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Taiwan

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    The Ten Most Fashionable Asian-Americans In NYC

    I've met them all and narrowed it down to these 10 amazing A.A. specimens:

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Recipe: Pork Belly Baos from Fun Buns NYC

    The brain-child of Bian Dang's Thomas Yang and his business partner Jason Moy, Fun Buns NYC is a up-and-coming food cart set to make their way into the Taiwanese gua bao scene. They've made an appearance at TAP-NYC's Taiwanese Night Market and are set to formally launch in the upcoming weeks. "It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2012

    A Slice of Taiwan with Food and Booze

    By 7pm on Friday, the atmosphere outside of the old firehouse on Lafayette was already beginning to look impatient. Bouncers checked for ticket confirmations and a long line of people wrapped around the building. This was TAP-NYC's first annual Taiwanese night market and the event had been sold out ... More >>

  • Film

    November 23, 2011

    Edward Yang, Urban Dweller

    By 7pm on Friday, the atmosphere outside of the old firehouse on Lafayette was already beginning to look impatient. Bouncers checked for ticket confirmations and a long line of people wrapped around the building. This was TAP-NYC's first annual Taiwanese night market and the event had been sold out ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    BEST OF NYC®
    Wide World of Sports

    The national pastime of the U.S.? The sports capital of the U.S.? If you don’t know the score, we’ll tell you.

  • Dining

    September 21, 2011

    Belly Up to Taiwanese Specialties

    Fish bellies, that is, at a restaurant in Elmhurst

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    French Restaurant Gives Back Michelin Star; Food Blogger Sent to Jail For Negative Review

    ​French eatery Le Lisita just couldn't take the pressure anymore and decided to voluntarily give back its Michelin star after the increased staff costs that came with the ranking hurt profits post-global financial meltdown. [The Telegraph] A food blogger in Taipei was sentenced to 30 days in ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 16, 2011

    Eating the Putz at Flushing's Main Street Imperial Taiwanese Gourmet

    A restaurant in a remote corner of the neighborhood showcases home-style dishes

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    The World's Most Expensive Bowl of Noodles; Food Trucks Hired to Cater Holiday Parties

    ​Apparently, the role of the cheesemonger involves more than sales -- it's also about calming our fears over the ickiness of cheese. [Wall Street Journal] Niu Ba Ba in Taipei serves the world's most expensive bowl of noodles for the equivalent of $324. It's made with beef from four countries ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Our 10 Most Challenging Dishes in NYC

    ​A stew at Island of Taiwan incorporates pig bung and blood, a match made in heaven. When it comes to dining, we each have our own comfort zones. Some avidly down handfuls of Sichuan peppercorns, relishing the burn, while others consume animal glands of the earthiest and most arcane sort as i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Morning Links: White House Christmas Ornaments in Peril; Time Warner Visitors Getting Handsy With Nude Statue

    The 2009 tree, with ornaments.​• Wyoming is having trouble finishing their ornaments for the White House Christmas tree this year. They have only 1,600 of the 5,000 they're responsible for. Apparently these ornaments have to be handmade, weatherproof, a foot tall, and in a Western theme. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Woman Marries Self

    ​Someone's been watching a tad too much Sex and the City. A 30-year-old Taipei office worker named Chen Wei-yih has tired of all the social pressure to get married and the lack of anyone decent to get married to, so she's going it solo, with a wedding planner and photos and a white dress and e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Sad Things for Lonely People: Resort for Men With Virtual Girlfriends

    via CNet​It's always good to get away for a much-needed vacay with your honey, even when your honey is not actually a real, live, human person, right? No judgments! At least, not at Atami, a Japanese hot springs resort themed on Konami's Nintendo DS dating simulation game Love Plus, which also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Xiao Ye's Eddie Huang Responds to Early Adopters

    If you imagined Eddie Huang wouldn't have as much time for blogging now that his full-fledged Taiwanese restaurant is fully open, well, you were mistaken. The outspoken chef took to his blog yesterday to respond to early feedback on Xiao Ye's food: For all the people with feedback on food, honestly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    A-Pou's Taste, New Taiwanese Food Cart, Arrives at Astor Place

    ​There's yet another new food cart in town--A-Pou's Taste just opened yesterday, and they've snagged a prime spot on the south side of Astor Place.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Overachieving Chinese Doctor Busted for Diagnosing Faster Than Anybody

    Your time is up, sir.​So you thought your doctor wasn't spending enough time listening to your aches and pains? A doctor in Taiwan has been rebuked by the government for diagnosing patients after an average of just 84 seconds, reports the Telegraph. Wu Ming-feng of the private Minsheng hospita ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Exclusive: Eddie Huang reveals the menu for Xiao Ye

    Eddie HuangEddie Huang's lu wei with beef shank, duck wings, and taro.​Eddie Huang has returned from a recent jaunt to Taiwan and is busily making plans for Xiao Ye (formerly Crackhaus), his 50-seat Orchard Street restaurant slated to open in mid-June. Huang gave Fork in the Road the exclusive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Take Two: Eddie Huang's Crackhaus Will Instead Be Called Xiao Ye

    Tasty ChompsHuang: no longer wacked on crack.​Oddly enough, Community Board 3 wasn't particularly fond of Eddie Huang's decision to call his new restaurant Crackhaus. So the Baohaus chef returned to the drawing board and came back with Xiao Ye. The name, he told Grub Street, was inspired by hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Tavern on the Green Donates Two Tons of Food; New York Has Its Own Grain Belt

    ​Taiwan is looking to mend trade ties with the U.S. after recently repealing its decision to import U.S. beef products. A change to Taiwan's food safety laws made some U.S. beef products no longer eligible for import. [Reuters] New York's grain belt is being revived and expanded with specialt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Let Us Now Praise Stinky Foods: Taiwanese Stinky Tofu

    ​It looks so innocuous sitting on the plate, doesn't it? Southeast Asians have their durian, Scandinavians sometimes love lutefisk (especially at Christmastide), but the Taiwanese insist on stinky tofu when it comes to scarfing something really fetid.

  • Dining

    September 29, 2009

    Fly Heads at the Island of Taiwan Restaurant

    Taiwanese fare finds its way to Bay Ridge

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    It's a dreary Friday afternoon, which means it's time to liven things up a bit with a rundown of this week's greatest hits:Our 10 Best Thai Restaurants: Take that, L.A.! Ice cream vendors talked about their plans for the winter. In a shocking Battle of the Dishes upset, Babycakes' doughnuts prevaile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Organ Recital: Pig Intestine in Fire Casserole at Island of Taiwan

    ​ ​(Click to examine more carefully.) Pig intestines are central to Chinese cooking in several regions, nowhere more so than on the island of Taiwan. At the new Taiwanese restaurant Island of Taiwan--atypically located in Bay Ridge, across the street from Spartan Souvlaki--both small an ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 5, 2008

    A Guide to the Curious World of Chinatown Bakeries

    ​ ​(Click to examine more carefully.) Pig intestines are central to Chinese cooking in several regions, nowhere more so than on the island of Taiwan. At the new Taiwanese restaurant Island of Taiwan--atypically located in Bay Ridge, across the street from Spartan Souvlaki--both small an ... More >>

  • Dance

    October 2, 2007

    Writing on Air: Wild Cursive

    Sometimes a tranquil pace gets to the point faster

  • Theater

    July 24, 2007

    Relatively Foreign Affairs

    Theater from abroad: different from ours, but just as confused about what comes next

  • Film

    June 26, 2007

    Remembering Edward Yang

    Father of New Taiwanese Cinema dies at 59

  • Dining

    April 18, 2006

    Better Belly

    Don't discard the lard at Japanese specializing in Okinawan

  • Screens

    September 13, 2005

    Watching the Defective

    What the foreign press really thinks of us (hint: it's not all kittens and rainbows)

  • Film

    May 31, 2005

    'Asian City Films'

    What the foreign press really thinks of us (hint: it's not all kittens and rainbows)

  • Screens

    February 22, 2005

    screens

    What the foreign press really thinks of us (hint: it's not all kittens and rainbows)

  • News

    November 23, 2004

    Bush's Far-Right-Hand Man

    What the foreign press really thinks of us (hint: it's not all kittens and rainbows)

  • Film

    September 7, 2004

    The Last Picture Show

    Ghosts in the machine: Tsai's haunted movie house evokes the shadows of cinemas past

  • Dance

    August 10, 2004

    Kuei-Chuan Yang Proves That Modern Dance Is Sometimes Traditional

    Ghosts in the machine: Tsai's haunted movie house evokes the shadows of cinemas past

  • Film

    November 18, 2003

    Girl Who Likes Girl Who Likes Boy: Taipei Teens Work It Out

    Ghosts in the machine: Tsai's haunted movie house evokes the shadows of cinemas past

  • Dining

    November 5, 2002

    Busting Out

    Ghosts in the machine: Tsai's haunted movie house evokes the shadows of cinemas past

  • Film

    August 13, 2002

    Leaps of Bliss

    Ghosts in the machine: Tsai's haunted movie house evokes the shadows of cinemas past

  • Film

    January 8, 2002

    Time (Clock of the Heart)

    Ghosts in the machine: Tsai's haunted movie house evokes the shadows of cinemas past

  • News

    July 17, 2001

    The Olympic Leap

    Will the 2008 Games Push China Into Change?

  • News

    June 26, 2001

    Bonjour Bourget

    At the Paris Air Show With the New ‘Merchants of Death’

  • News

    April 17, 2001

    Yellow Peril

    Taiwan Fears What China Learned

  • News

    April 10, 2001

    Nation

    Taiwan Fears What China Learned

  • News

    April 3, 2001

    China Conflict: The Profit Motive

    GOP and Big Business Could Benefit From Clash

  • Books

    November 14, 2000

    Baggage Check

    GOP and Big Business Could Benefit From Clash

  • Home

    December 28, 1999

    Personal Bests

    GOP and Big Business Could Benefit From Clash

  • Film

    October 12, 1999

    Time Regained

    GOP and Big Business Could Benefit From Clash

  • Theater

    February 16, 1999

    Asian Lite

    GOP and Big Business Could Benefit From Clash

  • NYC Life

    July 21, 1998

    Non-drag Queens

    One-bedroom apartment with basement office in row house

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