August Gatherings

"This largely overlooked Chinese haute cuisine spot, located on the western stretch of Canal Street in Chinatown, offers many tofu options, such as freshly made bean curd with foie gras, and baked eel in spicy tofu. A specialty of the house is a mainstay of Huaiyang cuisine supposedly invented by a Buddhist monk named Wensi. The recipe involves laboriously hand-shredding tofu and placing it in a consommé made by boiling chickens, ducks, and ham. The result is an extremely agreeable soup with the tofu behaving a little like hand-pulled noodles." - Robert Sietsema