Tag Archives: cantonese

For many, Chinese food means one thing: the familiar, sweet, and tangy Americanized fare of takeout menus. While comforting, these dishes only scratch the surface of a vast and ancient culinary tradition. In China, cuisine is a mosaic of regional styles, each with its own distinctive flavors, cooking methods, and history. Ready to move beyond fried rice and explore the possibilities? Here's your road map to discovering what Chinese food you truly love.

Orient Garden, the sister restaurant of The Orient in Bethpage, and Orient Odyssey in Syosset recently opened on the site of the Park City Diner. It was kind of empty the night we ate there. Was it just a matter of diners discovering it? Or, the location? Or, something else. You know The Chinese Quest will answer these and other questions in this review of Orient Garden. Click to dine along with us. Virtually of course!

Artificial Intelligent, in particular, ChatGPT, took our combined extensive knowledge of Chinese Food and wrote this article about different Chinese Cuisines. What do you think? GIGO?

Every year at Christmas, Jews all over the world seek out a good movie and Chinese food. The Chinese Quest offers these five recommendations of Cantonese Chinese restaurants for a mellow Christmas Day feast. Here are our recommendations for the Top Five best Cantonese style Chinese restaurants on Long Island and New York City plus a bonus selection of a Kosher Chinese restaurant. So of all we recommended these past few days, which Chinese restaurant are you going to?

Chinese cuisine is part of the most ancient culture, the Great Civilization, which is as old as all of humanity! Different geographical areas of China - the provinces - for various historical and climatic reasons have very different cuisines. Click to learn about a few!

Jenny Jade, author of "Chinese Food at Home", a cookbook of her own Chinese recipes, and a frequent contributor of Chinese recipes to The Chinese Quest, took it upon herself to dub the members of The Chinese Quest with official Mandarin Chinese names.  She was also gracious enough to include the meanings of each name.  Each name was carefully crafted by Jenny to match their personalities and style.  We are honored to dubbed with these names.  It makes us feel Royal.

Jian Restaurant, is a nice Chinese Restaurant serving both Cantonese and Szechuan dishes in Little New York, just north of the Long Island Expressway in a strip mall off Horace Harding Expressway. I think you would like it, because...

Ho Wan Chinese Restaurant in South Richmond Hills, Queens, New York has been delighting patrons since 1970. In the midst of a changing neighborhood, Ho Wan has stood the test of time. Check out my review!

Pairing wines with Chinese food can be tricky. A French wine expert shares her secrets with a Hong Kong based travel blogger, Michael Taylor. Learn the secrets...

Cooking is considered to be an art and Chinese dishes are as beautiful to look at, as they are delicious to eat. Read about 4 Types of Chinese food.