Ho Foods
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110 E. 7th St., New York, NY, 10009
347-788-0682
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The lowdown
San Gabriel Valley native comes to New York to work in the restaurant biz, gets job as a front-of-house man at Blue Ribbon Sushi. All along, he’s dreaming about his Taiwanese mom’s beef noodle soup. So he decides to do a few pop-ups featuring that dish, keeping it simple and traditional, just like Mom’s. Next thing you know, he’s gone brick-and-mortar in the old Porchetta space. Now Richard Ho has a boffo hit on his hands, with a crowd waiting to get in for a taste of his soup — deeply flavored beef-bone broth with an undercurrent of spice and heat, plus tender slabs of red-cooked beef, springy wheat noodles, and pickled mustard greens. Even if Ho Foods had more than ten seats, you get the feeling there’d still be a sizable mob outside the restaurant every night. This soup is that good.
What you need to know
Insider Tips The service is snappy, but this no-reservations place is about as big as a rowboat, making waits unpredictable. Also, they have a stellar, street-food-inspired weekend brunch.
Recommended DishesTaiwanese beef noodle soup
DrinksBeer, Sake/Soju
Noise LevelCivilized