Last week a Chinese deliveryman was shot five times by a perp looking for some free sesame chicken—and survived! On December 15, Jin Jin Chen, 22, was sent by his bosses at King Food Chinese on Graham Avenue to deliver three orders of sesame chicken, some roast pork and a bottle of Sprite to an apartment at the Bushwick Houses. But nobody answered the number he'd been told to call when he got there. That's when he was allegedly attacked by 17-year-old Victor Cubero. more ›

There are plenty of crappy Chinese takeout joints in Williamsburg, and a small handful of slightly higher-end Asian joints (M Shanghai and Samurai Mama come to mind), but overall, the area is seriously lacking in quality Chinese food. That's where the newly-opened Brooklyn Wok Shop steps in. more ›

Ed Schoenfeld may not be a household name, but to anyone who's paid attention to the city's dining scene over the past 40 years, he certainly is. "Eddie Glasses," as he's nicknamed, is one the city's (really, the country's) preeminent food experts, particularly in Chinese cuisine, and he's made a career for himself since the '70s as a restaurateur/host/consultant/food-world insider of formidable authority. Schoenfeld's first taste of fame was for running the front of the house at the four-starred Uncle Tais Hunan Yuan on the Upper East Side in 1973, and over the years he's been involved with everyplace from Shun Lee to Chinatown Brasserie. Years ago, Gourmet magazine dubbed him "the curator of Chinese food in America," and it still holds true today. more ›

The field of candidates potentially running for president against Barack Obama is thin, to say the least: Tim Pawlenty dropped out after seeing his shadow; Newt Gingrich doesn't really want to win; Herman Cain thinks Donna Summer is a poet; Rick Perry is still praying for rain; Michelle Bachmann is busy eating a corn dog; Jon Huntsman talks too quietly; Rick Santorum has a dirty name; Sarah Palin is too busy planning her RV reality show; and Ron Paul is...just Ron Paul. What this country really needs is a candidate who'll stand up to Big Chinese Food—someone who'll cut back on the MSG, get the rats out of your Chicken Chow Fun, and provide free chinese food for the whole country every Saturday night after 5 p.m.: more ›

Chinese food is as beloved as Christmas Day in New York, so we're feeling a bit snubbed that we only have two restaurants in this top ten list of America's best Chinese restaurants. And while we could maybe be content losing the #1 spot to somewhere in San Francisco, we have to play fourth-fiddle to Yang Ming Restaurant in Bryn Mawr, PA. Foodie Ed Schoenfeld complained to the Post, "We have some wonderful restaurants in New York that were left off. It's simply wrong—not that there can't be great Chinese restaurants in Tennessee or Alabama but come on..." more ›

Say hello to real Peking duck! After years of strict temperature regulations, the Department of Health has finally made revisions which allow roasted meat to be exposed in the open for up to four hours at any temperature, The Wall Street Journal reports. Previously, "potentially hazardous prepared foods" were to be kept below 41 degrees or above 140 degrees, and only out for up to two hours, making the traditional practice of hanging duck, chicken, and pork by storefront windows very difficult. more ›

Earlier this month, a woman dining at the New Garden Chinese restaurant in Far Rockaway bit down on something hard in her fried fish and brown rice. It was a tooth. "I thought it was my tooth at first, and then I realized that it definitely was not mine," Renita Holliday tells The Wave. "I was confused as to what it was because it definitely did not look human, so I brought the tooth to my dentist. He told me that it was a canine’s tooth." more ›

Northeast cooking has been excluded from the “eight great traditions” of Chinese cuisine, but in Flushing, where at least five restaurants serve Dongbei food, it’s going strong. Some consider the cooking déclassé, but the Times begs to differ, offering highlights like lamb ribs crusted with cumin seeds and crushed chilies, salads of cilantro leaves and scallion, braised pork belly, carrot-lamb dumplings, a special version of sauerkraut, pumpkin fritters, corn on the cob and deep-fried sweet potatoes in hot caramelized sugar. (Mouth-watering gallery here.) The food’s birthplace extends up from Beijing towards Siberia—it’s what was once called Manchuria. For more, check Robert Sietsema's recent Organ Meat Society meeting in Flushing. more ›

Heads up, delivery men and women: It's not enough anymore to just dash up the stairs to our apartments (being careful not to get mugged or killed on the way) and deliver our food in a timely manner. These days, people expect a little more show biz, a little more razzle dazzle. (In the musical theater world, it's called "eyes, tits and teeth.") Well, whatever you call it, this kid's got it. China Fun singing deliveryman Yang Yu Bao may be serenading Upper West Siders now, but it's only a matter of time before he's delivering dinner to the biggest theaters on Broadway. more ›

Not far from the 7 train or the Sheraton LaGuardia where we had some world-renowned soup dumplings is Nanxiang Xiaolong Bao (aka Noodle House), a small restaurant with an equally small menu. Although the restaurant has far fewer menu options than a typical Chinese restaurant, Nanxiang Xiaolong Bao excels at what they do make. As their Chinese name implies, soup dumplings are their specialty. Orders of the soup dumplings are prepared in an area... more ›

Join in the Italian tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes -- a seafood meal in observance of the La Viglia Di Natale, or the wait for the birth of Christ. more ›

New York mid-December always smells vaguely of pine and peppermint, despite our recent springtime temperatures. Bring that cozy holiday feeling with you into the cineplex for a couple of new feel-good holiday movies. more ›

Let the floodgates open. A bounty of movie gifts arrive just in time for Christmas and Hannukah, but it's only fair to warn you that many may resemble fruitcake. As the days tick down toward the end of the year -- also known as the deadline for Oscar eligibility -- and people start taking time off for the holidays, distributors are squeezing new releases into theaters trying to grab a piece of the box office and Awards season pie. The calendar conspires against the big studios this year who love to release films on Christmas day, and this year is no exception even though with the holiday falling on Sunday, that means a one-day weekend. more ›