Food Halls are fairly ubiquitous in New York City these days. And I'm generally not a fan, but yesterday I happened to be in the Union Square neighborhood walking home, when I noticed Urban Space on 14th Street; I'd not seen this location before, though I'd heard of Urban Space Vanderbilt.
So I popped in just for the hell of it, and noticed a stall that was seemingly opening for its 1st service day. I mean, this stall wasn't even in Sietsema's review of Urban Space Union Square, which was only written back in January. As a matter of fact, it's (as of this moment) not even in Urban Space Union Square's listing of vendors on their website...https://www.urbanspacenyc.com/union-square
The stall I'm referring to also appears to be the first of its namesake here in NYC; that is, if it's namesake has anything to do with the Manhattan location.
Lou Yau Kee Chicken Rice is the name of the stall, and the only online reference I currently see is for their delivery menu from doordash. Other references are to places in Singapore and Malaysia. Anyhoo, I ordered the chicken and rice dish with both roasted and poached chicken...
Apparently, I was one of the first 5 customers, and both yesterday and today they're giving 50% off, so I might as well have one of these as well...
The chicken was quite good, but the rice was the star - super flavorful. I like the addition of the yu choy for a green veg.
And I'm wondering if @KennethT knows anything about this place?
