Monday, July 6, 2009

Wild Ginger in Nolita

My friend, Amanda, and I went to see a movie at the Angelika (Cheri- it got good reviews, but frankly, I found it quite odd and NOT kosher), and we needed a dinner spot before the theatre. I went to my go-to listing for Kosher restaurants in NYC - http://www.kosher-ny.com/- and found Wild Ginger. Wild Ginger is an Asian/Thai Vegan cafe with vegetables, soy meats and the like- http://www.wildgingervegan.com/.

Here's the break down:
The Good:
-It's hard to find kosher food around the Village so the location was prime.
-The service was excellent. The waiter spent extra time helping me decide between Malaysian Curry Stew and Mango Soy Protein, and then followed up to make sure that I was happy with my choice.
- The food was reasonably priced. For Kosher food, I'd even call it cheap.
- The food had a lot of vegetables so must be healthy.
- They packaged my leftovers so cute and tidy! Honestly, there is nothing worse than messy leftovers.

The OK:
-The food. We started with edamame, which can't be ruined. Netty had Pad Thai, and I chose the Malaysian Curry stew (coconut curry with soy protein, potato, carrots, pumpkin and other veggies). Amanda is not fan of veggies so the Pad Thai did not work for her (she's such a trooper for even coming to the restaurant). My Malaysian Curry stew was good, but it was the kind of situation where you're not excited to eat your leftovers. The food just wasn't great.
- The Hashgachah is IKC, which is not a universally accepted hasgachah.

All in all, a good experience but I'm not in a rush to go back.

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