"Nothing screams glamour more than a gargantuan kimchi-filled bun marked with furrows deeper than a Klingon's forehead." [Photos: Joe DiStefano] The awning reads "Oriental Glamour," but the Korean name of this spot is Ming Chan Dong. After a chat with...
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[Photos: Brian Yarvin] The other day, I received a breathless message from Eric Eisenbud, as knowledgeable a food enthusiast as there is here in Central New Jersey, and what he said left me in deep shock: the Dragon Palace—the...
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We knew we weren't in the Chinatown that I grew up with the moment we started reading the huge menu. Consider the following Sax-recommended items: Pastrami over Spinach. Corned Beef over Lettuce. Pastrami Shrimp Fried Rice!
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[Photos: Joe DiStefano] Back when I worked in Midtown Manhattan it was a culinary wasteland with just one Sichuan restaurant: the venerable Wu Liang Ye on 46th Street. Today one can choose from three: Wu Liang Ye, the much...
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[Photos: Robyn Lee] Chinese malls teeming with eateries and snack shops, Chinese grocery stores within blocks of Korean markets—Flushing, Queens is a go-to area for Asian food. A trip to Flushing wouldn't be complete without eating dim sum at...
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[Photos: Joe DiStefano] The awning for Guangyuan Jinweishifang depicts a steaming bowl of noodle soup. Sure enough, just inside the doorway of this new restaurant on a bustling block in Flushing's Chinatown, there's a gent making hand-pulled noodles. I...
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[Photos: Robyn Lee] By Gordon Mark and Chichi Wang | The Mid-Autumn Festival begins tomorrow, October 3rd, and for me and many other Asian people, that means it's time for a mooncake! The mooncakes that I am familiar with...
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[Photo: Midtown Lunch] If Zach Brooks knows two things, they'd be street vendor wars and Chinese buffets, and today, Midtown Lunch gives us the definitive review of Midtown Buffet. Come hungry: Following my own buffet advice, I started off...
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Earlier this week, I had the good fortune to attend the finals of the 2009 International Chinese Culinary Competition at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers. Forty-two chefs from around the world competed in the categories of Sichuan, Shandong, Cantonese,...
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[Sichuan beef tendons. Photograph: Robyn Lee] Grab your chopsticks: The International Chinese Culinary Competition will be held in New York from Sunday, September 20 through the 22nd. Expect top Chinese chefs from all over the world; preliminaries for Asian...
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