Tag Archive for Nom Wah

Features, Manhattan

From Coffeehouses to Banquet Halls: The Changing Face of Manhattan’s Chinatown

by Ann Marie Awad

Postcard circa 1940s (on Mott St. facing north). Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Ng, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

As Chinese immigration changed in America, so too did the restaurants run by and for wave after wave of new immigrants.

Filipino fruit salad for Noche Buena. Photo by Stella Dacuma Schour.

Global Christmas: Making Filipino Fruit Salad for Noche Buena

Real Cheap Eats NYC 2012 Year-End Update (aka “Eating Cheap at the End of the World”)

Sweet and sour tofu from Tangra Asian Fusion in Sunnyside, Queens. Photo by Clare Trapasso.

Tangra Asian Fusion: Indian-Chinese in Sunnyside

Olive oil cake, topped with orange-cardamom glaze and candied citrus slices. Photo by Rachel Harkham.

Baking Cardamom Citrus Olive Oil Cake for Hanukkah

Hooters Girl Wendy Foster with Wings. Photo provided by Hooters.

“Breastaurants” Multiplying in NYC Despite Poor Economy

Roasted pear cake. Photo by Melanie Moss.

Two Fall-Themed Cakes for Thanksgiving