This week, we head to the restaurant that single-handedly attempts to dismantle our goal of eating through every restaurant in Chinatown on a regular basis - Xi'An Famous Foods.
We spent Easter hunting down the best 'egg drop' soup in the neighborhood in a special holiday edition of Sunday in Chinatown.
This week, we head to a restaurant called 'McDonalds' to answer the burning question, Just how Asian IS that Sweet N' Sour sauce?
Less than 2 miles from the most highly publicized food rivalry in the business, Philadelphia's real culinary war rages - one that will not be fought with cheese whiz, but with spicy chili oil. Welcome to Chinatown.
We didn't originally intend on going to Excellent Pork Chop House, but it was impossible to ignore such a public display of self confidence. If their pork chops really were excellent, we were going to find out for ourselves.
This week, following a recommendation from Julie Huang, Chinatown Restaurant Week's executive producer, we explore the more elegant side of Chinatown dining - Peking Duck House.
The legend of the dollar dumpling has been passed down from entry-level professional to entry-level professional for eons. Though endangered, it does still exist if you know where to look. And we do.
"Where can I eat human flesh?" It wasn't a serious question, of course, but when Siri recommended Lunch Box Buffet, a restaurant I walk past often while on my way to dollar dumpling joints, I just had to know.
Long after most of Chinatown's restaurants have retired their woks and set their tea pots out to dry, Great N.Y. Noodletown's chefs remain poised, carving up meat until the sun comes up (or just about).
Wo Hop's larger than life dishes may not be healthy, but they're nearly everything else you'd want them to be - cheap, filling, and so, so good.