Southeast Asia

This Weekend's 5 Best Food Events

Friday, April 19 Wine, Pâté, and Jazz at Clos New York Head down to Soho's new wine bar, Clos, for a tasting of three wines, which the Sommelier will pair with different pâté. Live jazz will play from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m., and guests can reserve a spot for $37 online. 64 Kenmare St.; 212-219-0327

The Quizzical Origins of the Thai Curry Puff

A Thai curry puff as served at Thai Market. You've encountered it in Thai restaurants before, a small braided pastry filled with chicken and potatoes called the curry puff. It's unlike any of the other apps on the menu, which run to papaya salads, tart sausages, steamed dumplings, fish cakes, and ... More >>

Rescue in the Philippines Unveils Another Story of Holocaust Heroism Yet Untold

How to Make a Hanoi Ginger from Betel Bar and Kitchen

The vendors on Broadway are selling oversized 2013 sunglasses. Bring on the sequins and make some questionable decisions, it's time for New Year's Eve. If celebrating in sparkles is not your idea of a good time, consider washing your cares away with something bubbly instead (it's tradition!). Today ... More >>

Sahara Davenport Photos By Andrew Werner

The drag star died a few days ago, to the horror of her fans and loved ones. Here are Andrew Werner's photo recollections of the glamour.

E-Sarn Sausage at Center Point

E-sarn sausage, $6.50, Dish #37 Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in every day (weekends, too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team. [See More 100 Dishes: Burrata From Faicco's | Honey Dip Donut from Peter Pan Bakery] Thai ... More >>

New Musical Dogfight Trades WW2 Sailors for Vietnam Marines

On the other town

Move Over, Evita! Imelda, The Musical Is Coming

And it's by the guy who wrote "Psycho Killer"! Here's the official description of Here Lies Love, coming to the Public next April: "Within a throbbing dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim desconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos and her meteoric rise ... More >>

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Malaysian Restaurant Week Kicks Off June 18

If you're hearing the call of satay, roti canai, and mee goreng, we've got good news: Malaysian Restaurant Week kicks off next week, from June 18 to 24. Fatty Crab, LAUT, Penang Malaysian Cuisine, and Satay will offer a prix-fixe three-course menu for $20.12. Other restaurants (including Fatty 'Cue, ... More >>

The Woman in the Septic Tank: Poverty Film Farce

Singapura Coming Soon to 106 Lexington Avenue

A stroll by 106 Lexington Avenue reveals that a restaurant called Singapura will open in the immediate future. Although still completely papered up, a sign notes that the restaurant will specialize in both Malaysian and Thai cuisine, and will also offer Hakka Chinese food. Although that sounds lik ... More >>

Orphan Jackfruit Needs a Home. Do You Have Space in Your Pantry?

You'll have to take it home in a cab. Jackfruit -- especially in these parts -- normally comes in cans. Also known as Artocarpus heterophyllus, the bumpy green humongous fruit is produced by a tree native to southern Indian and Southeast Asia that's a cousin of the mulberry. It's also the largest ... More >>

Duck Larb at Zabb Elee, Dish No. 2

​Scrumptious nuggets of resilient duck, almost like a cross between pork and lamb, but not quite; pungent herbs like mint and scallion; a tart dressing that assaults the tongue and produces a pucker; red onions provide a lingering sweetness; and a token amount of crudite such as sliced cukes ... More >>

Jane Fonda Bumped From QVC Over Vietnam

​That's what she says. Of course they're simply saying schedule changes happen all the time. Oh, please. Can you believe that a channel known for selling aggressively tacky items (which I love, mind you) can be so wussy about what else they'll sell?

Del Posto Cook and Travel Writer Claire Handleman On The Joys of Eating In Thailand (Part 1)

​ Everyone loves to travel; not everyone, however, lives to travel. During most of the year, Claire Handleman pays the rent working at Del Posto, the Bastianich-Batali Italian juggernaut that won four stars from the New York Times last year. Every winter, she packs up her bags and spends at le ... More >>

Manila Luzon Wants To Win Drag Race

​Leggy Manila Luzon is all lacquered and freshened and killing them on RuPaul's Drag Race. I recently chatted with the Twin Cities-born Manila about her choices and her chances.

Crispy Fried Whole Fish With Basil Sauce at Thailand's Center Point

​The delectable-looking snapper is No. 25 in our 100 Days/100 Dishes series. Thailand's Center Point is one of those small Thai cafes that grew up in the long shadow of Sripraphai. It started out as a grocery (by contrast, Sripraphai began life as a bakery), but two years ago split the spac ... More >>

These Fat Monkeys Not Quite As Depressing

In keeping with today's...theme?, more fat monkeys. These ones are happy and get to run around and munch on healthy things like oranges, though. Also, the first comment on this video is the most disturbing YouTube comment I've ever seen. It starts, "In Vietnam we used the damm things as targets" ... More >>

Eating Bun Cha Ha Noi at Pho Bang

Lauren Shockey​Bun, otherwise known as rice noodles, are ubiquitous at Vietnamese restaurants throughout the city. New York is rife with bun thit nuong--a large bowl filled with rice noodles, grilled pork or beef, pickled vegetables, lettuce, and herbs. So we were very happy to see on Pho Ba ... More >>

Northern Larb vs. Isaan Larb at Lotus of Siam, NYC

​The Isaan Larb salad at Lotus of Siam (click to enlarge) Larb (also transliterated "Laab" and "Laap") is doubtlessly one of the best-known dishes from the Isaan region in northeast Thailand, which lies adjacent to Laos and Cambodia. On home ground, the salad is made with duck, pork, or river ... More >>

Vegas's Lotus of Siam Coming Soon to NYC

Like Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, Vegas's Lotus of Siam has attained an almost mythic status, often called the best Thai restaurant in the country. When you've never been to a restaurant, the food can soar in your imagination and never come bumping down to earth the way a real meal (no matter how goo ... More >>

War Vets Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro on One Human Leg

via Yahoo​Want to feel bad about yourself for not going to the gym yesterday, or all summer, for that matter? Oh, three war vets of, respectively, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam, made it to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro last Saturday. The trip took six days, and among them, they had but one human ... More >>

Brillante Mendoza's Newest, Tirador, Is Feverishly Absorbing

Smoking Baby Returns Via Special CBS Investigative Report (Video!)

Just in case you thought the smoking baby (you know, the 2-year-old Sumatran boy with the practiced inhale) was a scam played upon us by video pranksters, CBS News has tracked him down in Indonesia, where they found him -- just before midnight, lit ciggie in hand -- and spent two days witnessing and ... More >>

Talent Thai's Kitsch Kitchen

No pig's blood, but plenty of flavors on 34th Street

A Different Kind of 1960's War Demonstration

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 18, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 31 The Hawks in May: A Day to Remember By Joe Flaherty On Saturday afternoon past, with the war gods supplying sunshine to heat their passions, the Legions of Decency and Death paraded down Fifth Avenue. Lik ... More >>

Not so 'Happy' Happy Hour / Ondoy Fundraiser

Raising money to aid Filipinos affected by Typhoon Ondoy

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band+Disappears

Going Coco-Nuts at Am-Thai Chili Basil Kitchen

Brilliant Brooklyn Thai is awash in the thick white stuff

The Camden 28

The Whole Kadang

Sunset Park Sino-Malaysian skates to culinary victory

Pro-Life

Artists return to the Vietnam protest model with For Life Against the War . . . Again

'The Messengers'

Faux '70s Yawps for Analog Simpletons

Egg Incorporated

Sing mie, mie, mie at new Whitney Avenue Indonesian warung

Absalom, O Absalom

'Not for inciting hatred, but for learning lessons from history'

Have Camera, Will Travel

Ingenious guerrilla indie finds a home on the other side of the world

Report: U.S. Should Pay for Genocide in East Timor

Commission blames American-backed Indonesian military

'The Great Raid'

The Rupture

A Thai interpreter of Malady explains his split decisions

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Senator Goes Missing

Where are the soldiers? The issue the press never asks McCain about.

Play It Again, Siam

Gods and monsters: Thai fest balances imports, local wares

The Year the Western Went New Wave

Million Dollar Lady: Transgender Boxer Goes Out Of Bounds

Life After Wartime: Hallucinogens, Eating, Paid-For Sex

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