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A Lesson in Etiquette – Dining Chinese Style

Proper Chinese Dining Etiquette

There’s nothing more appalling, I say, than having your dinner ruined by the poor table manners of your guests. Or, by the lack thereof, of those dining around you.  G-d forbid you’re guilty of any of these dining sins!  Then you really need to read this article!!  In this public service announcement, you, and those you share this article with, ...

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Tummy Talk – An Interview with Mee Yong Joo

Wandering Jew

This is the fifth interview in our series, called Welcome to Tummy Talk, where we introduce you to the members of The Chinese Quest. Today we are interviewing Mee Yong Joo (MYJ). MYJ grew up deprived from Chinese food. Once, in the United Kingdom, he discovered it and never looked back. Since The Quest he acquired a new appreciation or discovered ...

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Like Mama Used to Make!

Like Mama Used to Make

We Want Just Like Mama Used to Make! We, the members of this Chinese Quest, as soon as we sit down in a restaurant, go out of our way to explain our food wishes to our humble waitstaff as soon as we are asked for our dinner order. We explicitly explain in our own way “we would like you to ...

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[REVIEW] Hunan Dynasty, Levittown

Hunan Dynasty Levittown New York

Hunan Dynasty Chinese Restaurant in Levittown, NY When it comes to finding a good neighborhood Chinese restaurant, usually you get the same old same old, and they tend to cater to the lowest common denominator.  We would classify Hunan Dynasty as a neighborhood Chinese restaurant.  And as far as neighborhood Chinese restaurants go, this one in my humble opinion was ...

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Restaurants – Chinese Food

Chinese American Restaurant

An alternative view:  A guest article by Michael Russell (not representative of the authentic Chinese restaurants that we strive to find on The Chinese Quest): “Chinese American” Restaurants Let’s first get one thing straight right off the bat. Anybody who thinks that when they walk into a Chinese restaurant and order their meal that they get anything resembling what Chinese people ...

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