Le Sia – The Accidental Cajun

September 10th, 2019 Update

Not so much as an update but a reminder that Chinese Crawfish specialist, Le Sia in East Village continues to click on all cylinders.  Its bustling on a nightly basis these days.  By 7 pm there’s usually a line spilling sometimes into Irish territory (McSorley’s).  Crab and beautiful meaty Crawfish dueling it out seasonally.  These days it seems crab is winning, with Louisiana crawfish season coming to a close.  They may be getting frozen crawfish from California until I’m guessing the end of the year.

Either way, the boils are even better these days as they come with chili infused corn on the cub and potatoes.  Its a messy dish.  A bib is a given, but its probably the only dish in the city where gloves are strongly encouraged.  The Spicy Mung Bean Jelly (Liang Fen) is still sublime but loses points when I’m the only…