I like to make fun of myself because I really really am in this lifelong hunt for the best "Chinese" bbq spare ribs, but the other day I had what are apparently actually authentic Shanghai ribs, and I'm making fun of myself even more. These were really spectacular. They had some kind of smokey kind of thing going on, and while I've heard conflicting reports over whether "falling off the bone" is really something I should care about, the meat was falling off the bone and I really didn't care either way. The black sauce isn't always my favorite, but in this case it was. I even scandalously allowed some of the sauce to droop into my vegetable fried rice, and it wasn't my worst idea of the day. The issue for me is that you can only get them as a lunch special, for $9.35 with some veggie fried rice and an egg roll and a soup. And I don't think they're even available at the Joe's Shanghai downtown or it's next-door, less-crowded sister Joe's Ginger you know, the one with the amazing soup dumplings. But whatevs. Get the lunch special.
Best Chinese Spare Ribs in Midtown
Joe's Shanghai
24 West 56th Street (b/w 5th and 6th Aves)
New York, NY 10019
(212) 333-3868
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