New Malaysia

30. October 2006 Chinatown, Southeast Asian 4
46-48 in the Chinatown Arcade between Canal and Bayard 212/964.0284 about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Don’t let the hard-to-pronounce items on the menu stop you from ordering food from New Malaysia. For my first visit, I ordered the more traditional nasi lemak and the roti canai just to be on ...

Xe Lua

26. October 2006 Chinatown, Southeast Asian 1
86 Mulberry Street between Canal and Bayard 212/577.8887 $18 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Anthony Bourdain once said that most people know that Vietnamese food is good but they just don’t have a clue how good. In New York City, it’s hard to find a really good Vietnamese place. I used ...

Fatty Crab

643 Hudson Street between Gansevoort and Horatio Streets 212/352.3590 about $70 for two, with three drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Chef Zak Pelaccio is my kind of guy because he would fry pork belly until it’s crispy and serve it with watermelon chunks and its rind, pickled. The result is a delicious balance of saltiness ...

Chubo

6 Clinton Street off Houston 212/674.6300 about $80 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ Update, 2007: The space is for sale Chubo’s offerings are familiar but the combination of all of them makes the menu a little confused. The hamachi was served two ways: tartare and the other, glazed with teriyaki. They had ...