http://www.finechinagirl.com A New Yorker's take on food and restaurants. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:40:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So the site has been overhauled and I need to post new material. Its already been so long since the last post. Apparently the site has been hacked and without my noticing. All files had to be restored and I had to make sure the malicious code was wiped. It ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2008/09/02/site-update-and-hacked/ Ahhh Vegas. This is the place where dreams are made of. I've always thought Vegas as a sinful city with prostitutes and drug dealers on every block, like how it was portrayed in movies back in the days, but now that's not the case. ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2008/02/18/day-1-welcome-to-vegas-baby/ *I'll do a quick post on this before I start on the Vegas ones.* Joe's Shanghai 24 W 56th St (near 5th Ave) New York, NY 10019 (212) 333-3868 After a nice massage at the Townhouse Spa with my mother, across the street we saw Joe's Shanghai. My mother recognizes this restaurant since there are ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2008/01/07/midtown-lunch-at-joes-shanghai/ I know this is a rather late post, but I do want to wish each and every one of you a wonderful, prosperous, and a merry new year!! Thank you for your continual support on my site.  I'm actually surprised that I made it to my second year and I hope ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2008/01/07/happy-new-year-from-finechinagirl/ Marker's Harborside Grille Restaurant 153 Plaza II (Across from the Hyatt) Jersey City, NJ (201) 433-6275 (Okay, so I don't have a picture of the exterior of the restaurant, but this napkin is proof enough that I was there!) For my coworker's birthday, a few of us decided to take her out on a nice ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2007/12/01/birthday-lunch-at-markers-harborside-grille/ Awash Restaurant 947 Amsterdam Avenue (btw 106th and 107th St) New York, NY 10025 (212) 961-1416 *There's also a downtown location in the East Village. Inquire to find out.* If you're hankering for meat and have absolute no time for etiquette and grace, Awash is the place for you. With class and elegance in ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2007/11/12/awash-ethiopian-cuisine/ East Manor - Kissena 46-45 Kissena Blvd Flushing, NY Traditional chinese food can definitely be found here. Like most chinese restaurant, East Manor in Kissena Blvd specialize in seafood and lots of it! I'm not a fan of it, but I always appreciate the presentation of the dish and how ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2007/11/06/celebration-at-east-manor-kissena-blvd/ Amy's Bread 75 Ninth Ave (inside Chelsea Market) (btw W 15th &16th St) New York, NY (212) 462-4338 Looking for a special birthday cake is always a fun treat for me. I knew that I wanted to get my friend something different, so I thought, hey, why not a sweet German Chocolate cake? ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2007/11/06/german-chocolate-cake-by-amys-bread/ Balducchi's Food Lovers 81 8th Ave (@ 14th St) New York, NY After walking past here a million times to meet up with the bf, I finally got the balls to go into this exclusive rich man's supermarket. Only because that day, the bf asked me to wait for like 15+ minutes ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2007/10/25/balduccis-apple-pie/ Masu Masu Asian Fusion Restaurant 1116 Avenue U btw 12th St & Coney Island Ave Brooklyn, NY 11223 Avenue U, aka little Chinatown, is filled beyond filled with boring restaurants. If you live in this neighborhood like I do, you’ll know that the foods here aren’t the best. They taste what they’re supposed to ... http://www.finechinagirl.com/2007/10/23/masu-masu/