Finding a Chinese Eatery in the 'Hood

Anything good to eat?

We came uptown after our fruitless search for tour tickets to Yankee Stadium, and went into this little restaurant at the corner of 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue across from St. Michael's church. It looked clean and it had white tablecloths covered with a sheet of white parchment paper. That's unique, I thought. We sat down to order the lunch specials; starting at $5.50, you get soup or egg roll, and rice with the entrée. AJ ordered sweet and sour chicken. I ordered the shrimp in black bean sauce. We both ordered soup, wonton for AJ, egg drop for me, and both of them a curious sunny shade of yellow.

Shrimp in a spicy Black Bean Sauce

In the new minimalist style, my lunch arrived on a large rectangular plate. The rice was a round scoop and the entrée was carefully arranged in a compulsive square on the right. Both the rice and entrée were disconnected by the white plate that surrounded them. By eating them, I brought them together!