Don’t look for pad Thai. There’s none here. And forget spring rolls. The world of LuckyRice is for fearless food lovers of an adventurous stripe.
The culinary food festival, which spotlights Asian cuisine, had a sold-out event at this past Friday’s New York Feast at the Mandarin Oriental.
There were pork and cricket flour dumplings, with a moist filling of langoustine, mushroom, and sea cucumber, served with chili oil. These were the creations of chef Doron Wong, of Yunnan Kitchen and the recently opened Northern Tiger.
Even the universe of meatballs was far from banal: African spiced meatballs with red curry sauce from Macao Trading Company, and Banh Mi Chicken Meatballs from Seoul Kitchen, with an exquisitely aimed chili-lime spicy kick.
Banh Mi Chicken Meatballs With Lime Sweet Chili Sauce from Seoul Chicken. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times
