Lao Sze Chaun
2172 S. Archer Ave
Chicago, IL
During a recent episode of “No Reservations” where Anthony Bourdain jetted off to Melbourne – he ate at a Szechuan restaurant and devoured a delicious looking dish that was basically a pan of red chilis studded with meat. M, ever the capsaicin lover, was practically salivating at the screen. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘China’
October 30, 2009
Szechuan: Lao Sze Chaun
August 14, 2009
Chinese Food Around the World
Appetite for China has an intriguing post about Chinese restaurants found in unusual places around the world including a traincar in Chile and a church in England. The photos in the post come from the inimitable Flickr group, “Chinese Restaurant Worldwide Documentation Project.” Take this example from Venice:
Ristorante Chinatown by Skeetidot
May 19, 2009
Tea Tuesday: Alternative Tea Party
We are really loving the blog Appetite for China lately. They have lovely pictures, and we are learning all sorts of fascinating facts about Chinese cuisine. One AforC post in particular that struck us was about an alternative tea party, featuring food made with tea, including classic tea eggs and tea flavored banana bread. Well, [...]
May 17, 2009
Macau: The transnational egg tart
The egg tart may be the perfect example of a truly transnational and international food! Egg tarts are pretty simple in their perfection, baked egg custard in a flaky pastry shell. Egg tarts are a big part of Macanese cuisine, and expanded later in Hong Kong and China. Macau was a former colony of Portugal. [...]
January 27, 2009
Happy Lunar New Year
January 26th marked the ushering in of the year of the Ox. As with any holiday worth celebrating, there is some awesome food involved in Chinese New Year celebrations. In honor of the new year here are some fun and delicious links.
The BBC highlights a range of traditional regional Chinese New Years dishes.
Epicurious takes on [...]
September 21, 2008
[Road Trip Eats] China, Peru, Cuba: Flor De Mayo
Flor De Mayo
2651 Broadway
New York, NY
It’s a well-known fact that Chinese food is available in most countries around the world. However, I have not had many of these international Chinese permutations. Flor de Mayo, an NYC restaurant boasts one of the more interesting amalgamations I have heard of to date, Chinese-Peruvian-Cuban. M and I were [...]
January 29, 2008
China 1: Koi
Koi
624 Davis St.
Evanston, IL
Last Friday me (L) and my dad went out to lunch at Koi, my choice. Koi bills itself as a sushi and Chinese place, which should have been my first clue that it might not be the best bet, since Sushi ALONE is hard enough for a restaurant to do well. However, [...]
