124 Hester St
(at Chrystie St) Lower East Side
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212-343-1111
Subway: B, D to Grand St; J, M, Z to Bowery
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Description
If the word crêpe makes you think of Paris and moonlight and romance, the starkly lit, fairly grubby confines of Cong Ly will mock you and like it. This ain’t a first-date place. But the truly authentic Vietnamese eatery will impress chowhounds. Delectable pork cutlets, wrapped in a thin crêpe and placed on a bed of rice vermicelli, with a side of pickled cucumber, lotus root and julienned carrots, cost a mere $8.
