Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up

Yunnanese Bargain Bites in Sunset Park
75A 49th Street (Eighth Avenue), Sunset Park; (718) 633-3090
This photo of the “No. 13, or Noodles with Crispy Meat Sauce” from Yun Nan Flavour Snack is from an old Serious Eats post, but NY Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton has paid a more recent visit to this Sunset Park spot and gives it a rave review: “A bowl of wontons in hot and sour sauce, for instance, is fantastically sour, ridiculously spicy, addictive and deep. (And only $4.25!) Another of silky rice noodles with crispy pork sauce, chilies, cilantro and perfection can act as a kind of Chinese version of Armagnac. It, too, costs $4.25 and is a highly recommended antidote to holiday-season overindulgence.”

Now Open: M Noodle Shop
549 Metropolitan Avenue (between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue), Williamsburg; (718) 384-8008
“This wood-paneled noodle shop—inspired by the street vendors of Canton, China—peddles in snacks like sesame pancakes and pork buns. At the heart of the space is an open kitchen, where chef Shou Zheng crafts dumplings from scratch,” says Time Out New York. And Eater adds, “M Noodle Bar seems tailor made for Brooklyn bar hoppers — they’re open everyday from noon till 6AM.”

The Vanderbilt Burns the Midnight Oil
570 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights
According to their PR peeps, the Vanderbilt is now serving a late night menu “Thursday through Saturday from 12am – 2 am. It’s the first to be doing so in the neighborhood.” The menu includes pickled eggs ($4), house-made jerky ($8), grilled Merguez sausage with a chickpea salad ($10), a cheese plate ($12), fried apple turnovers with vanilla ice cream ($9), and more.

After the jump: Chowhound love for Kevin’s in Red Hook, Brooklyn’s own Egyptian hot sauce, and Tanoreen’s big move…

Praise for Kevin’s
277A Van Brunt Street (between Visitation Place and Pioneer Street), Red Hook; (718) 596-8335
“Brooklyn Chowhounds were quick to embrace Kevin’s for brunch, but slower to catch up with it for dinner. Day and night, it turns out, this place is ‘a gem,’ Steve R says: an assured, chef-driven restaurant with a flair for seafood. Its cioppino (a seafood stew from southern Italy by way of San Francisco) is outstanding, scented with saffron and full of fresh fish and shellfish. Crab cakes are ‘dynamite,’ happily paired with greens. Crêpes are made to order with a fresh, delicious lobster filling. Pappardelle comes with big whole shrimp in an agreeably creamy sauce.” [CHOW’s Outer Borough Digest]

Egyptian Hot Sauce, Bottled in Park Slope
Aladin Habib, of Mr. Falafel restaurant on Seventh Avenue, has started bottling his restaurant’s beloved hot sauce: “The secret to Mr. Falafel’s sauce is a mild burn that’s perfect on grilled chicken or a schwarma, and doesn’t tear a hole through your pita (or your palatine glands),” reports the Brooklyn Paper. The sauce is available at Mr Falafel (226 7th Avenue in Park Slope) and online.

Tanoreen‘s New Digs
7523 Third Ave., at 76th St., Bay Ridge; (718) 748-5600
“After eleven years serving superb Middle Eastern fare in a nondescript Bay Ridge storefront, Rawia Bishara, with her daughter and partner, Jumana, has relocated her restaurant, Tanoreen, to larger premises one block away. With double the seating capacity, the self-styled ‘Mediterranean bistro’ also has a full bar, an array of Middle Eastern wines, and a separate entrance for takeout.” [New York magazine]