Bronx recs: Up for a (cheap) adventure?

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who went up to World of Taste, it is bustling everytime I go in (about 2x a week) and there are newspaper reviews displayed in the window! It's so nice to see that this site has helped this place get some press and reward the family that runs the business...

hines in Outer Boroughs

Authentic Mongolian Milky Tea (Sukhtaahtay)

Anyone know how to get/make it? I've already looked for Monglian food in NYC with no success, that Mongolian BBQ stuff is crap some white dudes in suits dreamed up.

hines in The Best

WANTED: AUTHENTIC ECUADORIAN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & CHAULAFAN

Hi,
There is a tiny (like 6 seats) Educadorian place in Inwood/Washington Heights. I'm not sure of the name, but it has the most delicious ceviche I've ever had....It specializes in seafood, but I'm not sure if it has the exact dish you're looking for. Take the 1 train to 181st and walk east along 181st, it is right after the fire station and across the street from the Goodwill Store.

hines in The Best

Phung Hung Remodeled

Phung Hung (193rd and Jerome, the Kingsbridge stop on the 4) had a "for sale" sign in the window for a while, but it's come down and they have since remodeled, making it less of a market and more of a restaurant.

I work in the area and eat there fairly regularly and can vouch for the consistent deliciousness of their pho and sweet rice w/black beans. I tried the shrimp rolls the other day and didn't like them, but I think it was a case of my palate not being adventerous enough.

hines in Outer Boroughs

Mongolian Restaurant?

I think you might be thinking of Mongolian BBQ, it's a chain.

hines in The Best

In Defense of Mongolian Food

Hi,
I just spent the summer in Mongolia. People rag on Mongolian food a lot, but considering what they have to work with, I found it pretty tasty. The lack of agriculture means that the nomadic diet is primarily meat and dairy. You can usually get cucumbers and tomatoes, as well as watermelons if you are traveling in the South.

For those of you who haven't been to Mongolia, you can get pretty much anything in the capital that you would in the West if you are willing to pay for it, and the Korean food is very very good. I also had some delicious Indian food.

Mongolian foods I tried were:

Buuz, meat dumplings that were essentially a meatball in a dumpling. Good, greasy, and available for about 80 cents.
Horshor, meat patties.
Airag, the fermented mare's milk. Tastes a bit like sour yoghurt, gets you druunk, and goes right through the old colon.
Dried yoghurt, looks like hardened bits of cheese. Not too bad, nice to chew on during a long drive but a bit sour for some people.
Sukhtathay: the infamous milky tea. Supposedly similar to the Tibetan butter tea, it is not made with rancid anything and tastes a bit like popcorn. Delicious! I miss it!

They also make a very good potato salad and a sort of Russian shredded carrot thing.

All in all, I really liked the Mongolian food and would eat it even when I was in the capital. Yes, I missed vegetables and spices and all, but Mongolian food really is quite good.

On that note, does anyone know of a Mongolian restaurant in NYC? Or a Mongolian person who would show me how to make sukhtathay?

hines in Manhattan