic Chinese celery embedded in it. $1.75 for a big bowl with at least a dozen of those little wontons.
  • MOD
    MOD
    Where is this hand pulled noodle place Carny?

    Saigon Grill on the UWS has very thin skinned dumplings. They are amazing.

    Jesus!! I'm starving now!!
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