Feast Meets West

Tonight we are spotlighting the Michelin-starred Chef Anita Lo! We'll be talking about everything--from her storied career, her experiences as an Asian female Chef, her new cookbook "SOLO: A Modern Cookbook for a Party of One", to what's next.

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Lucas Sin, Chef of Junzi Kitchen, and Amelie Kang, Founder of TOMORROW, join us to talk about changing the perception of Chinese Takeout in the City with their fast-casual concepts. Delicious, colorful, convenient. We discuss how a simple and humble thing like takeout can drive the education of Chinese culture.

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Karen Lin, Executive General Manager of Bar Moga, and Leif Huckman, Creative Director of Hidden Pearl, join us to talk about the Japanese influence at their bars and within cocktail culture in the City.

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Chef Baobao of Baoburg in Greenpoint, and Chef Lien Lin of Bricolage in Park Slope join us to talk about the experiences of being a female chef in Asian food in NYC - from the path to opening their restaurants to the daily challenges and rewards. We'll also hear about the food they make - rich and authentic in their own stories.

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For today’s conversation, we actually won’t be talking about a specific Asian dish or cuisine, but we’re happy to have our first Asian food collective on the show. Chefs Chris Cheung of East Wind Snack Shop, Doron Wong of Northern Tiger, and Jonathan Wu formerly of Fung Tu, are members of the Asian Food Mafia -- a collective of culinary professionals who support the education and growth of Asian food. Learn about the group, what they've been up to, and what they're taking on next.

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The East Village, or should we call it "Chinatown North," is now flush with Chinese restaurants dedicated to changing the perception of Chinese food in NYC by serving up a variety of delicious regional cuisines in pleasant dining environments. To talk about this development, and their new ventures is Eric Sze of 886, who is bringing Taiwanese street food culture to New York in a refined way, and Chao Wang and Dong Lu of Hunan Slurp, who are featuring artistically presented Hunan rice noodles and dishes in their contemporary eatery.

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You're listening to the last episode of the season! And that coincides with a conversation about one of our favorite foods of all time - the famous xiao long bao (XLB), aka soup dumplings. We're chatting with Sean Tang, managing partner for Pinch Chinese, which recently got named the best soup dumpling in New York Magazine’s roundup of best new things to eat in NYC.

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We're talking about Taiwan’s beef noodle soup. The beef noodle soup is typically a meal onto itself. A hearty bowl of wheat flour noodles in beef broth, with slices of braised beef, often accompanied with suan cai (Chinese sauerkraut), and scallions, and sometimes other leafy vegetables. Richard Ho talks to us about perfecting the beef noodle soup at his shop Ho Foods.

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We're talking about a Chinese cuisine we’ve never covered before on Feast Meets West - and that’s Yunnan cuisine. Yunnan’s best known for its “crossing the bridge noodles”, which is a soup based rice noodles dish. It's also the signature dish at the new noodle shop “South of the Clouds” in Greenwich Village. Joining us in the studio is Chef & Owner Liheng Geng.

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It’s our 50th episode of Feast Meets West! Today, we have a fun episode for you covering how the Korean BBQ experience can be elevated, unexpected, and how you can be more mindful and respectful of your meats. We're chatting with Simon Kim, owner of Cote, NYC's first Korean steakhouse, and what Pete Wells of the NYTimes called "the best beef at any Korean BBQ in New York".

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