Fragrant garlic, fresh shiitake mushrooms, spicy chile -- tofu never looked this good, tossed with a rich and glossy black bean sauce. For a rich and flavorful -- and completely vegetarian -- dinner ...

Note: Relatively firm-yet-tender tofu, such as Trader Joe’s, pan-fries beautifully with minimal splatter. This is not overly saucy. There should be some visible sauce but the tofu isn’t swimming in it ...

The black fried tofu most likely tops the list of most well-known Hunan street foods because of its pungency and great taste. Many people who come to Hunan for the first time grab the opportunity to ...

Hunan is a landlocked province in South Central China. Its cuisine, with liberal use of game, funghi, cured meats and fresh chili peppers, is considered one of China’s Great Eight culinary traditions.

For most, it smells somewhat odd, yet tastes delicious. If every city had its own unique dish or snack, the one defining Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province, should be its "fragrant" ...

Chances are excellent that, if you’re dining at a restaurant with “Hunan” in its name, you’re not eating food anyone born in Hunan province would recognize. Four decades after Americans fell for this ...

Welcome to Meanwhile, In SGV a regular feature in which TC, our fearless leader in all things San Gabriel Valley, brings word of restaurant openings, closings, and other unsung, curious neighborhood ...

The latest and in many ways most-accomplished addition to this vibrant new East Village community is a poshly appointed little establishment on lower First Avenue called Hunan Slurp. Hunan is a South ...

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Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. Long before meat alternatives funded by tech companies — the Impossible and ...