Xi'an Famous Foods

Shop Notes:

I used to travel to China a good bit for business and this book brings me back to exotic lunches in local restaurants, meat sticks over gigantic after-work beers, and hot pot to mark team celebrations.  It's also a throwback to those halcyon days when the Golden Shopping Mall in Flushing, NY was a foodie's dream stop. 

Most importantly though, it's a story of an immigrant family building a modern food empire out of a lot of hard work, a love of traditional flavors, and tremendous love for each other.  You find yourself cheering the Wang family on and on throughout.  

From the Publisher:

The long-awaited cookbook from an iconic New York restaurant, revealing never-before-published recipes

Since its humble opening in 2005, Xi'an Famous Foods has expanded from one stall in Flushing to 14 locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CEO Jason Wang divulges the untold story of how this empire came to be, alongside the never-before-published recipes that helped create this New York City icon. From heavenly ribbons of liang pi doused in a bright vinegar sauce to flatbread filled with caramelized pork to cumin lamb over hand-pulled Biang Biang noodles, this cookbook helps home cooks make the dishes that fans of Xi'an Famous Foods line up for while also exploring the vibrant cuisine and culture of Xi'an.

Transporting readers to the streets of Xi'an and the kitchens of New York's Chinatown, Xi'an Famous Foods is the cookbook that fans of Xi'an Famous Foods have been waiting for.