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Dining
May 23, 2012
Little Pepper: Eat Heat
A favorite Sichuan place brings its fire to a new nabe
Blogs
May 23, 2012
Little Pepper: 5 Dishes You Probably Won't Find at Your Neighborhood Chinese
1. Crust of Cooked Rice With Pork -- This dish hails from Zhejiang, the maritime province just south of Shanghai. The flavors are rich and mellow, and the crunchiness of the rice an added bonus. This week Counter Culture settles into Little Pepper, a relocated Sichuan classic now found in College ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2012
Our 10 Best Sichuan Restaurants in NYC
Braised whole fish with hot bean sauce at Grand Sichuan House When Sichuan sailed into town in the '70s, it was spelled Szechuan and the food was a pale evocation of one of China's foremost regional cuisines. If chili oil was used, it was just a drop, and the sole vector of a timid spiciness was ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Sichuan Restaurants
Tree Mushroom With Chinese Spices arrives heaped with pickled red chilis at Little Pepper. Will this recently relocated spot still make our top 10? The rise of good Sichuan in nearly every borough over the last decade has been a restaurateering miracle, as much due to the public's general apprecia ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Taste Test: Best Dan Dan Noodles in NYC
I decided to go on a quest to find the best dan dan noodles in New York City. After scouring food forums and tweeting back and forth with a couple of Chinese food veterans, my choices were narrowed down to four contestants: Hot Kitchen (2nd Avenue near 6th Street), Grand Sichuan (St. Marks near 3rd ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
The Upper East Side's Sichuan Renaissance
Land of Plenty's picture-perfect ma po tofu, snowed with crushed Sichuan peppercorns. How did it happen that some of the city's best -- and most authentic -- Sichuan restaurants have come to be located on the Upper East Side? Maybe for the same reason so many young bohos are moving into the neighb ... More >>
Dining
January 18, 2012
Land of Plenty: Old Money Burns Its Tongue
In a good way. Some Sichuan spice for 58th Street.
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Robert Sietsema at Land of Plenty; Lauren Shockey at Parm
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples Sichuan in his review of Land of Plenty: "At the end of the last century, who could have predicted Manhattan would someday be speckled with Sichuan restaurants? But as old-school takeaways vanished, pricier Sichuan places appeared in Chelsea an ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Year of the Takeout: Day 17
"Mistakes Were Made" Shredded Pork, Szechuan Style from ??? ???
Blogs
December 16, 2011
Checking Out Grand Sichuan Eastern in Chelsea
An Irish slur or actual school of yoga? One night a few weeks ago, I had a vague report that the Grand Sichuan at Ninth and 24th in Chelsea - at one time the flagship of the fleet - had been closed, only to be replaced by a new one on Eighth Avenue and 18th Street. The rumor turned out to b ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2011
Hot Kitchen's Mei Shan Beef Is Nice 'N' Spicy
Lauren ShockeyLots of chiles in Hot Kitchen's mei shan beefAlthough New York City now boasts a wealth of Sichuan restaurants, the East Village hasn't seen too many of them -- until now. Hot Kitchen (104 Second Avenue, 212-228-3090) opened quietly several weeks ago, offering a vast menu of Si ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Dish No. 73, Ma Po Tofu at Ennju
What happens when a Japanese cook reinterprets a Sichuan standard? Go to Ennju to find out. Spicy food has lately become more popular in Japan, where not too long ago, chili heat was limited to green shisito peppers or the red flakes in togarashi. But gradually, spiciness has been worming i ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Dish No. 80: Phing Khatsa at Phayul
Phing khatsa is a blistering soup featuring some elemental flavors. One of the most notoriously interesting dishes in Tibetan cuisine is laphing (sometimes written, "la phing," perhaps to seem more French). It's an amazing damp salad of french-fry-shaped masses of mung-bean jelly, lying all ... More >>
Dining
June 29, 2011
Phayul: Up You Go!
A new Tibetan place scales the Heights of Jackson
Blogs
June 29, 2011
Mung Bean Laphing at Phayul in Jackson Heights
Square noodles of wiggly, translucent mung bean jelly wobble like worms from another planet, in a sauce of dried chiles, chile oil, and tingly Sichuan peppercorns, with a light aftertaste of soy and vinegar, and a major presence of spring onions and garlic.
Dining
June 8, 2011
Flushing's Hunan Kitchen Wants to Give You a Hot Time
The city's best—and damn spicy—Hunan restaurant
Dining
March 30, 2011
NYC Tofu Guide: A Springy Food for Spring
Isn’t bean curd the blandest substance on earth? Not on your life!
Blogs
March 5, 2011
Toss Before Eating: Dan Dan Noodles at Sichuan Fave Spicy Bampa in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
#26 of our 100 Days/100 Dishes is this innocent-looking bowl of noodles -- the chile oil alone will set your lips on fire. The restaurant formerly known as Bamboo Pavilion and now known as Spicy Bampa is evidence of the diaspora of great Sichuan restaurant into Brooklyn neighborhoods where ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2011
National Chinese Restaurant Awards Ceremony Slights New York
This obscure restaurant near the corner of 16th Street and Seventh Avenue -- which advertises a combination of Sichuan and Vietnamese food -- was declared one of the best Chinese restaurants in the country in the inscrutable "Top Chefs & Owners" category. This past Sunday, correspondent Bil ... More >>
Dining
November 24, 2010
Szechuan Chalet Does Uptown Chinese Darn Well
We slalom the menu with Dr. John
Blogs
October 13, 2010
Where Can I Find the Spiciest Food in NYC?
Feel the burnNo one wants food so hot that you can't taste the rest of the meal, but some of us really love the flavor of chile peppers--fruity, vegetal, sweet, toasty, soapy, and/or hot--and the little endorphin high you get after a particularly incendiary dish. So I'm often asked where to ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2010
Where Am I Eating? Chinese Mirch
Not too many takers for this week's Where Am I Eating, but it wouldn't have mattered much anyway, as Danny guessed the restaurant, Chinese Mirch, right off the bat. The dish above is cauliflower Manchurian. The dish shown after the jump is crispy Sichuan lamb. I hadn't been to the Indian-Ch ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Fin Fish Dishes
Tomorrow is the fourth day of Passover as well as Good Friday, when some Catholics eschew meat. So in the spirit of togetherness, we'll bring you a top ten list that both groups can enjoy--fin fish. That's fish with scales and fins--no shellfish or cephalopods. Check back here tomorrow for ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2010
Our 10 Best Sunset Park Restaurants
Yissel's chimichurris draw a crowdThe neighborhood of Sunset Park is so-called for the park of the same name, a green, hilly spot offering a community pool built in the 1930s and spectacular views of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Until World War II, the area was mainly home to Easte ... More >>
Dining
March 24, 2010
Spring Guide: A Tongue-Torching Tour of Town
Yissel's chimichurris draw a crowdThe neighborhood of Sunset Park is so-called for the park of the same name, a green, hilly spot offering a community pool built in the 1930s and spectacular views of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Until World War II, the area was mainly home to Easte ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2010
Chongqing Chicken Obsession, Part Three
Don't fear the chiles! No matter how good the cold tripe and tongue in hot sauce, or the lotus root, or the spicy braised fish, whenever we go to a Sichuanese restaurant, we can't quite resist the siren call of the Chongqing chicken. Fuchsia Dunlop writes that the dish is from Geleshan, a tow ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2009
Baohaus Brings Steamed Buns and Design-Inspired Puns to Rivington Street
Baohaus opened on Rivington Street on Christmas EveOn Christmas Eve, Rivington Street became home to Baohaus, a subterranean shop peddling Taiwanese gua bao, or steamed buns. Located in a storefront between Norfolk and Suffolk Streets that was formerly occupied by the Naked Earth Cafe, Baohau ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
Pics From Lan Sheng: New Sichuan in Midtown
While I was working on the review of Lan Sheng, a new Sichuan spot on 39th Street, the restaurant become unexpectedly embroiled in a labor dispute, which may or may not actually concern it. Read the whole story in my column this week. But about the food, there is no debate--it's good, and oc ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
Vegetarian Delights of NYC: Spicy Mung Bean Noodles at Bay Ridge's Grand Sichuan House
"Jiggle, jiggle," say the noodlesRevisiting our favorites at Grand Sichuan House in Bay Ridge yesterday (which was favorably reviewed by Our Man Sietsema last year), we punctuated our chile-pepper-laden Chongqing chicken and cumin lamb with an estimable vegetarian dish from the "cold dishes" ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2009
The Early Word: New Shine, Offering Sichuan and Buffalo Wings in Sunset Park
New Shine has been open for about two months New Shine is, in fact, a shiny sort of place--brand new and staffed by young people with cool haircuts.
Blogs
August 17, 2009
Revisit: Wu Liang Ye Near Times Square
Sichuan has taken the city by storm, or maybe I mean by hot peppercorn. While Manhattan is generally deficient in the regional cooking of China, it has long enjoyed a pair of excellent chains that purvey Sichuan on the self-important island, including Grand Sichuan and Wu Liang Ye, both with ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2009
Revisiting the Original Grand Sichuan
A dozen years back, the original Grand Sichuan on Canal Street opened just across from the triumphal entrance to the Manhattan Bridge. It was first out of the gate, gainsaying the Szechuan Empires, Szechwan Gardens, and all the other pallid evocations of Sichuan cuis ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2009
Flash in the Pan--Kung Pao Shrimp
Flash in the pan: bringing you simple, quick, but not dumbed-down recipes. This Kung Pao shrimp recipe is adapted from a Kung Pao chicken recipe by Fuchsia Dunlop in her book Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking. I tweaked it by subbing shrimp for chicken, and adding mild, lo ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2009
Chong Qing Chicken Obsession, Part Two
In my last dispatch from Chong Qing chicken obsession, I told you about eating the dish--composed mainly of chiles, augmented with some fried chicken--at Grand Sichuan House in Bay Ridge and Grand Sichuan St. Marks, in the East Village. The dish is named after its native home, Chong Qing, a city ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2009
Pix from Bamboo Pavilion
Glistening with red chile oil, dan dan noodles need to be vigorously stirred before devouring (click to exaggerate). Located smack dab in the middle of a Sicilian neighborhood in Bensonhurst, Bamboo Pavilion (see our review here) is on the sharp cutting edge of Sichuan cuisine in New York. Whil ... More >>
Dining
April 8, 2009
The City's Finest Sichuan Is At Bensonhurst's Bamboo Pavilion
No kidding!
Dining
December 10, 2008
Scenes From the Roosevelt Food Court
New Flushing malls offer regional Chinese specialties
Blogs
December 9, 2008
Pix from the Roosevelt Food Court
New Flushing malls offer regional Chinese specialties
Blogs
November 18, 2008
Sichuan Sears Smith Street
New Flushing malls offer regional Chinese specialties
Dining
December 4, 2007
Floundering
Sunset Park's most remarkable Cantonese justifies its reputation
Dining
March 20, 2007
Mystery Mall
Food court revels in a variety of regional Chinese styles
Dining
July 18, 2006
Shooting Up
The city's best huajiao fix found—where else?—in Flushing
Dining
November 16, 2004
Chop Suey Christmas
From lo mein to lobster in the city's five chinatowns
Dining
August 17, 2004
Mongols on Main Street
Chinese restaurant in Flushing fetishizes a woolly creature
Dining
November 18, 2003
Hot Chile Love
A card game turns into the restaurant it always wanted to be
Dining
August 5, 2003
Lung Heat
Excavating Peppercorns in Flushing
NYC Life
November 5, 2002
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Excavating Peppercorns in Flushing
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October 29, 2002
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October 22, 2002
Listings
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Dining
December 5, 2000
Not Your Average Corner Chinese
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