Sammy's

Who knew that at the corner of 6th Ave. and 11th Street, just a few minutes from my apartment, lay fantastic, fatty duck, and an ethereal concoction of sticky rice and pork wrapped in a lotus leaf? I certainly had no idea until yesterday, when Jack and I decided to order in from Sammy's, a Chinese restaurant we had passed many times but had never patronized. We ordered the Cantonese-style wonton soup with egg noodles and duck, shrimp dumplings, and sticky rice in a leaf. We were pleasantly surprised with the clean taste of the soup broth, which came with bean sprouts and spinach, the succulent duck, and the meaty, fragrant sticky rice. The wonton skins were a little thicker than I was used to, and the dumplings were average. Overall, though, the delicious soup and sticky rice (all nicely non-greasy) mean that this place merits a repeat visit.