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April 5, 2012
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Chicken Dishes in NYC
The fried chicken at Sunset Park's Madly Wildly. Will it make the grade? Everybody loves chicken. Or almost everybody. Who doesn't like chicken soup? Fried chicken? Roast chicken with garlic and olive oil rubbed into the skin? Chicken mousse wrapped in a banana leaf and scented with lemongrass? Th ... More >>
Dining
November 16, 2011
Banana Leaf: Here's Your Skanky Wallop
Brooklyn's Sunset Park goes a little more Malaysian
Blogs
November 16, 2011
This Week in the Voice: Ray Kelly's Secret List, Boring Married People
This week in the Voice, out today: Graham Rayman reveals the existence of Ray Kelly's list of police officers who cannot be transferred without his personal approval. "The list, which the Voice obtained from an NYPD employee, is part of a 23-page spreadsheet that contains the names of 2,300 o ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Cops: Attack in Sunset Park Last Night Doesn't Fit the Pattern Of Other Brooklyn Assaults
DCPILast night's attack in Sunset Park doesn't fit the pattern attributed to these suspects.In the last few days there have been two sexual assaults in south Brooklyn, one in Windsor Terrace and the other in Sunset Park. The attack in Windsor Terrace, in which a young woman was groped from be ... More >>
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September 25, 2011
Asam Laksa at Banana Leaf in Sunset Park, Dish No. 13
Asam Laksa is very, very tart. Asam Laksa is a signature dish of a Malaysian group called Pernanakans -- Chinese immigrants who settled on the Malay Peninsula as long as 400 years ago, and intermarried with Malays. Their cooking is often called Nonya ("Grandmother"), and represents one of t ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Petition Requests Free Self-Defense Classes for Brooklyn Women; Rapist Still at Large [Update]
Not to be alarmist, but there is a serial sexual assailant on the loose in Brooklyn. We've written about him here before, but he's still at large; he's suspected of one rape and five attempted rapes along Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, on 16th Street in Park Slope, and in Bay Ridge. The most r ... More >>
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September 4, 2011
Madly Wild Fried Chicken Debuts in Sunset Park With Wildly Cheap Chicken, Dish No: 33
It may not be the world's best fried chicken, but it's pretty good, and the price is right. Who isn't a sucker for a great restaurant name, or at least a really catchy one? One recent addition to this cadre is Madly Wild Fried Chicken in Sunset Park. Though the place advertises itself as a f ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2011
Posts of the Week
Rebecca Marx Here we are, at the end of summer and at the start of Labor Day weekend. And so before we hightail it to an undisclosed location, let's cast a glance back at those last few days of summer. Our 11 Best Places to Eat in Sunset Park. Peels' Shuna Lydon talks pastry, the SF v. NY d ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Who Is — and Isn't — the Sunset Park Rapist?
Three weeks ago, the cops arrested William Giraldo, 24, for allegedly raping one of four women who they think are victims of a serial rapist in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn. But Giraldo (who was arraigned on the day he was supposed to be getting married in Florida) was charged with only one of ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Southern Brooklyn Left Out of Wi-Fi Plans
via NYC Department of Parks & RecreationNot in southern Brooklyn.Life in southern Brooklyn is rural. Last week we brought you the news that Wi-Fi is coming to 20 parks around the city this summer. But an article in The Brooklyn Paper today points out that none of those locations are south o ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
New York City Loses Yet Another Food Plant; Scientists Create 'Super Wheat'
Maramount Corp., a Sunset Park food production plant responsible for school lunches and homeless shelter meals around the city, is moving to Pennsylvania, leaving more than 140 workers unemployed. [NY Daily News] McDonald's and Wendy's are among fast-food chains that have added new summer sa ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
No. 15: Bun Bo Hue at Thanh Da
The bun bo Hue at Thanh Da presents a dark tempest of a beef broth. Let's enumerate the ways bun bo Hue -- named after the city of Hue (pronounced "Way") in Central Vietnam -- differs from the signature noodle soup of Saigon, pho (pronounced "FFFah"). First off, the noodles are wheat instead ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
No. 10: Bifstec con Nopales at Xochimilco
The cactus paddle could also serve as a ping-pong paddle. Ever had a fresh prickly-pear cactus paddle? Any Mexican bodega-taqueria can provide one, made from a fresh specimen, broad as a human hand, the spines singed off and the flesh grilled over smoky charcoal.
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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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December 17, 2010
The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday
Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Vic ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Fried Dumplings and Soup at North Dumpling on the LES
North Dumpling is an old-timer in dumpling-shop years. There are nearly a dozen dumpling shops on the Lower East Side alone, not to mention those in Sunset Park and Flushing, and the vast majority now dispense four for $1. But North Dumpling is different.
Blogs
August 5, 2010
What's the Weirdest Thing You've Ever Eaten?
Barb N. asks: I know you've probably heard this one a thousand times before, but what's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten? Dear Barb: I never get tired of answering that question, but the answer is usually the same. It's not the cow penis I ate in a Chinese place on College Point Boulevard in F ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
Rescue Chocolate Aids Sweet Tooths and Homeless Pets
Rescue ChocolateSweet, chocolatey pit bulls.Park Slope has given us numerous whimsical and highly specific food products, but until now, it had not produced a line of chocolate bars inspired in part by feral cats and castration.
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June 18, 2010
Posts of the Week
There are but a few precious short hours left until the weekend, and thus it is time to cast a fond eye back to the best posts of the week. We ranked Our 10 Best Things to Eat at Locavorish Food Markets. The battle of Smarties vs. M&M's: an England-U.S. Rematch. Asked the Critics weighed in on th ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Sunset Park Weekend Street Eats: Stinky Tofu and Homemade Noodles
Behold the stinky tofu: Too bad the screen isn't scratch-and-sniffSkewer grills and noodle-slingers always line the busy Chinatown corridor of 8th Avenue in Sunset Park, but on the weekends, the crowd multiplies and street food vendors come out of the woodwork to feed them. You might walk by ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
New 8th Avenue Noodles: Peel Noodles Proliferate!
Peel noodle soup with beefThe new storefront on Eighth Avenue displays cheerful bunting outside and a lump of dough as big as a Labrador inside.
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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 >>
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March 25, 2010
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Restaurants
Ridiculously delicious Fujianese-style oyster cake Tomorrow we'll bring you our 10 favorite restaurants in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The neighborhood's two main drags, Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue, are respectively home to excellent Latin and Asian restaurants. And although Sunset Park's Chine ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Trouble in Paradise: New Belachan Restaurant Moves, Turns Japanese
Fried lobak platter from the old New Belachan RestaurantMeandering through Sunset Park today, we spotted a recently opened Japanese restaurant. Except it's actually the new incarnation of New Belachan, which was our favorite Malaysian restaurant in Brooklyn.
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 >>
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December 10, 2009
Red Apple: New Fujianese in Sunset Park Fries Excellent Oyster Cakes
A new Fujianese spot, Red Apple Fast Food, has popped up on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and today the place was packed with diners lunching on noodle soups and fish-and-rice combos from the steam table. But on a self-service table in the center of the room sat the most exciting o ... More >>
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December 4, 2009
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Ofrenda; Goodbye to Rainbow Cafe (in Manhattan)
The Loading Dock, an expansion of Forrest Cole's Choncho's Tacos cart at the Brooklyn Flea, has opened in Downtown Brooklyn. Serving Mexican-style eggs, tacos made with tortillas from Corona's Nixtamal, and Gorilla coffee, it will also act as a gallery. [NY Magazine] Peter Poulakakos, whose father ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2009
The Early Word: Lot 2
Lot 2 is on a stretch of Sixth Avenue in what you might call Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights, or South Slope. It's a quiet avenue. A few blocks south, it dead-ends into Greenwood Cemetery. In the last few years, the area has enjoyed an unlikely mini-boom: Aside from Lot 2, there's Toby's Publ ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
Posts of the Week
Welcome to Friday afternoon. Without further ado, the week's best posts: The Early Word paid visits to Sunset Park's El Comal taqueria and Luke's Lobster. Spain's Ribera del Duero region is producing some mighty fine wines. In Battle of the Dishes, McDonald's Big Mac squared off against Burger Ki ... More >>
Dining
September 29, 2009
Fly Heads at the Island of Taiwan Restaurant
Taiwanese fare finds its way to Bay Ridge
Blogs
September 1, 2009
Somebody Got Murdered: Double Murder Inside Sunset Park
View Larger Map DATE: On Monday, August 31, 2009 at about 8:30 p.m. LOCATION: Inside of Sunset Park near 41 Street and 7 Avenue The police say two men were shot and killed inside Sunset Park in Brooklyn Monday evening. We should note that a double murder inside a city park is pretty unusual.A 28-y ... More >>
Dining
September 1, 2009
East Harbor Seafood Palace Excels at Dim Sum
A new Sunset Park banquet hall provides happy days for chicken-foot fetishists
Blogs
August 26, 2009
Market Watch: Albino Bitter Melon and More at Fei Long Market in Brooklyn
A rare white bitter melon, shown against a backdrop of the normal vegetable. Actually, maybe it's a fruit. Jaws dropped when Fei Long recently opened on the south end of Sunset Park's Chinatown, and not because it occupies an entire city block, and is twice a big as the next competing groce ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2009
Prosperity Dumpling Gets a Brooklyn Outpost
Good news for Kings County: Prosperity Dumpling, one of the best $1 dumpling houses in Manhattan, is opening a branch in Sunset Park, at 4317 Eighth Avenue. It joins current favorite Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House (corner of Eighth Avenue on 48th street). More ultra-cheap dumplings and sesame pancakes f ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
In Chinatown Markets Now: Rambutan
Brightly colored rambutans are now being featured in sidewalk produce stands in Manhattan, Sunset Park, and Flushing Chinatowns for about $5 per pound. Looking like the hairy intestinal polyps of space creatures, rambutans are bright pink fruits that can run in size from an olive to a small ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2009
Incredibly Cheap Eats: Octopus Skewers
If you happen to be walking down Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park's Chinatown, especially on the weekend, follow your nose to the charcoal fires. There are several carts and street-side windows selling Northern Chinese-style charcoal barbecue skewers--lamb, beef, fish balls, and more, for bargai ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Posts of the Week
Hey folks, just popping in here to bring you our favorite posts from the past week. Happy 4th, and see you on Monday. Coverage of the Un-Fancy Food show, including salty caramels and beer. Cheap lobster from Red Hook Lobster Pound? Grill it! (Maybe give it a valium first.) Ah, summer, when thoug ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
Vegetarian Delights of NYC--Sauteed Squash and Bamboo Pith at East Harbor
Sunset Park is thriving with new Hong Kong-style Cantonese restaurants, many of amazing size and sophistication. And, yes, the fish are alive in the tanks. At newcomer East Harbor, some of the more interesting dishes fall in the Vegetable category, though beware strict vegetarians that some rec ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2009
Incredibly Cheap Eats--Lechon
El Bohio Restaurant #3 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has an awning blazoned with the word "lechonera,"--meaning a place that specializes in crackly-skinned roast pig. And indeed, hefty hunks of burnished pork sit in the window, alongside blood sausage, pastelitos (like empanadas) and fried potato fritte ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 18, 2008
BRIGHT IDEA
A new space for film and art comes to Brooklyn
Dining
December 4, 2007
Floundering
Sunset Park's most remarkable Cantonese justifies its reputation
Dining
May 29, 2007
The Whole Kadang
Sunset Park Sino-Malaysian skates to culinary victory
NYC Life
February 21, 2006
Close-Up on Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Sunset Park Sino-Malaysian skates to culinary victory
NYC Life
November 29, 2005
The Other, Other Chinatown
Sunset Pork: An adventure in overeating
Dining
July 27, 2004
Getting Gooey
Secret specialty of a banquet hall in Brooklyn's Chinatown
Dining
February 18, 2003
A Bowl of Red
East Harlem Beats Sunset Park
NYC Life
June 18, 2002
Close-Up On: Sunset Park
East Harlem Beats Sunset Park
Dining
June 8, 1999
Great Balls of Masa
East Harlem Beats Sunset Park
NYC Life
May 25, 1999
Jagged Little Pills
Capsule News
NYC Life
February 2, 1999
Three O'Clock High
Pedagogic Logic
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