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Get Well Soon Mee Tsu Yan!

Feel Better! I just got a txt that one of our brothers has been stricken down. Mee Tsu Yan was taken to Long Island Jewish (like he would go anywhere else??) this afternoon after complaining about abdominal pains — we hope it wasn’t from all the very spicy Szechuan food he ate at Spicy & Tasty — where he will ...

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World’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant – Ma Yu Chang’s Bucket Chicken House

World’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant – Ma Yu Chang’s Bucket Chicken House

They Are Doing Something Right! (Sources:  BlackBerry Channel Amazing Facts, PIN:C00120B05, Wikipedia, and http://vida-tranquila.blogspot.com/) Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House (Chinese: 马豫兴桶子鸡; pinyin: Mǎ Yùxīng Tǒngzi Jī), located in Kaifeng, China, is by some accounts the world’s oldest restaurant. It allegedly opened for business during the in 1153 AD. Having survived numerous wars, invasions, and dynasty changes, it still offers takeout food. Traditionally, “bucket ...

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[REVIEW] Spicy & Tasty (Flushing, NY) [CLOSED]

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Five and a Half Mee’s [Update:  Spicy & Tasty Closed in 2018] We sure started off the year on fire!  Fireworks!!  Sparklers!!!  And that was just in our bellies.  I swear I ripped a new hole in my lower intestine.  Spicy!  And yet, very very tasty. We were treated to a plethora of spicy dishes that were served up with ...

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