New Green Bo
Rob, Michele, Girts, and I have this habit of going to restaurants and gorging ourselves. One of my best birthdays ever was when Rob and Michele took me to Wild Ginger. Rob had a huge credit there because he re-upholstered the chairs in the dining room. We literally ordered everything off the menu that we wanted to. I want that and that and that and that. The food just kept coming and it was fabulous. It was like a dream-come-true.
So once again we found ourselves eating too much. Rob wanted to go to Chinatown so I researched, as I like to do. I hate going to a neighborhood and passing restaurant after restaurant thinking, “it could be good. It could suck.” I find myself being even more indecisive than I usually am when I face rows of possible eating establishments. So after some researching, New Green Bo sounded like a good possibility.
Getting to Chinatown was a no-brainer and didn’t take long at all. We even had time to wander around as we waited for our hunger to fully kick in. There was a line at the restaurant, but it only took about 10 minutes to get seated. Our table was right next to a couple on a date. Seriously, right next to it. Girts was bumping elbows with the guy next to him. The proximity proved to be beneficial, though. Michele leaned over and asked for suggestions. The couple, who when we first sat down appeared mortified, ended up being quite helpful and before they left gave us a list of scrumptious possibilities.
We ordered boiled dumplings, fried dumplings, sesame pancakes, orange chicken, aromatic beef noodle soup, sautéed asparagus, and Chinese cabbage with beef over rice. I think that was it. Everything was outstanding and the portions were generous. As people arrived to the restaurant they admired the gluttonous array of food on the table. Either that or they thought we were total pigs. Regardless, we had people asking what we were eating and soon found that we were the ones being quite helpful by dishing out possibilities.
And what was the best part about the dinner? The bill. All that came to less than $45. We will definitely be going back to New Green Bo.
Michele Starkey said,
July 11, 2006 @ 3:27 pm
Glad to see you are having a good time. “Our table was right next to a couple on a date…Michele leaned over and asked for suggestions.” Ohhhhhhh…food suggestions. Damn! And just when it was getting good!
“the other Michele” Starkey
Michele said,
July 11, 2006 @ 4:04 pm
Doh! Michele where were you when I was asking for suggestions? And to think we could have gotten so many insider tips.