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Murray Hill, Restaurants

Noodles and Fried Things at Chinese House – NYC

For months I’ve been hearing about a really good Korean-Chinese restaurant in Queens. Personally, I’m quite happy with Mandarin in Palisades Park, so I never felt a strong desire to look any further. This was apparently not the case for Hannah, however, who texted early Saturday morning about going to Chinese House, or Joonggukjip (중국집), as the restaurant is more commonly called. The following night, we converged at Joonggukjip ready for a feast. MORE »

Chinatown, Restaurants

Noodling at HK Wonton Garden – NYC

10.19.11 | Permalink | 5 Comments

As the story goes, the owners of Wonton Garden on Mott decided to split and one group left to open HK Wonton Garden on Mulberry, and the other stayed and reopened in the same location as New Wonton Garden. If I had to pick a side, I’m Team HK Wonton Garden all the way. Here’s why… MORE »

Chelsea, Small Shops

My Donut Pub Addiction – NYC

09.29.11 | Permalink | 9 Comments

There are many fancy doughnut shops in New York, but sometimes you just want a doughnut, no fuss, nothing complicated, just simple and sweet. Those are the kind of doughnuts you’ll find at The Donut Pub, a 24/7 doughnut shop operating on 14th Street since 1964. It’s the kind of doughnuts you imagine cops to eat, and in reality, they do. Two weeks ago, I saw two of New York’s Finest at The Donut Pub on a pick-up. I’m not sure which doughnuts they got, but here’s my top five. MORE »

Chinatown, Restaurants

Duck Noodle Soup at Red Square Cafe – NYC

09.26.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Some time earlier this year, Wah Kee Fast Food & Cafe, your typical Chinese restaurant in Chinatown with bubble tea and roasted meats hanging from the window, closed. Despite a really bad ventilation problem which made it quite apparent you ate a Chinese restaurant even hours later, the roast duck and roast pig was very good. Also, very cheap. This summer, Red Square Cafe opened in the former Wah Kee space. The ventilation has somewhat improved, and the bubble tea is still blending away, but the roasted meats are now gone from the window. Usually, if I don’t see any meats on display, I order something else, but last week I was hopeful. Did my optimism pan out? MORE »

Brighton Beach, Restaurants

Korean-Uzbek Cuisine at Elza Fancy Food – NYC

09.22.11 | Permalink | 7 Comments

What? Korean-Uzbek food? Yes, it does exist. How? Well, it turns out like most dictators, Stalin was an a**hole and forcibly relocated around 174,000 Korean people from Russia to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in the 1930s. One result of this devastating displacement was the creation of Korean-Uzbek cuisine, and since this is New York, you don’t have to go to Uzbekistan to try it. Elza Fancy Food, a.k.a. Cafe “At Your Mother-in-Law,” is a Korean-Uzbek restaurant in Brighton Beach, right off the boardwalk. MORE »

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The Archives

Murray Hill, Restaurants

Noodles and Fried Things at Chinese House – NYC

Chinatown, Restaurants

Noodling at HK Wonton Garden – NYC

Chelsea, Small Shops

My Donut Pub Addiction – NYC

Chinatown, Restaurants

Duck Noodle Soup at Red Square Cafe – NYC

Brighton Beach, Restaurants

Korean-Uzbek Cuisine at Elza Fancy Food – NYC

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