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BRG, I usually agree with you on the fusion concept; but I was really wowed by some of the food at Buddakan. Maybe because I wasn’t expecting much (I went primarily because of the atmosphere), and it ended up being delicious. We had some very creative and tasty dishes.
“Of course the absolute BEST place to get Chinese food in the entire city is at my home.
(Honey, I hope you’re reading this)”
Nice Biff!
Guaranteed to get you a great home cooked meal and just pita and hummus.
Biffy, ask the Mrs. for a good recipe that involves shrimp but no nuts and give me another opportunity to use my wok.
Well, as we’ve said before on this forum, Grand Sichuan — specifically the one on 54th and 2nd Ave., not the others — has truly excellent Sichuan food. Get the fresh chicken with green peppers and the sliced fresh pork, brown rice, and a glass of wine.
But sometimes I go to the others and had a tasty lamb dish at the East Village one Friday night. (More Hunan than Sichuan though and the staff seems to be Tiawanese.)
THANKS BIFF!!!!
“Asian fusion”
I’m going to say it (and probably sound like Rob).
I hate fusion food. While I’ve had some and liked it, I hate the concept. I like eating real authentic ethnic food. I want to eat what the people from that specific country eat, not what a trained chef concocts in the kitchen.
Fusion Food = Asshat Food
DH, in my younger days I certainly knew how to have as much fun as possible, yet avoid arrest! Now, not so much!
haha snappy – i bet you’ve still got a little left in ya!
Cool Dave – i’ll have to check that place out.
I really haven’t been able to eat chinese food since I lived above a chinese food restaurant on Mott back in the day. Those smells will haunt me for as long as i live.
apparently best chinese food is at the Champion residence
Of course the absolute BEST place to get Chinese food in the entire city is at my home.
(Honey, I hope you’re reading this)
Shun Lee Palace (Midtown East) is good, but more pricey.
Joe’s Shanghai (Chinatown) is reasonably priced and very well known.
Nice Green Bo (Chinatown) is decent.
I like Buddakan (Chelsea) a lot for the bar area and funky rooms. They have some very good Asian fusion dishes.
DIBS probably knows way more. For dim sum, while there are better, you can’t really go wrong with Golden Unicorn (East Broadway) or Jing Fong (Elizabeth St).