Fusion cuisines are all the rage, but the idea of mixing flavors across boundaries is hardly new. On Grand Street, Nyonya sits among the remnants of today's Little Italy; the restaurant's name refers to "the ladies" -- the women of Chinese-Malay marriages. Also known as Straits Chinese food or Lauk Embok Embok, the flavors of Nyonya mix Chinese and Malay components, deriving from grandmothers' recipes and the influence of Indonesian and Thai cuisine. Coconut milk figures heavily in dishes, adding sweet, rich flavors pared with kaffir leaves, ginger flower, coriander and cumin. Thai flavors reign in hot chilies, black prawn paste, and sensations of sourness, resulting in ingredient-heavy complex flavors throughout.
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Nyonya & casanis [no, i couldn’t think of anything wittier]
I HAD BRUNCH THIS PAST WEEKEND! Finally! It’s been forever since I’ve had me some brunch. Arthur and I have been saying we would go for about 3 weeks now and didn’t make good on our word ’til this Sunday. We are busy people, so it’s understandable, but it’s also brunch! My absolutely favoritest meal! I feel so sad for those out there who haven’t experienced brunch, or whose cities don’t have brunch.
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NyoNya is a nice Malaysian Chinese gourmet joint in Northern Chinatown (near Little Italy on 194 Grand st @ Mulberry) It serves a nice mix of Malaysian dishes along with traditional Cantonese faire. The atmosphere is always quite busy and the bamboo decorations give it a South Pacific Tiki feel. (They even have drinks served in peeled coconuts to complete the theme).
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