Lao Di Fang
“I especially love coming here on winter days as the pulled noodle in broth warms the body up.”
“We got to try roast duck soup, special soup and beef soup.”
“It is located at the top of the street next to the Manhattan Bridge that has all of those outdoor fruit and vegetable stands.”
Lao Di Fang
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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Location: if I didn't bookmark this place, I would never ever be here. It's so hard to find and so sketchy to sit down and call this place a restaurant. Why? Outside, the place is next to Williamsburg bridge but the neighborhood seems like very filthy. There are tons of people who takes Chinese bus service from other states. In a word, I plainly felt unsafe and unhealthy.
Food: they have about 20 choices of noodles and dumplings to have. I ordered #1 noodle – it's fresh, surprisingly fresh. I know many of you don't eat animal heart or intestine but I highly dare you to try it. It's very tasty by their chef and the noodle is definitely made by themselves – chewy, rubbery so much better than any other places.
Service: although they are Chinese immigrants who know little English, they are nice and try to make up the good work. I wish you guys good luck
Price: 6 dollar for a so-full dinner, what do you expect?!
3.5 food +0.5 Chinese heritage = 4 stars!
I stumbled upon this place with my boyfriend when we were trying to make our way to a place 2 blocks away for lunch. I'm so glad we decided to give this place a try.
Its a small space that can be easily missed, so be sure to look out for them. Their hand pulled noodles are delicious! I ordered the roasted duck one. They do not give you as much duck as other noodle places I've visited before but that's okay. Their hand pulled noodle makes up for it. It's also cheap. Definitely worth trying!
I also ordered their Fujianese wonton. It came with a lot for only $2. It looked very good but the taste was disappointing…I didn't like it. Given it was my very first time trying Fujianese wonton so I don't know how it's "suppose" to taste but it's not something I'd order here again. It had a very strong taste of flour or something.
Best food in Chinatown, hands down.
$18 for 3 of us got us 2 plates of dumplings, fried and boiled (11 dumplings each), house special hand pulled noodles, and pork bone pulled noodles.
GET THEM ALL.
The pork bone soup was flavorful, the hand pulled noodles were chewy with great texture AND they pull them fresh, right then and there.
The house special noodles had a perfect fried egg and a lot of other stuff, but it doesn't matter, just get it.
DUMPRINGS.
Yelp has seriously brought a whole new angle to the game. Before, even I wouldn't know where the awesome hole in the wall but super delicious Chinese hand pulled noodles were, now, I feel like I'm the foreigner when I enter these types of restaurants.
I say it like it's a bad thing, but in reality, I really think it's great. As long as the quality of the food does not suffer and the price of the food does not skyrocket to unreasonable amounts, then I'm all for it. The more people scouting delicious food and sharing it, the better.
And, I get to share these insider tips with MIL, which then impresses her. I think. Or she is just humoring me. Either way, it's awesome to try new things and even more amazing when they turn out better than you expected.
My picks – dumplings, and roast duck noodle soup with their hand pulled noodles… MmmMmm
Not exactly sure how I would describe this place. It is certainly a hole in a wall, tucked away off the Manhattan Bridge exit, hidden between a truck repair depot and 100 year old walk-ups that are in the midst of modernization. At any given time, the clientele here could be one of three types – the recent Chinese immigrant, looking for a taste of home, the adventurous tourist, looking for a New York thrill, and this jook sing, American born Chinese dude getting recommendations for Chinese food in his old stomping grounds. Often time, you'll see a curious blend of all three, slurping down solid noodles for an insanely cheap price.
For $12, we crushed two bowls of noodles and an order of dumplings. Ordering is simple, the waitstaff speak better English than what I can muster in Mandarin. Food, again, is solid. Not just cheap eats, but good eats. If you happen to be in the hood, its worth stopping by.
Lao Di Fang is this really tiny hole in the wall Chinese dumpling shop that also has noodles and stuff.
So get the boiled dumplings. Hands down they are delicious and flavorful and unlike the fried ones, are boiled in a broth that adds even more flavor.
Yeah…that's all i have to say about that.
Super cheap but not good. I tried a few noodle dishes, including the peanut butter noodles, and I couldn't done better in my own kitchen for real. It was your typical Chinatown place, just not one of the good ones.
Luckily one of my friends got here early to grab a table as it gets quite busy at Lao Di Fang. We ordered a Fried Dumpling (11) while we waited for our other friend to come that way we aren't just sitting there and taking up a table. Wow the Fried Dumpling are small compare to other dumplings but filled with a lot of pork mmm but be careful while you bite into because a burst of soup comes out of them. We ordered Xiao Long Bao since there was a picture advertise on the menu but what we got was tiny steamed pork baos…where's the soup and thin dumpling skins.
Overall very cheap spot in Chinatown!