As befits an ingredient so texturally challenging and confounding in taste,
tripe is generally regarded with particular revulsion from its dissenters. But once you get past the idea of it, tripe becomes quite delicious. Almost always braised, its fortifying qualities also make it perfect late-night food for the winter months.
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It's pretty telling of Malaysian cuisine that
"Shrimp With Lady Fingers" ($10.50) at
Nyonya is listed under the "vegetable" section of the menu; shrimp is pretty much a guaranteed ingredient in most Malaysian vegetable dishes. But it is indeed a vegetable dish.
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As an unabashed Malaysian evangelist, I showed up early for yesterday's one-day Malaysian Noodle Festival. Seven Malaysian or otherwise Southeast Asian restaurants from New York (and one from New Haven) each served a noodle dish or two from their colorful tents. (Oppressively muggy heat, the threat of rain, and crowds squeezing around outdoor tables helped it feel about as close to Kuala Lumpur as the Meatpacking District could get. All we needed was a Tiger.)
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I've been eating my way through the Malaysian restaurants of Manhattan's Chinatown, and while I don't quite think
Jaya Malaysian Restaurant is the best, it does have more than a few things going for it.
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I found the lunch specials at Malaysian restaurant Nyonya a little hit-or-miss
a few months ago. But since then, I've realized that it might be best to forgo that section of the menu altogether; sure, the lunch deal is $6.50, but a number of tastier (and plenty filling) dishes cost just about the same.
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I'm just back from eight days eating my way through Malaysia—Penang, Melaka, and Kuala Lumpur—and on the plane home, I sat next to a New York-living, Malaysia-born woman who told me I had to try "this Malaysian restaurant on the Bowery. Well, not really
on the Bowery. Down an alley or something? Anyway, it's legit."
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The menu at Malaysian restaurant
Nyonya is so extensive that it's actually really helpful to have a list of lunch specials that narrows down your options. Any one of 16 entrees are just $6.50 and come with rice (in most cases) as well as the soup of the day.
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This week, I set out to try one dish from each restaurant in the great strip mall on Broadway in Elmhurst; it houses a Malaysian, Thai, Chinese, and two Vietnamese restaurants, an Asian grocery store, and Singa's Pizza. (Where...
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"There was never a doubt in my mind that I would wind up smoking anything and everything." —Robbie Richter The sign from pitmaster Robbie Richter's KCBS team now graces the wall of Fatty 'Cue. I first met Robbie Richter back...
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I often find the drinks and dessert section of Southeast Asian restaurant menus to be the most intriguing. From Mo-Mo-Cha-Cha to sour plums in seltzer water, and even carrot juice with milk, I am hopelessly fascinated. But while curiosity...
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