While not for the squeamish (Health Department- "Grade Pending," a colony of rats running over our feet as we huffed it from the Financial District, the bathroom situation I will not even get into....) Joe's Ginger had a line out the door. We managed to secure a few seats by agreeing to share a table with another couple.
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Our server scuttled between the tables of mixed company- with a genuine sense of concern and urgency- slapping down pots of tea, soup spoons, chopsticks and checks. From the Hong Kong-style Shanghai menu, we ordered the notorious pork juicy buns, white rice and the minced minced jalapeno pepper sauteed with shredded pork, squid and dry bean curd. We sipped cheap wine and Tsing Tao beer.
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The buns came in a generous portion of eight- full of juicy and savory broth. We poured the house ginger sauce over them, slurping the contents from the Wonton spoons (shamelessly). The pork dish was also quite delicious, though I could have been happy with the buns alone. As we waived down our server for a second round of drinks, I noticed his circa 1980's black Casio calculator watch. Swoon. I excitedly told him how fantastic it was and explained I had two similar models that I found on ebay. Something must have gotten lost in translation- because he firmly explained with a smile, "This is very old."
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