Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown is the restaurant version of the retro basketball jersey. If you're not familiar with retro jerseys, they're basically wearable antique road shows for sports fanatics. Essentially it's out-of-style basketball fashion that's back in style because being old is chic again. I used to walk by Nom Wah Tea Parlor for one reason and one reason only, to go visit Excellent Pork Chop House. There would be older folks playing mahjong in there and stuff. I never ever even felt an inkling to visit the place because it looked dingy back then, and I had never really seen anyone eat there when I used to live in Chinatown. But then the NYTimes showed up and said they got revamped and there's new food in there. This old place had become cool again! Steph and I decided to go check it...