AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
TABLES FOR TWO.
CHINATOWN BRASSERIE -- 380 Lafayette St., at Great Jones St. (212-533-7000)--The cavernous NoHo space formerly occupied by Time Cafe now drips with chinoiserie: fringed lanterns, brocade panelling, lacquered everything. Chinatown Brasserie, the new tenant, has fancy food and frothy drinks: it's Ruby Foo's without the tourists, or Mr. Chow's with a lot more camp and only slightly less attitude. (The management is trying hard to cultivate the appearance of popularity, and if that means making people wait at the bar before they are seated at one of several empty tables, so be it: the frozen mai tais are arguably the restaurant's best offering.) Downstairs, the late, lamented Fez night club has been tricked out in a style best described as Shanghai Rat Pack, including leopard-print carpeting, white vinyl swivel stools, gilded pillars, and a koi pond.
The menu is dominated by American Chinese-restaurant classics. Peking duck--the centerpiece--has a dark, burnished glaze and crackly skin, and is delicious. Several other standards have Southeast Asian touches that work nicely, like the hint of lemongrass in the wonton soup. The branzino, which is steamed with ginger, scallions, and pickled plums, ...
- Southeast Asian Exports since the 14th Century: Cloves, Pepper, Coffee, and...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Hall, Kenneth R. September 1, 1999 700+ words
...between 1540-1630, Southeast Asian exports increased...but also enabled Southeast Asian small-scale producers...marketplace demands of American, Chinese, and British shippers...followed by a new era of Southeast Asian agrarian expansionism...
- Multicultural Weddings
- Newspaper article from: Sun Reporter, The George Glasser April 13, 1995 700+ words
...traditions of the 19th century; Japanese American, Chinese American, Southeast Asian, African American and Latino customs...and happiness) from a Japanese Wedding, Southeast Asian wedding textiles, a Nigerian wedding garment...
- Southeast Asian Warfare, 1300-1900.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Laichen, Sun February 1, 2007 700+ words
Southeast Asian warfare, 1300-1900 By MICHAEL...been made to update pre-colonial Southeast Asian warfare comprehensively from a regional...significance of indigenous and innovative Southeast Asian style warfare and the limited effectiveness...
- Southeast Asian Archaeology: Wilhelm G. Solheim II Festschrift.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific Lape, Peter March 22, 2006 700+ words
Southeast Asian Archaeology: Wilhelm G. Solheim...intellectual history and present state of Southeast Asian archaeology. Comprised of 31 chapters...Western scholarly involvement in Southeast Asian archaeology in relation to larger...
- Cigarette smoking among Southeast Asian immigrants - Washington State, 1989.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report November 13, 1992 700+ words
...especially among men of Southeast Asian origin (5-7). During...characterize cigarette smoking among Southeast Asian immigrants, the Seattle...Department surveyed newly arriving Southeast Asian immigrants who intended to...
- Southeast Asian perspectives on the rise of China: regional security after 9/11.
- Magazine article from: Parameters Banlaoi, Rommel C. June 22, 2003 700+ words
...to its national security, how do Southeast Asian countries view the rise of China...11? This article aims to present Southeast Asian perspectives on the rise of China...security implications since 9/11. Southeast Asian Perspectives Taken individually...
- NEWS: Southeast Asian Elders Meet with Minneapolis Police
- Newspaper article from: Asian Pages Jo Reaves May 14, 1994 700+ words
...Asian Pages 05-14-1994 NEWS: Southeast Asian Elders Meet with Minneapolis Police...Minneapolis Police Department and the Southeast Asian Elders for problem solving. Present...Sergeant Lindback, along with the Southeast Asian Elders Committee, members of the...
- Japanese Contributions to Southeast Asian Studies: A Bibliography of...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Tanaka, Kyoko September 1, 1995 700+ words
...Unlike its Chinese studies, Japan's Southeast Asian studies has a relatively short history...Economies (IDE), and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University...bilingual quarterly Tonan-Ajia Kenkyu or Southeast Asian Studies is now internationally known...