I'm Cody Reiss,
and I'm your New York City host for "Five Buck Lunch."
My love of food has taken me to over 35 countries.
I've worked as a cook, farmer, and cheesemaker.
Now, I'm in NYC, in search of the tastiest
and cheapest food my duckets can buy.
Join me as I take you to the dankest
lunch spots for five bucks or less.
Oy vey! Last night I had my very first beer.
It was ice cold and I met some amazing guys
I know I'm going to be friends with for life,
but today I woke up and I was pretty hungover.
Whenever I wake up feeling like a wet piece of bread,
nothing gets me goin' like a hot bowl of soup.
I texted to my mom, I was like, "Hey, I know we haven't
talked in a while, maybe you can send me some noodz?"
She didn't respond, so I'm on my own.
Now, there's so many types of soup in the world.
I mean, come on, you have pho, ramen, matzo ball soup,
Spaghettios, mamba chompers, but when I'm feeling down
nothing gets me going like a warm ass bowl of soup
filled with some hand-pulled noodles.
All right, now hand-pulled noodles
are made kinda like string cheese.
You got a big ol mass of dough.
You stretch it. You pull it. You fold it.
You stretch it. You pull it, et cetera.
'Til you got these thin little noodles,
you can just smoosh all over.
In Chinatown, you can find tons of these guys that
are usually extremely cheap, and you know I like that.
That makes me go flossin', all right?
I'm going to hit the street, talk to people
about what they eat when they're hungover,
and then I'm going to get a big ole bowl of noodles.
All right? Let's get the hell outta here. Scoot!
All right. Today we're talking about being hungover
and what you eat when you're feeling that way.
- OK.
- What do you eat when you're hungover?
- Usually, I go to Chinatown for the Chinese food,
and the hot pot.
- Pizza.
- Yeah. Yeah. Gotta get a greasy slice.
- Well, greasy slice was my nickname
in junior high, actually.
- Usually, my go-to hangover food
would be like a bacon, egg, and cheese.
- Actually, I don't eat when
I'm hangover 'cause I'm shaking and in bed, and
crying, and regretting life. - That's great.
- But I actually was hangover two weekends ago,
and I was told to get chicken noodle soup with lemon.
- If you only had five little fliparoo,
where would you eat, anywhere in New York?
- I would definitely go to Scars,
which is like right around the block, man. It's --
- Hell yeah.
- One of the best slices... - That is dank.
- in New York.
- Do you get pepperoni or are you a cheese boy?
- Pepperoni.
- All the Dominican spots
around my house. Most of the food is average $7.
- Cool.
- And it's a lot of rice, platanos,
and different types of meats.
- You ever get hand-pulled noodles around here?
- My favorite hand-pulled noodle is
like the Lan Zhou Noodle. It's right here.
- Yeah. - Across the--
- On the left? Super Taste? - Street-- Yeah. Yes.
- Cool. That's where we're going.
- This is my first time at this spot
around the corner.
- Oh. Did you go to Super Taste?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- So, I just ate at Super Taste.
- Super Taste.
- Yeah.
- I think we've picked the right place,
because that's where we're goin'.
Well, the people have spoken,
and I guess I really do look like
a mixture between "Weird Al" Yankovic,
a bag of socks, and my cousin's bar mitzvah.
Let's go get some soup, huh?
Thank you. Now, Chinatown can be a little bit overwhelming.
There's so many restaurants, but today I made it
to Super Taste. You might not know from looking at it,
but this place is filled with
a bunch of delicious soups and noodles,
and it might just be the hangover cure I need.
Let's go see.
- Hello.
- Hi. How are you?
- How long has the restaurant been open?
- Since 2005.
- 2005? - Yes.
- That's amazing. What are some of your like most popular
dishes that you guys have?
- Mount Qi beef noodle... - OK.
- and beef noodle soup.
- Cool. OK. Those both sound good.
I only have $5. What can I get for $5?
- Vegetable and Egg noodle soup.
A Soybean Paste with noodles.
- OK.
- Hot Sesame noodles.
- Ooh. What's in the Vegetable and Egg soup?
- We put the seasonings, the vegetables,
sometimes spinach, sometimes-- - I saw some bok choy --
- Yeah. Bok choy. - back there--
- Yeah. And with the fried egg.
- All right. I think I want something
kinda like fresh and revitalizing, so I'm going
to get the Vegetable and Egg soup.
- OK.
- Cool. And that's five bucks?
- Yes.
- OK. Cool. Here. Nothin' like five bucks.
Cool. Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
- Thank you.
- Ha! Peace!
Thank you. Damn. When you're hungry,
nothing hits the spot like food.
This things piping hot and holy, dear, sweet Lord
it's a big bowl of food for five bucks.
You have bok choy. You have tons of noodles
hiding under the broth, and it's got
a tiny little egg on here. Let's take a bite.
Oh yeah! So soft.
Damn. So warm, comforting, but it's light, too.
There's a bunch of vegetables. It's nourishing.
I can just feel that hangover just drippin' out my ears,
down onto my shoulders, then falling
deeper down onto the table, and this little homie
is so simple, you know? It's not complicated at all.
I'm going to put a little bit of the chili oil on here.
This stuff is so dank. It's not super super hot. It's more
like nutty and definitely got a little bit of spice.
It's got everything you need.
It's got protein, vegetables, carbs.
It's enough to make you head
back out and maybe try another beer.
Anyways, this things cured my hangover.
If you're ever feeling oopy-gloopy,
come on down to Chinatown and come
to Super Taste, and get yourself
a bowl of some steaming hot, pulled-noodle soup.
See you guys. Well, here's my homie, Mack, dude.
He's my only friend in the whole world.
I'm here for an honorable mention.
We've got these house pork buns here.
It's got a gooey, soft little piece of pork belly.
It's got a bunch of cilantro in there
and some sweet peanuts. They're $5.75 for three.
If I was you, and I had more than five bucks,
this is what I would get. See you guys soon.
- Hey, guys if you fricken learned how
to get rid of that hangover and you also
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You guys know the deal. Tell us what you do
when you're feelin' sick, or you're feelin' hungover,
and tell us how I can fix my relationship with my own mom.
Also, make sure to watch our previous episodes
on the best cheap eats in the Bay area, DC,
and of course, New York City.