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Noodling at HK Wonton Garden – NYC

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 »

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 »

Chinatown, Quickies, Restaurants

Roast Duck Noodle Soup at New Hon Wong – NYC

04.08.11 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Yesterday I was thinking I should stop going to my usual spots in Chinatown and try a new place. I ended up at New Hon Wong, which is convenient because it’s right by the N/Q/R station on Canal. Roast Duck Noodle Soup ($5.50) with ho fun was decent. The duck was okay (it could have been meatier), but the noodles were too broken up, and there were no vegetables save for some sliced scallions. I was in and out of New Hon Fong in less than thirty minutes though, so if you’re in a rush, it’ll do. MORE »

Chinatown, Restaurants

Offal and Country-Style Duck at Bo Ky – NYC

11.12.10 | Permalink | 5 Comments

A few months ago, Bo Ky was closed by the DOH. Some people get scared when things like that happen. Me, I pretty much accept it’s part of the restaurant game. Restaurants screw up, they clean up their act (literally), and then they open again. Dwell on the details too much and you’ll never be able to eat out again.

Other people get mad at the DOH. I’m guilty of that too. I get annoyed when I’m denied food, but sometimes Big Brother means well. For example, before Bo Ky closed, there were signs all was not right. I remember on one visit before they closed, the Curry Chicken with Flat Noodles that I loved so much and wrote about two years ago tasted off. The chicken didn’t taste fresh and the soup was incredibly salty. Another time I was filled with dread throughout the meal because my waitress was obviously sick. By the way, one of Bo Ky’s citations was “food worker prepares food or handles utensil when ill with a disease transmissible by food, or have exposed infected cut or burn on hand.” Yikes! But again, you can’t dwell on these things too much. You just hope when the restaurant reopens, most of the problems will have been fixed. MORE »

Flushing, Street Eats

Duck Buns at Corner 28 – NYC

09.08.10 | Permalink | 11 Comments

Whenever I find myself in Flushing, I always stop by the window at Corner 28 for a Peking duck bun ($1). It’s a definite must. For example, even this Monday after a day of eating xiaolongbao, momos, miang kana, fish balls, and kimchi roll-ups at Asian Feastival (post will be coming in a few days), I made sure to squeeze a duck bun into my full belly before leaving Flushing. MORE »

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Gave in & had Señor Pollo chicken & maduros again 2nite. Also, noticed that block is becoming chicken row. Ppl luv chicken. Me included.

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