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Lafeyette @ Canal - "The Noodle Lady is Queen"
Location: Lafeyette at Canal Street, NE Corner
Hours: Breakfast
Days: ?
Dishes: rice noodle crepe, congee, dòu jiāng (soy milk drink -- see comments*)
Prices: $1
The Noodle Lady wins my nomination for cutest vendor hands down. When I asked to take her picture, she was all smiles and blushes, adjusting her hat -- and I had to remind her to charge me!
She also dishes up my favorite breakfast -- a steamed rice noodle crepe she makes right at the cart, studded with bits of pork (I think), sprinkled with sesame seeds, scallions, and doused with soy sauce and hot sauce. Also served at the cart (although usually sold out by the time I pull in at 11 a.m. or so) are congee and what looks like a flavored soy milk. I haven't tried the soy milk yet, and the congee -- a thick rice porridge with chunks of chicken, jewels of gelatinous agar, straw mushrooms and pieces of ginger -- is a little more than I'm ready for at that time of day. So, though other people may know her as the congee lady, to me, the Noodle Lady is queen.
Posted by Sam on February 21, 2006 12:29 AM
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The soy milk I think you're referring to is the hot soy beverage called dòu jiāng or (豆漿) (pronounced something like doe cheon). Good with a little sugar, though drinking it out of those soup containers is quite awkward.
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at March 6, 2006 05:57 PM
Thanks for the knowledge!
Posted by: Sam at March 7, 2006 11:55 PM
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