Hao Noodle

The Ride-Along Report: First Takes From Last Night’s Dinner

"What It Is: A second NYC location of the Chinese restaurant , on 14th & 9th Perfect For: Big Groups, Date Night, Small Plates Hao Noodle first opened up a few years ago on 6th Avenue, serving excellent Chinese dishes like dumplings made of an egg crepe sitting in a chicken broth, and mung bean jelly in a spicy Sichuan sauce. They now have a new location on 14th Street, just at the edge of Meatpacking, with a slightly different menu. The menu here has a large section of single-serve skewers, and the ones we tried, like cumin lamb, were great. The space is full of a lot of plants, and several big tables. There’s no liquor license yet, but it would work well for a nice but non-sceney meal in Meatpacking. The Verdict: This is a slightly different restaurant with the same name, in basically the same neighborhood, but we like it nonetheless. We’ve added it to the Hit List." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren