re: Best fresh pasta in NOLA

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wait staff is very hipsterish.

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Doesn't bother me at all. Just seems like an interesting take on Sino-American food.

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Red's Chinese has gotten very good, as of late. I live nearby (nah - not a hipster) and went there about 2 weeks after it opened. Was bad - so damn spicy hot it was almost inedible (and, I typically like spicy foods). Waited 2 months and gave it another chance. have been there about 5 times since, and its good. But, if your dining in (I usually do take-out) its typically hot inside of the place, and the wait staff is very hipsterish.

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I read some initial articles where Tobias claimed to be friends with Danny Bowien (founder of Mission Chinese), but then I saw later that Tobias was fired from Mission Chinese NY after 6 months. I wonder whether Danny okay'd the opening of a Mission knockoff in New Orleans, but I am guessing not based on Tobias' answer in recent article:

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How much of what you do at Red's Chinese do you owe to Mission Chinese Food?

The bottom line is: Does it taste good. At a lot of fusion restaurants, the menu reads well in print, but the execution is stupid. It's too f-ed with. Or it's not enough food. I want to be busy and cooking. I don't want to be a slow restaurant and only have people who can afford it.

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Not a great answer. I think it's crappy if he did not get an okay from the Mission Chinese founder. I have not looked in a while, but his initial menu was supposedly 'inspired' by Mission, but was closer to a straight copy with a couple local ingredients changed to fit New Orleans.