Shanghai Cafe, with Hong

After a week in Berlin and Gdansk we really craved Asian foods and Shanghai Cafe was on the top of the list. But we put it off until Hong got back into town because inevitably it is on her list of must-eats when home. Sadly for us our favorite dish of rice cakes was a little under-flavored and the sauteed string beans were even more bland. It made us all want Hong's description of the real thing all the more desperately.
Shanghai Cafe, 100 Mott St, NY, NY 10013 (btwn Hester & Canal)