My Birthday Dinner at Yee Li
I wasn't planning on doing anything for my birthday, but woke up and decided I wanted to try a dungeness crab. So my friends took me to Chinatown. Hsin Wong was packed and we went to Yee Li a few doors down. I ...
Shanghai Gourmet NYC Restaurant
I came across some positive Yelp reviews for this new Chinese Restaurant on Pell Street. All this talk about juicy buns and eel really gave me the craving. They have a couple of Grand Opening deals right now --...
Hung Ry – Fancy Hand Pulled Noodles
Had dinner with my sister and her friends at Hung Ry this past weekend. Traditional Chinese hand-pulled noodles with fancier high quality meats and toppings (lobster, veal cheek, marrow) . Everything I tasted w...
Jing Fong – Dim Sum
Met up with Yoshie, Rob and baby Cormac for some dim sum the day after Thanksgiving. Our theory was that it would be much less crowded since everyone was stuffed from the night before. There were still a lot of...
The Chinese Take Out Experience: Best of Craigslist
This link below is an interesting read --from the point of view of a young Chinese American working in the Chinese Take Out family business for 12 of his child/teenage years.
http://www.craigslist.org/about/...
The Cottage – Free Unlimited Wine
I was thinking of chugging a Four Loco before seeing The Social Network, but instead Yasmin and I went to The Cottage for bad Chinese food and free unlimited cheap wine. The food actually ain't that bad. The re...
Grand Bo Ky’s Beef Belly Noodle Soup
I had the perfect meal the other night for this chilly weather --Beef Belly Noodle Soup from Grand Bo Ky. This is the first time I've been to this Bo Ky. I've always loved the other one on Bayard for their Cu...
Beef Tripe and Noodles from the Chinese Cart Man
I was walking around trying to find a quick bite near the Bowery Ballroom before Darren's show. This was really the only thing I could find --the Chinese cart guy on Grand and Bowery. The menu is written all in...