Western Chinese cuisine coming to St. Mark's Place
East Village Feed and I had been talking about what's going into the former Seoul Station location on St. Mark's Place near First Avenue.... (photo via EVF)....
...and now we know...some western Chinese cuisine...
It's better than "Super Taste Restaurant." Xian FF has branches in Flushing (Anthony Bourdain visited that one) and on Forsyth, and the food is great and cheap!
What's so bad about the name? They basically are a restaurant which serves the best-known/most famous foods of the Xi'an area. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
Of course... I doubt most non-Chinese known what those "famous" foods are, but that points to the origin of the place. This is basically a pretty authentic, delicious homegrown chain that got its start in Flushing and has now picked up enough foodie love to open up shop in a non-ethnic neighborhood. They opened their first Manhattan location in Chinatown last year, and have enough name recognition that it wouldn't make sense to change it.
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Thanks EVG. I went back this weekend and it looks like they're hiring now, too:
http://eastvillagefeed.com/post/673160351/xian-famous-foods-coming-to-former-seoul
Just me, or is "Xian Famous Foods" a terrible name?
It's better than "Super Taste Restaurant." Xian FF has branches in Flushing (Anthony Bourdain visited that one) and on Forsyth, and the food is great and cheap!
What's so bad about the name? They basically are a restaurant which serves the best-known/most famous foods of the Xi'an area. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
Of course... I doubt most non-Chinese known what those "famous" foods are, but that points to the origin of the place. This is basically a pretty authentic, delicious homegrown chain that got its start in Flushing and has now picked up enough foodie love to open up shop in a non-ethnic neighborhood. They opened their first Manhattan location in Chinatown last year, and have enough name recognition that it wouldn't make sense to change it.
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