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10 Movies to Watch in 2013

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Commander in Chifa

Peru meets China in Queens

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License to feel

The Thieves

TIFF: Meet the Monsters

From Toronto, a glimpse of this year's most bracing films

KFC Launches Star Shrimp Nuggets In Singapore

A Singaporean food blog has reported that KFC has launched these star-shaped shrimp nuggets. They're going for 3.95 Singapore Dollars, or around $3.15 UDS.

Puff and Stuff: The Last Smoker in America

A new musical tries to light up Off-Broadway

Inside LuckyRice's Grand Feast 2012

The third annual LuckyRice Grand Feast was more than just a food tasting --- it was a high-end cultural celebration of Asian flavors and culture. With a line-up as diverse as it was prominent, the food did not for a moment disappoint. Hot edamame dumplings from Buddakan and "Kanom Buamg-Yam" Thai ta ... More >>

Sound Bites and Celebrity Chefs at LuckyRice's Grand Feast

The LuckyRice Grand Feast had an impressive food and chef line-up. Although not everyone on the star-studded culinary council could be found in person, industry notables like Susur Lee, Angelo Sosa, Masaharu Morimoto, Jeffrey Steingarten, and Todd English were spotted among the crowd. We talked to f ... More >>

SPANISH FLY

The Flamenco and Beyond Fest 
brings together Spain's finest

Famous Spicy Beef Noodles From Island of Taiwan in Bay Ridge

​This rich Taiwanese beef soup is No. 32 in our 100 Days/100 Dishes Chock full of tender marinated beef strips, tofu skin, thick wheat noodles something like Chef Boyardee spaghetti, and flecks of dried red pepper as well as pickled red peppers in a thick broth that verges on being a stew, ... More >>

The Luckyrice Festival Returns; Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

tucker_zoe/Flickr​Just in time for Chinese New Year (which begins tomorrow), the Luckyrice Festival has announced it will return for a second year, from May 2-8.

The Fighter Feels Rigged

Four Loko Ban Screws Small Moonshot '69 Producer; Introducing Beer for Dogs

​The ban on caffeinated alcoholic beverages has devastated the one-person company that makes Moonshot '69, a caffeinated beer. The company's founder has called the ban "Prohibition in 2010." [NY Times] CultureFix and Panda, both on the Lower East Side, are among a crop of bars that double as ... More >>

Macao Trading Co. Gets a New Executive Chef

Josh Blakely​Macao Trading Co. has brought on Josh Blakely as executive chef. He replaces Erik Cereceres, the chef known as Chewy.

Memento-Lite in Macao: Johnnie To's Vengeance

Go East, Young Mexican

There's something about a hemispheric love connection

The Rise and Fall of Internet Sports Bookie and Poker Pro James Giordano

From Bluff magazine to court, James Giordano was wired for success until Queens prosecutors captured him in their web

East Side Social Club Opens Tonight, Brunch & Lunch to Come Next Month

East Side Social Club is opening its doors tonight in the space previously occupied by Montparnasse in The Pod Hotel. Owner Billy Gilroy, of Employees Only and Macao Trading Co., has teamed up with his brother Jim, his son Devon, and his daughter Grace, as well as Macao partner Patrick Fahey, for th ... More >>

Bartenders On Branca

​If you've ever been to Macao Trading Co. on a Monday night (industry insiders' night) you may have been convinced to do a shot of Fernet-Branca. The ultra-bitter Italian digestivo gets compared to Campari and even Jagermeister, but tastes like neither. It's medicinal and spicy, and is gaining ... More >>

The Blogroll Gazette--Mixed Feelings On the Meatball Melee; Make Your Own Pork Chop Bo Lo Bao in Midtown

This week in food blogs... Eat Me Daily attended the Food for Thought forum at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford, Conn., where Anthony Bourdain went head-to-head with Alice Waters, while Duff Goldman looked on. EMD also posted a video of the discussion. [Eat Me Daily] Josh Ozersky emceed the Best M ... More >>

Posts of the Week

Hello, and welcome to Friday afternoon, when we round up our favorite posts of the week for your convenience. We'll see you on Monday, until then keep calm and carry on. We checked out Mayahuel, Phil Ward's new tequila/mezcal bar and had a Slynx. Chantal went to Macau and came back with reports ... More >>

A Final Word on Macau--This Is What African Chicken Should Taste Like

New York has what is probably the only Macanese restaurant in the country now that Macau Street in LA has shuttered. Reviews of the food at Macao Trading Co. have been varied, to say the least, largely because few people have a point of reference for what good Macanese should taste like. We recentl ... More >>

Bo Lo Bao--The Next Great Asian Sandwich?

Now that banh mi is officially over, sandwich enthusiasts are on the lookout for the next great eastern import. We'd like to nominate the bo lo bao or pineapple bun for the job, a crunchy-topped sweet bread found in Hong Kong, Macau and a few other lucky spots in Southern China. We have found varian ... More >>

Street Foods from Food Street in Taipa, Macau

Food Street in Taipa, Macau lives up to its name as a delicious alley of tasty treats. I stopped at a food stand where this rainbow of snacks on sticks beckoned. The fish, meat or tofu-on-a-stick gets reheated in boiling water, then slathered in "original" or curry sauce. I had the fish ball stuff ... More >>

Today at the Voice and Voice Blogs

The Voice looks at that other "Craigslist Killer" and his victim, Katherine Olson, slain in 2007 by a man advertising for babysitters near Minneapolis. Actually there have been a few so-called Craigslist Killers, including the one who recently murdered Julissa Brisman of Queens, and reporters Matt S ... More >>

More Exotic Jerky

Further satisfying our love of jerkies from around the world, we bring you this version, spotted recently in Macau. Beef jerky stands can be found all along Rua de Santo Antonio and feature such deliciously glistening specialties as pork, beef, wild boar, deer, spicy pork and honey roast beef jerkie ... More >>

Posts of the Week

Hello, Friday afternoon, and thanks for rolling around again. Here's a recap of our favorite blog posts of the week. Our Man Sietsema found some mighty fine chiles rellenos (a vegetarian delight) in Hell's Kitchen. Chantal continued her running coverage of BYOB spots, and interviewed Jamie Wolff ... More >>

YouTube Treasure: Stairway To Stardom!

Stairway To Stardom was a rinky dink talent show on public access, in which two hosts--who always came off like used car salespeople on the lam--brought out an array of shameless singers and dancers in what looked like the side lobby of a crack den in Macao. But it was super fun and occasionally s ... More >>

Yelpers for Macao

Yesterday, the Daily News' Restaurant Girl awarded Macao Trading Company (311 Church Street) a mere two stars, saying that "instead of a fusion of Chinese and Portuguese food"  the restaurant serves "an uneasy negotiation between the two cuisines." However the new Tribeca restaurant is faring f ... More >>

The Early Word -- Macao Trading Company

Floundering

Sunset Park's most remarkable Cantonese justifies its reputation

The Good, the Bad, and the Set-Pieces

Johnnie To, gunslinger, pays stylish homage to the good old days

Flash in the Can

Lesbian schoolgirl terrorists and hair extensions gone wild? Must be the NYAFF

In the Presence of Cod

A Portuguese restaurant kicks ass on unpopular dining days

Musicals in Transit

In the Heights or Adrift in Macao, new musicals are fun—but not too much else

The Great Escapes

Erotic obsession and cold, cruel truths about unrequited love

Nielsen, Rating

A daft match made in heaven: Author and star of Betty's Summer Vacation reunite in lunacy

The Rosebud Express

Hit Parade

Full Medal Jacket

Keeping It Real

Heroes Never Die