The 25 Best Chinese Restaurants In NYC - New York - The Infatuation

"With gold mesh curtains and glass bricks, this sleek Lower East Side restaurant might look like a high-end sauna. YongChuan specializes in the seafood-centric cuisine of Ningbo, near Shanghai. Besides exciting regional delicacies like cold, deep-fried “smoked” fish, there are also playful fusion-y bites, like impeccably crisp swan-shaped puff pastries, as well as some great Sichuan dishes, like crunchy mala prawns. For a particularly memorable centerpiece to your meal, consider the Ningbo Eighteen Cuts. This signature raw crab dish must be preordered a week in advance, but for a celebration, it’s well worth it." - neha talreja, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, willa moore