{"id":9494,"date":"2019-08-08T20:13:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=9494"},"modified":"2019-08-08T20:13:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:13:27","slug":"just-noodles-leng-zaap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=9494","title":{"rendered":"Just Noodles – Leng Zaap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram Post 8\/8\/2019<\/h4>\n

I spotted the sign months ago on one of my visits to HK Food Court at 82-02 45th Ave, Elmhurst, when it initially opened. The photo, pinned up at Stall #12, Just Noodles, was vaguely reminiscent of Devils Tower, the recurring mountain image in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. For some reason, I felt compelled to order it.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is Leng Zaap, stewed pork spine, culinary and anatomical cousin to pork ribs, and one of those dishes that requires a certain amount of patience and time to navigate thoroughly. The spicy broth\/sauce in which the bones were steeped conveyed the quintessential flavor of Thailand that you\u2019d expect from folks who clearly know their way around the kitchen. Good eats.<\/p>\n

I brought home what remained of the spine along with any meat that was still clinging to it and concocted a Thai bone broth amped up with some of the remaining sauce; it wasn\u2019t bad considering the bones had already given their best to the stew. I noticed that Instascribe gustasian also ordered this dish on another occasion and hers was presented in a decorative shiny silver Thai hot pot style tureen. Mine just came in the plastic bowl you see here \u2639\ufe0f. Musta been something I said.<\/p>\n

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\nThe aforementioned sign.
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