Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. The city is undergoing a spiciness explosion. Tick off all the ways you can ...

Upscale French or American? Sure. But Chinese—and in Yonkers? You bet. We made a reservation for Hunan Village, but to be honest, I didn’t take it too seriously. It was a Chinese restaurant on a ...

In recent years, the East Village has seen an astonishing wave of first-rate (and, to be honest, sometimes second-rate) dumpling, ramen, crawfish, hot pot, and rice noodle spots opening in the ...

Today we have for you Hunan Noodle Shop: a modern space for modern Chinese made by a highly talented, highly homesick chef-slash-artist (more on that later). It's now open in the East Village, and ...