I was the guest at a dinner at Z&Y Garden last night. Z&Y (a.k.a. Sam Lok) is the restaurant that has long held down the fort as the best non-Cantonese Chinese dining option in Chinatown, serving Sichuan and now also Yunnan...

Depends on what you are looking for,as for local cuisine i’d definetly head to some of the places mentioned by cleveland park.If you are renting a car i’d drive direction Tacoronte,La Matanza,El Sauzal and...

On a quick 36 hour visit to San Francisco I managed to drop in to the new Z & Y Restaurant at the former Sam Lok site (the old neon sign is still there) at 655 Jackson, which describes its fare as including Yunan style food. Was...

Any Indonesian restaurant in Manhattan? I know there is one in Hell’s kitchen area somewhere but is there any other?

've heard, is ok by some, and a poor choice by others, but I haven’t bothered to try. Some “new” places are trying to sell a form of "cuisine" that they call “authentic” Greek. It’s a "cuisine"...

I second Mimosa. Affordable, more traditional French cuisine. Bistro de la Gare is worth considering, too.

On Wednesday I joined two 'hounds for lunch at Z&Y (formerly Sam Lok) in Chinatown to suss out what makes the dan dan mian here so special. We concluded that it was the touch of sesame paste and copious quantities of Sichuan...

Steve, just a wild guess but in Genoa, the Pink House, which serves French cuisine, is owned by Gilles LaGourgue. Maybe a coincidence, possibly not. If the owner of Z Bistro is French I would have to believe they are friends. I...

I agree with you on the couple’s delight (fu qi fei pian). It’s all about the flavors and textures, not about the quantity of meat and I think Z&Y’s version is one of the best I’ve had. Here’s the...

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Anyone try yet? Pretty new apparently. Found one review, but looking for more. http://www.reviewblue.com/Canada/Alberta/CalgaryArea/Calgary/RestaurantReviews/29-54316-2.html...

This might be a stretch, but I am looking for authentic west african (south of the sahara: Ghana, Nigeria, etc.) food, such as Fowl & Peanut Stew, Fufu, Smoked Fish, etc. Any places in Manhattan or outer boroughs would be...

Question for all here ... Is there a Chinese restaurant in town that serves AUTHENTIC Hunan cuisine? Any first-hand experience/reviews? Thanks in advance. Z

I had been anticipating going to Cambodian Cuisine in Ft. Greene for some time. I had tried in the past and was told that the wait would be 1/2 or more. Maybe I just assumed based on the crowds that it was going to be impressve....

Anyone been? I have a small fascination for communist regimes, and the storefront of this restaurant brought back fond memories of the USSR during perestroika and Gorbachov, of Red Square and too much Stoli. Has anyone tried this...