Two great dishes at Congee

[mr_seabass]

I recently ate alone at Congee on Bowery, so couldn't get a large selection of food. Instead, I had the pea shoots with dried scallop and crab meat, and the fish slice + preserved egg congee. Both were just superb. It's been a couple of years since I've been, and I realized I really don't go there often enough... My wife and I have been eating at Amazing 66 a lot recently but after this meal I think we need to split our time between the two!

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Congee Village
100 Allen St, New York, NY 10002

[gutsofsteel]

You're talking about a restaurant called Congee, on the Bowery a couple of blocks north of Canal, on the west side of the st? If so...I reailly like that place. Good congee, and their salt baked squid is the best I have in the city.

[mr_seabass]

Gutsofsteel, this is Congee Village at 100 Allen Street. They may be related, but I am not sure...

[gutsofsteel]

Your post title says "Congee" and there is a restaurant called Congee. There is Congee Village, there is Congee Bowery, and then there is Congee which I mentioned, which is a separate owner and in my opinion the best of the three.

Congee Village: 100 Allen
Congee Bowery: 207 Bowery
(these two are the same owner)

Congee: 98 Bowery

http://events.nytimes.com/mem/nycrevi...

[djk]

agreed. congee at 98 bowery is way better than the other two. and yes - i think about that salt baked squid dish often. seriously. maybe it's the cashews and the shredded jalapeno that puts it over the top. it's just simple and really addicitive.