The week before I came home to New Zealand for the holidays, my friend Haydee surprised me with a dinner at Buddakan. Ever since I moved to NYC three years ago, Buddakan had always been on my list of restaurants to try, but I never got the chance to go. The interior is dimly lit,…
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Chili Fish from Grand Sichuan
Chili sauce, whole red chilies and Chinese peppercorns blast your taste buds with the Braised Sliced Fish With Chili Sauce ($18.50) dish at Grand Sichuan, in the East Village. The Chinese waiters seemed surprised to see me eating this dish, as they asked my friend a couple of times if I was alright eating spicy…
Xi’an Famous Foods Amazing Noodles
If you love noodles and like them hand-made, you can’t do any better than Xi’an Famous Foods. I had been meaning to try them for a while after hearing so many glowing reviews and I finally got my chance to try their noodles this past week. I went with the Pork “Zha Jiang” Hand-Ripped Noodles…