Padi D'NYC

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"Padi is a food stall inside Urban Hawker—the Midtown food hall that grew out of an Anthony Bourdain fever dream and is modeled on hawker stalls from Singapore. In Singapore, Padi is actually a sit-down Malaysian restaurant, but here on 50th Street they serve their chicken gulai, sweetish beef rendang, and smoky chicken satay in convenient lunch hour portions. Their longtong, with rice cakes, potatoes, fishcakes and boiled eggs in a creamy coconut curry, is a great one-bowl meal. Afterwards, stop by the Lady Wong counter for rainbow kuih and cassava cake." - bryan kim, sonal shah, willa moore, neha talreja