Guess I forgot to include the address. Here it is: 470 Mamaroneck Ave in White Plains. It is on the same side of the street as Daido, but about a block closer to downtown.

Well I just had a weird night. I was looking around on the internet for places to eat and stumbled across the "Hong Kong Chef"/"Hong Kong Cafe," in White Plains. I found an online menu which appeared to be authentic Hong Kong style Chinese food. It was at that point I felt like an idiot as I've been living in White Plains for over a year now, but had never heard of this place.

So I went to the restaurant, walked inside and started looking at their takeout menus (there are 2). I was at first confused because one menu looked like the standard Americanized Chinese food that is available everywhere in this area. Then I looked at their other menu and I became even more confused as the entire menu appeared to be devoted to Vietnamese food. What was even more vexing for me was that I have read these boards quite frequently and have seen it repeatedly written that there is no Vietnamese food available in Westchester County and that one needs to go to Rockland or NYC to get some.

This appears not to be the case. Vietnamese food, apparently is available at this little dinky Chinese takeout restaurant in White Plains. There are only a couple of tables (2 or 3) and the atmosphere leaves much to be desired, but the food seems somewhat decent. I am no expert on Vietnamese food and haven't eaten much of it beyond the bowl of Pho here and there (even though I have spent a substantial ammount of time living in Southeast Asia). So I asked the guy at the counter to reccomend something and he pointed at some beef dish at the menu and said it was good. It is quite spicy with lots of sliced beef, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, basil, and tons of red chilli pepper.

I will definitely have to go back to this place. They have a lunch special for $4.65 (probably works out to $5 with tax) that has 4 different types of Pho (Pho, Pho Ga, Pho Sate Tom, and Pho Cari Ga) and about 15-20 other Vietnamese dishes. The lunch special is served from 11am-4pm and comes with a can of soda (true to the Chinese take-out style restaurant).

The only other unusual thing about this place is that the people working there look more Chiense than Vietnamese. I am guessing that they belong to the Chinese minority population that lives in some Vietnamese cities (Saigon & Hanoi).

P.S. Even though I found this place, I'm still peeved that I can't find a takeout place that sells Yang-zhou fried rice in White Plains.

I agree, but I think Tanto does use Ramen noodles, but they are definitely not fresh.

Yeah Tanto's in Scarsdale charges about the same for Ramen.

The reason for this is that these are pretty much the same prices that a Japanese person would pay in Japan. For a normal American though it seems pretty expensive to be spending $10 on a bowl of noodle soup.

Wow, thanks for the info. I'll definitely have to go back. I think this is the only place in the area which isn't in the city that serves real Japanese food (besides the food court at Mitsuwa).

Does Fujinoya have a lunch menu/lunch special or is it only whats on the menu?

How come there aren't any Malaysian restaurants in Westchester? Are the closest places over in CT, Flushing, or down in Chinatown?

KamSen, the Asian grocery in White Plains, has actually set something up so you can buy takeout dim sum, stuff like char siu pao's and siu mai. I haven't given it a try yet, so I don't know of the quality.

Found some more info about the Sushi place next to Nippon Daido. It is called Nanase Sushi and its webpage is here: www.sushinanase.com . It seems as though I was wrong about their lunch schedule though. They are open for lunch starting at 12pm but only accept the first 20 customers.

I am looking for a good Chinese restaurant in the White Plains area. Aberdeen is really quite good, albeit a little bit expensive, but I am interested in trying other places in the area.

Has anyone tried the "Central Seafood," place next to Bestbuy? I've passed by there, but haven't been inside.

The Sushi place in White Plains directly to the right of the entrance for Nippon Daido is extremely traditional Japanese sushi. They are only open at nights (I think the hours are from 6-10pm) and have a $30 minimum per customer. I have not eaten there as of yet, (I was with a party of people who would not have been able to eat $30 worth of sushi per person) but it reminded me of some of the sushi bars that I had visited while in Tokyo.

There are a couple of "sushi deli" type places around White Plains though. There's one in Hartsdale which is pretty good inbetween the Meidi-Ya and the Sake store.

Tanto in Scarsdale is also another good sushi-deli. They also make a really good Ramen soup. I have not found many places in the tri-state area that can make a really good Ramen. (Even the Ramen place at Mitsuwa in Edgewater, NJ is a little bit lacking at times, even though they are probably the best you will find on the East coast).

Can anyone reccomend any of the other Japanese places in the area? Azuma in Hartsdale has a pretty good reputation. Has anyone tried Noda or Tak'e in White Plains?