Thai Stir-Fried Noodles in Midtown East, NYC
PAD SEE EW
Pad see ew is Thai comfort food at its most direct: wide rice noodles stir-fried in sweet dark soy sauce with egg, Chinese broccoli, and your choice of meat, cooked hot enough that the noodles pick up charred, caramelized edges.
The name means fried with soy sauce. Where pad thai is tangy from tamarind, pad see ew is savory, sweet, and mellow. The slight char the noodles pick up from the hot wok is what makes the dish.
Choose chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, or tofu. It is not spicy as served. If you want heat, ask for prik nam som, the chili and vinegar condiment that cuts right through the sweetness.
Deciding between the noodle dishes? Pad thai is lighter and tangier, drunken noodles bring basil and heat, and pad see ew is the rich, mellow one. Add dumplings or chicken satay to start and you have a full meal.
We are on 2nd Ave at 34th Street in Murray Hill, about a five-minute walk from Grand Central. Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, for dine-in or takeout.
See prices and photos on the menu, reserve a table on Resy, or call (917) 464-5585. 625 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10016.
