"Dish: Boat Noodle Soup We don’t need to tell you about the boat noodle soup at Sapp, mainly because we’ve told you about it so many times already. (Seriously). This soup from our favorite Thai Town cafe is a remarkably complex bowl of noodles, with an endless list of ingredients combining for super-interesting combinations of flavors and textures: it’s funky, spicy, sour, and sweet, with tender slices of beef filet and firm rice noodles bathing in a cinnamon, galangal, and anise broth. Just before serving, it’s topped with crunchy bean sprouts and fried pork skin. If this soup’s not appealing to you, frankly, we don’t know why you’re reading this." - brant cox, kat hong, nikko duren, sylvio martins