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An amazing preview
This morning I received an invitation to attend a Chinese New Year feast in about three weeks. New dishes, new friends… how could I say no? Our group will be gathering at Amazing 66 – the warmly...
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A very good place to start
After that first visit to Amazing 66 on Mott, I could hardly wait a week before coming back to sample more of their $4.95 lunch menu. But where to begin? With item #1: Pork Chop with Chili & Spiced...
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Super Duper Fat Tuesday
Is it still only Tuesday? So far this week, there’s already been song and dance, thrilling victory and joyous celebration… and tonight, coinciding with Super Duper Tuesday and the traditional excess...
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Year of the Rat
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy Lunar New Year, family and friends! Today marked the beginning of Year 4705 by the Chinese calendar — the start of a 15-day celebration that culminates with the Lantern...
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Buddha’s delight
Since that first visit in January, we’ve been averaging a trip to Amazing 66 on Mott Street every couple of weeks. At the restaurant this Thursday afternoon, we had the serendipity to stumble upon the...
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Busy scissors
As usual, I left the salon this evening feeling that my cut was too short. But it’s worth going in just for the head massage that comes with getting my hair washed. New York ran a feature last November...
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Stuff Korean people like
For lunch at Marco Polo Noodle Shop this afternoon, I ordered the Buddha’s Delight. (Somehow, it seems we’ve become regulars at this restaurant on Baxter.) The version served here is very different...
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Nice is the new New
How to keep track of these ever-morphing Chinatown restaurant names? New York Noodletown on Bowery begat Great N.Y. Noodletown, Big Wong on Mott begat New Big Wong which begat Big Wong King… all while...
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The ladies from Lyons
There are few things SYB enjoys more than assisting tourists: hardly a week goes by without his proactively offering directions to bewildered-looking foreigners. German speakers, in particular, will...
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Just Green Bo
We set out this afternoon to investigate the mystery of Nice Green Bo to find the restaurant virtually unchanged from when it went by the name of New Green Bo. The reason for the update then? After a...
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