| |  | Shun Lee | | | “A Lincoln Center standby that's cultivated a loyal following.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Chinese |
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| | | | | | Shun Lee, is the dean of the pre-Lincoln Center restaurants. It has been serving haute Chinese classics since 1981, when Mimi Sheraton awarded two stars in the Times.The original space was apparently “dim and dowdy.” It received a snazzy makeover in 1985, but Bryan Miller found the food inconsistent... Read More | | | | | | This is no "Chinese joint." They're dead serious and the place to go to when you're in the mood to spend an arm and an ass for for a killer Chinese meal. Read More | | | | | | Four years ago Alex Witchel took a stab at explaining the phenomenon of Jews in New York eating Chinese food on Christmas Day. Somewhere, Christmas will look like this: cheerful children opening presents that don't break by noon; a glazed ham taking pride of place on the heirloom cherrywood sideb... Read More | | | | | | Where, asks The Wall Street Journal, are all the authentic, "hip" Chinese restaurants in Manhattan? Perhaps the answer to this evergreen question is that expensive, authentic Chinese food is simply a hard sell in New York. Upscale restaurants like Tse Yang and Shun Lee are great, but they ... Read More | | | | | | Good Deals $6.99 sirloin at Tad’s Steaks 761 7th Ave. (at 50th St.) 212-767-8348 If it’s true that the lowest markup on menus is on steak, then what does that say about the 7-ounce sirloin lunch special at Tad’s Steaks, available for $6.99 with a baked potato, garlic bread and salad? Our advice... Read More | | | | | | If you see this man in Chinatown, eat what he says.Photo courtesy Ed SchoenfeldEddie Schoenfeld is a bubbly fellow who lives in Brooklyn and happens to be an expert in Chinese-restaurant cooking. After years studying with exiled Chinese chefs in France and here, he went on to help open Shun Lee We... Read More | | | | | | You know how Hispanic cooks have been replacing Italians in a lot of pizza joints? The same fate could be in store for the city’s Chinese restaurants, as the booming Chinese economy now gives chefs little incentive to take work in a declining America. Many area restaurant owners are distressed by t... Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | Clearly misses Benny's Burritos.Photo: Getty Images Last week Todd Barry told us he was a Chipotle man and we noted that a couple of respected chefs were too — but it seems Ethan Hawke, for one, prefers naked burritos to burrito bols, if a recent sighting at Qdoba Mexican Grill is any indicator. Ar... Read More | | | |
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