Taiwan

The 5 Greatest Pork Buns in New York

Pork belly buns are almost a delicacy here, but in Asia, gua bao are the equivalent of hamburgers -- cheap, easy to make, and unequivocally delicious. I ate my fill of the street food snack in Taiwan over the summer, and I was shocked at how large they were. The buns were the sizes of small coin w ... More >>

This Week's Specials: Best Of Hell's Kitchen, Free Iced Booze

What we've been up to this week at Fork in the Road: Robert Sietsema lists out his ten favorite restaurants in Hell's Kitchen. We list out a hot summer deal about free iced booze at Bottlerocket in the Flatiron district. One of the menu items: "Bootlegger Vodka Sno-cones with Fruit Syrups." Seve ... More >>

Postcards from China: Kumquat Rice Cake

Welcome to Postcards from China, a series of delicious snapshots from my summer in China and Taiwan. Location: Xiamen Item: Kumquat Rice Cake Flavor: Kumquat-flavored mochi In searching for desserts specific to Fujian, I came across these kumquat-flavored rice cakes. They're very similar to mochi ... More >>

Postcards from China: Happy Dragon Boat Festival Zongzi

Welcome to Postcards from China, a series of delicious snapshots from my summer in China and Taiwan. Location: Gulangyu, Xiamen Item: Zong zi, or glutinous rice dumplings June 22 is the beginning of the Dragon Boat Festival, which explains the influx of zongzis, or glutinous rice dumplings, we've ... More >>

Year of the Takeout Day 160: 66 Lu's Seafood Sausage Fest (With Nuts!)

Sweet Rice Sausage from Lu's Seafood 66 (38-18 Prince Street, Flushing, 718-321-0904)

Taiwanese Night Market Will Bring Bao and Beer to Your Evening

If you wanted to sample honey jasmine cupcakes, pork belly baos, and Taiwanese sausages without walking more than a couple of feet, the opportunity is finally here. Taiwanese cultural organization, TAP New York is hosting a Taiwanese night market in TriBeca on Friday from 7-10 pm.

The Terrorizers

Prepare to Slurp Some Noodles at Ramen Misoya, Opening Friday

Toyohara / FlickrMmm, miso ramen​With Rai Rai Ken, Ippudo, and Ramen Setagaya all located in the East Village, you'd think the neighborhood had reached its peak of noodle peddlers. Well, get ready to add one more to the bunch. Ramen Misoya, specializing in miso-flavored ramen, will open at 12 ... More >>

Taiwanese iPhone Manufacturer Replacing Chinese Laborers with Robots After They Keep Committing Suicide

​Foxconn, makers of the iPhone as well as products for Sony, Nokia, Dell and Hewlett Packard, plans to automate much of its manufacturing load. Last year they doubled wages after more than a dozen workers at its plant in southern China committed suicide. It was so bad, the factory had to insta ... More >>

NYC Tofu Guide: A Springy Food for Spring

Isn’t bean curd the blandest substance on earth? Not on your life!

Chinese Mother's Oppression Immortalized in CGI Animation

Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, lit up the internet over the weekend with a Wall Street Journal excerpt of her new book headlined, "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior." Her reasoning had something to do with playing the piano or violin. The above video takes ... More >>

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 >>

Harney & Sons to Open a Tea House in Soho

patrick_george/flickrGive me a tea.​Harney & Sons Fine Teas, whose more than 250 different types of tea, including iced versions, can be found in gourmet shops and fine dining establishments the world over, is opening its first tea house in New York City by late fall or early winter.

Lunchtime Bento Special at TKettle in the East Village

​The bento box special at TKettle is a terrific deal. A passle of off-price restaurants vie for your patronage on the westernmost block of St. Marks in the East Village. One of the best is TKettle, a Taiwanese chain under relatively deep cover.

Hong Kong Restaurants Spread to Brooklyn and Queens

Action picks: Yee Kee H.K. Style and East Ocean Palace

Paul the Octopus Has a New Enemy in Kazakh Bookies, Taiwanese Sparrows

​Paul the Octopus, who is by German accounts retired but still not allowed to take a little Spanish vacay to celebrate, is now on the shit list of the Kazakhstan Association of Bookmakers, who believe that he has cut into their proceeds. According to the Telegraph, they made just half the prof ... More >>

Coffee Cocktails All the Rage; Whitesnake Launches Rocking Wine Label

​As cocktail culture evolves and the drinks themselves get more intricate, the job of naming them has become a craft in itself. Sip a Penelope Cruiser at 675 Bar, or a Chupacabra at Fatty 'Cue. [NY Times] A new DIY winery is coming to Williamsburg, where you'll be able to do everything from s ... More >>

World Cup Prediction: The Same Old Thing, Like Always

​Here's my World Cup prediction: every game will be 1-1, 1-0, or 2-1. (There was once a game between, I think it was, Cameroon and New Zealand where the final score was 3-1, but that's only because the Cameroon's team was involved in a bus accident before the game and could only field two play ... More >>

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.

TOY STORY

Cobra goes to the prom

Where Cleavage Meets Geology: The Boobquake Backlash Is Proving To Be Quite a Handful

"With the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake," reads McCreight's Facebook invitation to the first ever "Boobquake" today. The purpose and sole activity of the day is for as many women as possible to dress immodestly in whatever way they choose, be it low ... More >>

Chatting With Baohaus' Eddie Huang About Crackhaus, Cheeto-Fried Chicken, and "Chefs Slapping Each Other on the Ass in the Press"

Tasty ChompsEddie Huang lifts the lid on some steamed pork belly.​In the scant few months since he opened Baohaus on Rivington Street, Eddie Huang has established himself as (a) one of the city's most gifted purveyors of Taiwanese gua bao (steamed buns) and (b) one of the most outspoken member ... More >>

Posts of the Week

Ah, sweet Friday afternoon. Here's a recap of the week's best posts to send you into Saturday. Our Man Sietsema rounded up the city's 10 Best Wine Bars. Battle of the Dishes pitted veggie dogs from Bark Hot Dogs and Crif Dogs against each other in a fight to the death. Vegetarian Delights reveled ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican! It's Too Late to Stop the Mexican Takeover, Holmes

Spring Guide: Fang-Yi Sheu Tackles A Martha Graham Classic

Ron Silver, 1946-2009

Actor Ron Silver has died of esophageal cancer at the age of 62. Born in New York, Silver took a Master's in Chinese History from St. John's University, taught Spanish, and even worked for the U.S. Government in Taiwan before starting to act off-Broadway. He moved on to TV (including a recurring r ... More >>

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Wednesday

POLE POSITION

Contemporary Dance Showcase's Tidbits from East Asia

The perils of inter-office traffic and beyond-the runway fashion

Revised Standard Diversion

Chinese opera comes to Lincoln Center; Greek myth goes to a roller disco.

Remembering Edward Yang

Father of New Taiwanese Cinema dies at 59

A Haunted-House Lark Gone Fetid

Better Belly

Don't discard the lard at Japanese specializing in Okinawan

Watching the Defective

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

The Landlady Held My Hand

She brought me over to her office, closed the door. It was a little intimidating . . .

'Asian City Films'

The Last Picture Show

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

A Service Industry Throbs

Capitalism Unleashes Its Sex Drive in China

Reunification Blues

Two halves do not make a whole: a Korean director charts his nation's psychic divisions

In Between Days

The Realm of the Senses

Bust and Boom

Vancouver's Calm Before the Storm

Lucky Hit

Hell and High Water

Flowers of Taiwan

Calm Within the Storm

Edward Yang's Kin Flick

Mind Body Spirit: Time for Tea

Are We The World?

Global Music in the U.S. Faces the 21st Century

Letters

Northern Lights

Taking On Toronto's Film Festival