Last month New York received America’s first branch of Tim Ho Wan, a Hong Kong based Dim Sum specialist known to foodies as the “cheapest Michelin starred restaurant in the world.” As you can imagine with anywhere that includes the words “Michelin Starred” and “Cheap” the waits immediately became ridiculous. […]
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Flaming Kitchen
Chinese food comes in many varieties in New York but to me there clear top 2 are Dim Sum and Sichuan. Finding a place that can nail the Central Chinese province’s cooking and the Cantonese brunch food however is like looking for a restaurant that does great pulled pork and […]
Bite of Hong Kong
Why Come Here? Authentic Cantonese cooking with interesting specialties and an emphasis on seafood Chinese food in New York tends to fall into two categories: the Americanized sweet & salty stuff we all have a love-hate relationship with, dumpling-heavy dim sum and the spicier Szechuan style. Personally I love all […]
Mission Chinese Food
Note: I was invited as a guest of the establishment and received a complimentary meal. This was not in exchange for a positive review and opinions expressed are my own. I recently had the pleasure of attending a luncheon at Mission Chinese Food to celebrate the release of Los Angeles […]
Fung Tu
Why Come Here? French- and South American- Inspired Chinese dishes, Cocktails & Foodie Snacks at the Bar Following my visit to Kings County Imperial, I made my second Chinese Fusion foray of the week to the nearly two year-old Fung Tu. The chef Jonathan Wu is a vet of Per Se, so I […]