Sunburnt Cow is the worst name for a restaurant I can recall—though a now defunct place on East 6th Street called Anar Bagh gave the Cow a... More >>

Loaded with Scotch bonnet peppers, the searing green hot sauce might be Haitian or Trinidadian, while the tortillas ($1 each) mimic Colombian... More >>

Among the regional cuisines of China, Chiu Chow is the hardest to explain. Originating around the Guangdong port of Shantou, 150 miles northeast... More >>

The modern science of restaurant reviewing has several unproved theorems that might become laws if enough supporting evidence could be amassed.... More >>

The restaurant success story of the new millennium is the Italian wine bar. By my count, we now have nearly 30 to choose from, mainly in downtown... More >>

It was a decade ago that Madras Palace first began dealing dosas out of a narrow storefront on lower Lexington Avenue. These delectable... More >>

There's no question that El Maguey y la Tuna was a low dive. Located on a seemingly ungentrifiable block of Williamsburg's Grand Street, it... More >>

Xinjiang is China's most remote province, a majestic land of mountains and deserts through which the Silk Road meanders past salt lakes and dry... More >>

The dish dubbed "huge curry bun" ($5.95) arrives concealed in aluminum foil, steam curling out the top. Tear off the foil and find a round loaf... More >>

New York has trouble hanging onto its Burmese restaurants. Eight years ago, there were 10 in town, four south of 14th Street. The number has... More >>