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May 15, 2012
Year of the Takeout Day 135: Li's Restaurant
Chinatown Duck from Li's Restaurant (136 Avenue C, 212-677-6003)
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May 4, 2012
Live: Little Dragon Plays "The Hottest Club On Planet Earth"
Little Dragon Le Baron Chinatown Thursday, May 3, 2012 When getting ready to see Swedish dance fiends Little Dragon at Le Baron Chinatown, I really only had one question: Would I actually get in? Yes, I was assured by one of the event's men behind the curtain, Fabien Moreau, but I didn't want to be ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2012
Chinatown Property Owners Say City Illegally Charged Them BID Fees Before BID Even Existed
Some Chinatown property owners didn't really want to be part of a Business Improvement District in the first place. Now a group of them are claiming that the city illegally charged them fees corresponding to months before the BID even officially existed. The city told the Voice yesterday that it i ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Brooklyn Wok Shop: 5 Best Things To Eat There [Updated With the 5 Worst]
Roast pork over rice with bok choy and a fried egg This week Counter Culture slides into Brooklyn Wok Shop, where a mainly Cantonese menu is offered at an elevated price in a room decorated with soup bowls. The review isn't too kind to the spot, but nevertheless several good dishes are identified. ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
Year of the Takeout Day 93: Chinatown Brasserie
Turnip Cake with Ham and XO Sauce from Chinatown Brasserie (380 Lafayette Street, 212-533-7000)
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April 2, 2012
Spiny Softshell Turtles on Mott Street
The spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) is available live in Chinatown fish markets along Mott and Grand streets. Those enjoy looking in those cardboard boxes (either approvingly or disapprovingly) that are used to merchandise live creatures on the sidewalks in front of Chinatown markets had a sur ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
Blue Crabs Live in Chinatown Markets
Female crab broken open to display orange roe -- that's some good eatin'! This morning Fork in the Road wrote about the spiny softshell turtles currently being displayed live in Chinatown fish markets. But those aren't the only things crawling around in wooden crates and cardboard boxes on display ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 28, 2012
PARTY HARD
Andrew W.K. gets Webster Hall wet
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Chinatown Restaurant Week
Chinatown has established its own restaurant week, which starts this Friday and runs until March 18. Check out the participating restaurants:
Dining
February 29, 2012
Coluck: Strange, Cheap, and Hidden
An odd Hong Kong café lurks down an alleyway
Blogs
February 29, 2012
Robert Sietsema at Coluck; Lauren Shockey at Sao Mai and Xe May Sandwich Shop
Robert Sietsema wanders around the Chinatown Arcade and samples some Chinese-fusion café fare at Coluck: "Well, they'll feed you cheaply and copiously with foods that seem like a merging of neighborhood Chinese and the cooking of a culinarily challenged English mom who, strapped for time, pulls a b ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Congee at Coluck, With an Extra Surprise Cruller
Minced beef congee at Coluck -- mother in a bowl Also known as jook, the soothing rice porridge called congee is South China's favorite breakfast. The rice has been cooked into oblivion in some kind of broth till rice and liquid merge almost completely. Flavorings often include shredded ginger, an ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
Anyone Seen This Fruit Before?
No, it's not a potato, though it looks like one. Fork in the Road often finds itself turning to its readers for identification of foodstuffs we stumble on in area markets but can't figure out. We have another request. This fruit was being sold at the open air market in Chinatown at the cor ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Takeout Your Valentine's Day Meal
Go balls-to-the-wall with your lovers favorite takout on V-Day.There's something to be said for shelling out $100 plus per person for luxury ingredients and romance, but sometimes it's better to just eat at home, for a number of reasons. A) It's cost-effective and the economy sucks. B) You can co ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Pulqueria: ¡Hola, los Cocktails!
Get sloshed on a different kind of breast milk
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February 8, 2012
Fashion Week Approacheth! Here Are The Rules!
Yes, there are rules. Disobey them and you become fashion-unfabulous in the drop of a hemline. *Run around Lincoln Center every day, telling strangers, "Gosh, I hate Fashion Week! I wouldn't be here if I didn't absolutely have to be!" This gives out the impression that you have some incred ... More >>
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January 29, 2012
Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration, Chinatown
Prior to the afternoon parade, the floats lined up on Mott Street. The Chinese Year of the Dragon began Monday, January 23, 2012. The new year is 4710. Today marked the 13th anniversary of the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade, which has become increasingly popular each year, so that now the ... More >>
Dining
December 7, 2011
Shanghai Asian Cuisine: Nip and Suck
A new food twist appears in Chinatown
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December 7, 2011
5 Best Dishes at Shanghai Asian Cuisine
Shanghai-style lo mein at Chinatown's Shanghai Asian Cuisine This week Counter Culture sails into Shanghai Asian Cuisine, a comparative newcomer to Elizabeth Street in the most ancient part of Chinatown, next to the alley called Chinatown Mall. Here are the five dishes that my friends and I ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Banana Leaf: Here's Your Skanky Wallop
Brooklyn's Sunset Park goes a little more Malaysian
Dining
November 9, 2011
RedFarm: Dim Sum and Then Some
Find your fancy Chinese food in the West Village
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October 9, 2011
Hot and Sour Soup at Inexpensive Delicacies, Dish No. 4
If you want to kindle a fierce debate among "bottom-feeding" foodies, as they're derisively called (and I'm certainly one), just ask what's the cheapest and best item of food for the money in one borough or another.
Dining
September 7, 2011
Fall Arts: New York City's Five Chinatowns
If you want to kindle a fierce debate among "bottom-feeding" foodies, as they're derisively called (and I'm certainly one), just ask what's the cheapest and best item of food for the money in one borough or another.
Blogs
August 17, 2011
In Chinatown Markets Now: Sugar Apples
Why is it called a sugar apple? Your guess is as good as mine. Surprising things are always appearing in Chinatown markets. Sometimes, it's an obscure herb or nut from a Southeast Asian country; this last weekend it was sugar apples.
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July 6, 2011
You Don't Know Jack About Jackfruit (Or Maybe You Do)
The jackfruit currently for sale in Chinatown is of the soft and sweet variety, and hence probably better eaten raw, possibly with a little brown sugar. The improvised vegetable and fruit stands on the streets of Chinatown are always revamping their selection according to what is currently a ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Take Your Java Jones East: Asian Instant Coffees
If you love the convenience of Starbucks VIA but find it a tad expensive for your instant-coffee needs ($10 for 12 sticks), pop over to your closest Chinese supermarket in Chinatown or Flushing to look for these cheap and tasty alternatives, by way of Southeast Asia. (IOG in Fresh Meadows, Qu ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Counterfeit Bag Ladies Could Go to Jail for Buying Fakes
Today in a New York Post Exclusive we learn of a new law being proposed that would terrify us to our core if we'd ever purchased any counterfeit bags. But since we haven't done much shopping at all, in fact, since that old recession, we can breathe easy -- for now. Still, it might behoove you ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Ten Fascinating Ethnic Ingredients Chefs Should Get to Know Better
Sprinkled with sesame seeds, marinated jellyfish makes a memorable summer salad The last couple of decades have flooded NYC with colorful cuisines many of us never knew existed, and stocked ethnic markets with exotic ingredients that had strange names and fascinating properties. This influx ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
Rich Old Woman Pick-Pockets Chinese People Because She Hates Them
The New York Post has the sort-of Robin Hood story today of Ha Vasko, a rich 67-year-old Vietnamese woman arrested in Chinatown four times for pick-pocketing. "I hate Chinese people," she explained to the police. "They sell fake stuff, take the money, and send the money back home," she went o ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Little Italy is Dead, Long Live Chinatown
"Little Italy is becoming Littler Italy," the New York Times declares in today's paper, noting that census results released in December count not one person living in the New York City neighborhood as a native of Italy. This time around, only 5 percent of residents in the 24-square-blocks ide ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
No. 5: Bamboo Pith and Sauteed Winter Melon at East Harbor
This dish of pith and unsweet melon is as wan as a wintry day -- but the taste is supremely delectable. Bamboo pith is not a common ingredient in Western gastronomy. In fact, I've never seen it outside grandiose Hong Kong-style restaurants. Winter melon is more common -- you can see it in e ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Shorty Tang's Noodles Are Resurrected in Carroll Gardens
When he was in the kitchen at Chinatown's Hwa Yuan restaurant, Shorty Tang cooked some of the most legendary cold sesame noodles in the city's culinary history. For a few brief, precious hours this afternoon, his grandsons Casey and Gilley are resurrecting the dish in honor of Chinese New Yea ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Our 10 Best Things to Eat in Manhattan's Chinatown
In A-Wah's Hong Kong-style wonton lo mein, the noodles are cooked al dente, and the broth is served on the side. The amazing thing about Manhattan's Chinatown, no matter how it ebbs and flows, no matter how many restaurants come and go: It's always been a bastion of excellent cheap eats. Th ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2011
Posts of the Week
It's late Friday afternoon, and thus time to look back at the week that was ... Veritas's Rubén Sanz Ramiro talked about wines with energy and the restaurant's craziest bottle. Cops also have a thing for Magnolia Bakery. Our 10 Best Things to Eat in Manhattan's Chinatown.
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December 22, 2010
Hedgehog Killed in Chinatown Fire; Woman's Body Found in Suitcase in Harlem; Senate Passes $160B Defense Bill
Adorable animals in trouble.• Yesterday it was reported that a wolverine (illegal to be kept in New York as housepets) was killed in a fire in Chinatown on Tuesday night. It was not a wolverine, but instead a two-year-old hedgehog (also illegal) named Lillith and three-year-old rabbit named ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Chinatown Cake Club Is on 'Extra-Long Hiatus,' But Is Available in Cookbook Form
Photo courtesy of Chinatown Cake ClubLast December, we were lucky enough to attend the very first meeting of the Chinatown Cake Club, a monthly dessert salon that pastry chef Victoria Howe hosted in her agreeably cramped Chinatown apartment. We liked what we ate, and looked forward to the inv ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
How Not to Die in an Elevator (or on an Escalator): 10 Simple Tips
You may not be aware of this (we sure weren't!) but it's National Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week. As such, the Department of Buildings is providing a helpful educational program for first and second graders in Chinatown so that they know what to do, like keeping their shoelaces ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2010
Xiao Ye's Post-Sifton Menu
visualpanic/FlickrAfter Sam Sifton delivered a no-star review of Xiao Ye, Eddie Huang told us that he was planning to make some changes in the kitchen. And according to his blog, he has: Look for bigger portion sizes and individual portions for dishes like pot stickers, head-on prawns, and be ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
People No Longer Grossed Out By British Food; McDonald's to Pay Out $17,500 to Fattened Employee
Peter Meehan on why he's really into Chinatown these days: Sichuan hot pot in a bag, tofu, and barbecued parts. [T Magazine] Royal Caribbean cruise line's newest ship, the 5,400-passenger Allure of the Seas, will house the first Starbucks outlet at sea. [USA Today] A recent survey reveals t ... More >>
Dining
January 19, 2010
Empire of the Bun at Golden Steamer and Baohaus
Steaming is a gas at two bao specialists
Blogs
December 28, 2009
Revised: Fork in the Road Visual Dim Sum Dictionary
Reader Dimsummer has helped us revise our original dim sum visual dictionary. We are publishing it now to aid in your assault upon dim sum parlors like Dun Huang and East Harbor (see below). Fo tiao qing, braised pork tendon Not long ago, Counter Culture polished its chopsticks and headed ... More >>
Dining
August 5, 2008
A Guide to the Curious World of Chinatown Bakeries
Reader Dimsummer has helped us revise our original dim sum visual dictionary. We are publishing it now to aid in your assault upon dim sum parlors like Dun Huang and East Harbor (see below). Fo tiao qing, braised pork tendon Not long ago, Counter Culture polished its chopsticks and headed ... More >>
News
January 1, 2008
A (Chinatown) Fish Story
Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers
Dining
July 25, 2006
Sugar Shock
Channeling your Chinatown child in the East Village
Dining
January 25, 2005
Pedigreed
Short ribs surf gravy wave at old-style Chinatown Cantonese
Dining
November 16, 2004
Chop Suey Christmas
From lo mein to lobster in the city's five chinatowns
Dining
July 27, 2004
Getting Gooey
Secret specialty of a banquet hall in Brooklyn's Chinatown
Dining
October 14, 2003
Boiling the Bird
Where the buffalo carp roam in Manhattan's Chinatown
Dining
February 11, 2003
Chinatown Elegy
Return of the Repressed
Dining
June 4, 2002
Dumpling Magic
Return of the Repressed
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