New Noodle Shop In The Heights Receives Rave Review For Sandwich

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Native Noodles is a newcomer to the Washington Heights community, but it is already turning heads and receiving rave reviews from critics.

On Wednesday, Eater NY's critic Ryan Sutton said the roti john sandwich from Native Noodles "ranks near the top" among the "world's great sandwiches without serious New York City presence."

Chef Amy Pryke makes the roti john sandwich by sautéing cumin-laced beef on a flattop with caramelized onions and garlic, adds egg, and then places a toasted baguette on the top. Her next move is to flip the sandwich, add chile ketchup, and cut the baguette into four pieces.

"One should consume the sandwich immediately, while the wobbly textures are at their prime. The eggy bath imparts the baguette with a texture that’s more squishy than crisp, while the omelet is almost custardlike in its creaminess," Sutton wrote in his review on Eater NY. "The charred meat, in turn, boasts a salty, Shake-Shack-level beefiness, and the chile ketchup checks all the greasy, oozy, carby flavors with a kick of mild spice and sweetness."

The sandwich will cost you $9.50 from the Singaporean eatery at 2129 Amsterdam Avenue, near West 166th Street.

Roti is the Southeast Asian slang word for white man, and according to folklore the sandwich was created when an Englishman asked a chef in Singapore for a hamburger.

Native Noodles opened its doors in Washington Heights on Feb. 8, 2021, after a very successful run at the popular Queens Night Market in 2019.

Favorites from the restaurant other than the roti john sandwich include popcorn chicken, fried wontons, satay noodles, and Singapore fried noodles.

Pryke, who grew up in Singapore and moved to New York City in 2011 to attend New York University, became familiar with the Upper Manhattan area after she attended Columbia Business School.

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