Best Lo Mien in the city?

[Jmn8603]

I used to get the best Lo Mien in Chinatown in DC, and I can't seem to find one that compares here in NYC. I'm looking for homemade noodles and a great sauce. Any suggestions???

[foodwhisperer]

CH'ers hate 17 Mott , Wo Hop ( downstairs) ,,but I think their Lo Mein is excellent

[HippieChick]

Downstairs Wo Hop, my maiden voyage into the great world of Chinese food, back in 1968! And duck lo mein was what I had first.

[foodwhisperer]

Yep, and it is still there and still thriving. Best deal in town

[HippieChick]

Their congee was really good too, and their wonton soup. Though now I prefer Cantonese wonton soup. But yeah, 17 Mott had some great old-school dishes: steak kew, fung wong gai, wor shu opp.

[diprey11]

I like Noodle Village @13 Mott St for Cantonese noodles, both in soup and on the side.

[AubWah]

Maybe Great NY Noodletown can compare to some of the amazing gems Chinatown DC has to offer? You might have to settle a bit, after all this is Manhattan Chinatown we're talking about, not DC Chinatown

[Pan]

I was thinking Noodletown, too. My favorite lo mein there is ginger-scallion. I haven't found any of the others to measure up to that one, but they're all fine.

Are there amazing gems in DC's Chinatown now? The last time I was there, which I think was in 2002, their Chinatown was tiny.

[mitchleeny]

No, DC's Chinatown is pretty lame (and still tiny) these days. I used to like Full Kee, but that has gone way downhill.

The OP seems to want homemade noodles, which when you start talking about hand-pulled noodles are offered in any number of places, most of which aren't exactly fine dining. Actually, they're pretty much dives.

[scoopG]

Food Sing 88 Corp. is by no means a dive. Neither is the hand-pulled noodle joint at 28 Forsyth.

Food Sing 88 Corp:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/824272

Fujian Noodle Shops:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/492376
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/504362

[mitchleeny]

I guess that depends on what your definition of a dive is.

[scoopG]

What dive places are you talking about of the 6-7 hand-pulled joints? On Eldridge Street yes, but Food Sing 88 is by no means downmarket in the slightest.

[AubWah]

According to a real estate friend of mine, brokers are calling Eldridge Street "The Park Avenue of Chinatown".

I used to frequent Super Taste back when I first started eating in Chinatown. Also eaten my share of Prosperity dumplings, but these days I would go for Tasty Dumpling on Mulberry, if they were still 5 for $1.25 which I hope they are.

[mitchleeny]

Silly me...I thought it was Catherine Street.

[squid kun]

The OP is looking for "homemade noodles and a great sauce" and voiced no aversion to dives. So any number of places mentioned in this thread might work, no?