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...sauce. Some dishes, such as egg fu yung and fried rice, are familiar to Americans, since at least 90% of all Chinese food served in the U.S. is based on Cantonese recipes. But the real meal in China - Peking duck, for example - could not be mistaken for one in Chinatown, U.S.A. Almost all Cantonese dishes are steamed or stir-fried. Texture and flavor are not masked by heavy sauces that elsewhere can disguise unfresh ingredients. In Canton, they say, the shrimp come wiggling to the table...
...least some restraint. Then again, anyone would look calm playing opposite Dunaway. With her bulging, teary eyes and fluttery voice, this actress is a one-woman band of neurotic gestures. It is a tiresome performance that will be particularly grating on anyone who has seen the mannerisms previously in Chinatown and Network. Dunaway does, however, have the only credible line in the movie. It occurs midway through her love scene, when she announces, "I'm completely out of control." - Frank Rich
...interesting evening (and an escape from Cambridge), you might take the T into Boston and wander around town before choosing a restaurant. Chinatown and the North End (Boston's Italian district) are particularly good places to practice restaurant wanderlust on a low budget...
...Chinatown, featuring fine food at generally low prices, is only a few blocks from the Essex subway station; if you want to avoid walking through the sleazy Combat Zone, however, you should take the subway only as far as the Washington St. station and then loop around the Zone to get to Chinatown...
...feel like making the trip to Chinatown, you can choose from among several excellent Chinese restaurants lining Mass Ave. For a varied menu, Joyce Chen in Central Square is the place; for Szechuan, try the popular Hunan (Central Square) or Yenching (opposite Widener library). The brunch buffet at the Yenching is excellent and inexpensive. With all these excellent Chinese restaurants on our minds, we forgot all about the Hong Kong; you should...