Home » Tag: chinatown

Tag Archives: chinatown

Tale of a Wandering Jew

The Long and Winding Road Wandering Jew

This is the tale of our own Wandering Jew.  Mee Yong Joo makes every dining experience an adventure.  And his adventure often starts from the moment he leaves his house trying to find the Chinese restaurant that we’re eating at!  We often make fun of Mee Yong Joo  (good naturedly, of course) because he’s always getting lost.  Invariably, he’s always the ...

Read More »

2015 Bucket List

My Bucket List

The Chinese Quest has created a Bucket List for the coming year. We want to go to Chinatown. We want to find THE best Chinese Restaurant. Read what else!

Read More »

Unofficial Review of Joe’s Shanghai in Chinatown

Joe's Shanghai in Manhattan New York City

An Impromptu Trip to Chinatown Hey there, this is Mee V Stoogas and I want to report an impromptu decision that my better half and I made this past Saturday night.  We headed down to Chinatown, in lower Manhattan for dinner, and we went to Joe’s Shanghai on Pell Street in the heart of Chinatown (Click here to read our review of ...

Read More »

The Quest For Great Chinese Food – A Long Term Odyssey

The Quest For Great Chinese Food A Long Term Odyssey   One of my fondest memories is that every other Thursday evening, I went with my family for a Chinese dinner. It was a sort of convoluted adventure, because my parent’s (who had 2 homes) kept one Kosher home, and one that was not! We would leave our Kosher home ...

Read More »

Dumplings (Wontons) Geography Lesson

Dumplings on my Mind Class is now in session. A Chinese dumpling, or a wonton, is a staple food popular throughout China.  Dumplings were likely introduced to the West by early settlers in Chinatown, who came primarily from the Cantonese-speaking coastal cities in Southern China. It seems like I’ve got dumplings on the brain as it’s the second time in ...

Read More »