China City – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
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Lucky Boy – Albuquerque, New Mexican
During its seventh season, the X Files television series in which FBI agents investigated paranormal phenomena featured an episode in…
Chin Shan Chinese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
According to the trade magazine Chinese Restaurant News, as of January, 2007, there were 43,139 Chinese restaurants in the United…
China Luck – Albuquerque, New Mexico
You can’t accuse Americanized Chinese food of being subtle. Brash, gaudy and maybe even over-the-top, but never subtle. In fact,…
Yummi House – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Years ago, I had the misfortune of working with a technical writer who couldn’t spell his way out of a…
Sengdao Bar-B-Q Asian Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Despite my (then) near eidetic memory and a sesquipedalian lexicon, it was my bumpkinly naivete my friends in Boston found…
Hua Chang – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
1943’s Best Picture Academy Award winner Casablanca is replete with memorable quotes and scenes. Toward the end of the movie,…
China Poblano – Las Vegas Nevada
Mexican history and folklore recount the story of a remarkable woman who would come to be venerated as a holy…
China Best – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In the United States Navy and Coast Guard, no one is as revered, respected or admired as a sailor promoted…
Chuck’s Restaurant – Placerville, California
In 2009, James Beard Award-winning food journalists Jane and Michael Stern published a terrific tome entitled 500 Things to Eat…
Evergreen Buffet – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
America held hostage! That was the aptly named title of an ABC late-night news program anchored by Ted Koppel from…
Best Lee’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
When John Lucas, Elizabeth Eisner Reding and Mike Reding, three trusted gastronomes who frequent this blog, heartily recommended I try Best Lee’s,…
Amlee Gourmet Restaurant – Las Vegas, Nevada
There’s a Cantonese saying that translates to “anything that walks, swims, crawls, or flies with its back to heaven is…
Ping Pang Pong – Las Vegas, Nevada
The complaint I hear most often about the Duke City dining scene is that we have a lamentable lack of…
Best Lee’s – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
When does confidence become audacity? Is there a point at which a claim becomes braggadocio? To what extent can you…
Great Fortune Chinese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
According to the Chinese Restaurant News, a respected trade publication, there are now approximately 36,000 Chinese restaurants in America. That’s…
Yen Ching – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Have a yen for Chinese or Korean cuisine? Can your appetite be sated only by the nasal-clearing, smoldering heat of…
Cathay House – Las Vegas, Nevada (CLOSED)
There are two things I rail against which might classify some of my restaurant reviews as a bully pulpit. One…