Sometimes, what looks like a dirty Chinese takeaway is a simple matter of fact: Great tofu often involves great risk. Dragon Palace may be one of those Asian buffet-delis that serves food so American-friendly that it's hardly edible, but it's clean and there's an entire menu beyond the e.coli island in the back. Don't let the poor lighting and Crazy Man touching the egg rolls deter you.
There I am on Chestnut St., where vegetarian pride goes to die. There is Grocery, where real vegetables and tofu salads are extremely marked up in an adorable way. Other mini markets that have those fake chicken sandwiches that I fall back on in rough times. Should I walk on to Chinatown, where I will be spoiled with mock-everything? When all I really want to do is head home, where I have a post-holiday fridge with nothing in it except one bottle of Odwalla.
Oh, look, DRAGON PALACE. It's clean inside and the smell is tolerable. The vegetarian selection takes longer than 20 seconds to read. General Tso's Tofu. That's dinner.
Now, I recommend adding a vegetable option to this, because there are but few pieces of broccoli nestled with the load of tofu. While Dragon House is not on the Chinatown level, it is a decent stand-in if your time and bucks are limited.
Dragon Palace, 102 S. 13th St., 215-545-5063
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