Bibimbap (Korean Dish)
Have you ever had Bibimbap before? If you ever had Korean food, you must have tried Bibimbap. I introduced this to a friend of mine, her first time eating at a Korean restaurant. She ended up loving the dish.
For those that never had Bibimbap, it is a Korean Mixed Dish consisting of a hot stone bowl filled with white rice, mixed sauteed vegetables, and Gochujang (Chili Pepper Paste). Sometimes, the dish is topped off with an Egg and a choice of Beef, Pork, Chicken or even Shrimp. Vegetables can be a variety depending on where you go to eat but almost always julienned. It can include mushrooms, daikon (Asian Radish), bean sprouts, lettuce and even tofu. All the vegetables on top with the egg creates a gorgeous palette of colors and of course appetizing. You won’t be able to resist once you see and smell it.
If you never had Bibimbap before, try it at your nearest Korean Restaurant. It is such a staple food that its almost impossible to screw this up! Mix thoroughly before eating the dish!
Bibimbap (Korean Mixed Dish)
Whole Chicken in a Can – Sweet Sue Canned Whole Chicken!
If you thought the Duck-in-a-Can I had from Au Pied de Cochon was weird, you’ll have to check this one out from Tracy at ihatemymessageboard.com. It’s amazing what you can fit into a can these days. I wonder whats next, maybe an Ostrich? I should start a new section specifically for Poultry-in-a-Can.
If you think about it, it looks absolutely disgusting but its cooked meat in a can like any soups, chilis or hundreds of other meat products. But somehow it just makes me queasy looking at it and it doesn’t look much better after its been cooked (notice the feathers still on the chicken)
Whole Chicken in a Can
Chicken in a Can (Tracy @ ihatemymessageboard.com)
Chicken in a Can (Tracy @ ihatemymessageboard.com)
Chicken in a Can (Tracy @ ihatemymessageboard.com)
Chicken in a Can (Tracy @ ihatemymessageboard.com)
Chicken in a Can (Tracy @ ihatemymessageboard.com)
Be sure to read the entire article and see more pictures from Tracy over here. Of course its not for the faint of heart!
Las Vegas Pearl Restaurant at MGM Grand (Chinese Food)
Pearl Restaurant at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (Chinese Restaurant)
Executive Chef: Kai-Wa Yau
Hours of Operation:
Sunday – Thursday, 5:30pm – 10:00pm
Friday & Saturday, 5:30pm – 10:30pm
This restaurant located within the MGM Grand (inside where all restaurants are) is a Four Diamond Restaurant. Top notch in terms of decor, service, food as well as prices. We just had to try this Chinese restaurant to gauge whether it really is top notch or not. The cuisine is mainly Cantonese with an influence from Shanghai and a hint of Western flavor in certain dishes. Notice the hours of Operations. All the Four Diamond awarded restaurants are open for dinner only. Reservations are suggested but not necessary. When we went, it was not very packed.
Las Vegas Pearl Restaurant at MGM Grand (Chinese Restaurant)
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Late Night Dinner: Chicken & Rice (Halal Guys NYC on 53rd/6th)
Halal Guys NYC
53rd & 6th Avenue (Next to the Hilton Hotel)
New York, NY
Operations: 7:30pm – 4:00am
This halal cart is famous for its chicken and rice platter. As you may see many other vendors like this one, the taste and quality of the food is completely different. Every day there is a long line queued with many hungry New Yorkers as well as tourists just to get a taste of this delicious platter. The line moves very quickly and the wait is definitely well worth the wait.
Chicken & Rice: Halal Guys 53rd/6th Ave Long Line
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May Wah Fast Food Restaurant (Chinese)
May Wah Restaurant
190 Hester St
(btw Baxter & Mulberry St)
New York, NY
OPEN THROUGH FEB 18, 2007
ACT NOW!!
Sometimes I forget to do reviews for the little ma & pa restaurants because I take it for granted. Like how fast food restaurants are, I go in, get my food, get out and eat as fast as I can that I forget to take time to reflect on it. It’s really metaphoric of what life really is — a quick way to satisfied your insatisable life. Like, you go to the place you want because you desire it, and when that feeling of desire and want is gone you leave. To me, May Wah is hedonistic food, that’s what it is. And knowing that it’s going to close down soon, it really breaks a nerve and all I can do is immortalize it forever on wordpress.
After a zillion times eating from this place, I finally had the chance to take a picture of the restaurant and of the food. If it wasn’t for the rumor that softrice told me about this place closing down, I wouldn’t even had done this review.
I grew up knowing the original staff in May Wah and my parent’s even had a good relationship with the owners. This restaurant was a place to share love, good times, and happiness and you can literally taste it in their food. Their food I believe is primarily, Tawainese and they have a few signature dishes. The one I love the most is:
Chicken leg over May Wah’s specialty rice
Price: $4.75
I usually don’t have the time to stay and eat, so I order out.
Sigh, this will be the last time I’ll see all of this:
This also comes with pork chop and spare ribs. I prefer the chicken the most. I have no idea what’s the brown/meaty sauce, but it tastes so heavenly. Without this sly sauce, it would not be a party in my mouth. The rest are nappa (the green veggies) and this sour vegetable that I don’t know in English. But yes, you are definitely not going to find anything remotely like this. Mix the rice together to get the sauce flowing through the white rice to get extra flavor of course. The fried chicken, that’s not beer battered, is very very delicious. It’s salty and even saltier when you eat it with the rice. Believe it or not, it’s a great combination!
I regret not to take pictures of all the other dishes I had in the past. I have had their pork chop and spare ribs over rice, shanghainese fried rice, shanghai stir-fried rice cakes, and several of their other rice dishes that I eaten before. Of everything, their signature chicken leg over rice is the best. THE BEST.
So I will have to urge you all to try because this place shuts down forever. This place really meant a lot to me. Ever sinced I moved away from there, things drastically change. Their staff, containers, price and methods of making the food slightly changed. Sigh…I will definitely miss this place a lot more. I am not really looking forward to its vegetarian counter part.
Cleanliness
MAY WAH FAST FOODS
190 HESTER STREET, MANHATTAN 10013
212-925-6428
Current violation points: 9
PASSED
Inspection Date: 01/04/2007
Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
1.) Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
2.) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to vermin exist.
3.) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
