The Ride-Along Report: First Takes From Last Night’s Dinner

"What It Is: A 10-seat East Village spot specializing in Taiwanese beef noodle soup Perfect For: Dining Solo, Quick Eats After three previous attempts to get into Ho Foods and being quoted one to two hour waits early on weekday nights, we finally got into the 10-seat space after only 30 minutes (but were seated at a table sitting face-to-face with a stranger). The Taiwanese beef noodle soup is a 24-hour broth with wheat noodles and slices of beef, and we added tendon and extra marrow. If the crowds lessen a bit, this will be a solid addition to the quick and affordable dining options in the neighborhood, but until then, you don’t need to rush here and/or wait too long for this soup. The Verdict: This is very good soup, but it’s not worth an hours-long wait." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren