Chinese Restaurants: Wo Hop Restaurant
Tele: (212) 566-3841
Address: 15 Mott St (Mosco Street and Worth Street) , New York, NY 10013
Review:
Wo Hop’s fluorescent-and-linoleum grotto is pure time-machine New York. Droll blue-jacketed waiters dispense schtick and fortune cookies to tables of raucous eaters, while streams of New York’s finest line up for takeout. Glossy photos of unknown “celebrities” adorn the back wall. Weary of duck feet and fermented tofu? Put down those chopsticks, and brandish your fork proudly as you plow through the unregenerate Cantonese-American classics that have been served here for years. Don’t expect culinary magic, though: Flavors harken back to the era when the two main varieties of Chinese restaurant…