"Tai Lake in Chinatown serves great Cantonese-style dishes to groups of friends and families until 12am. During the day, families fill the round tables with dim sum, and friends grab lunch for $ 20 or under. When it’s late at night, they’ll all be here for the same reasons as you: avoiding going home and watching TV with a spread of Peking duck, salted fish fried rice, and ginger scallion lobster." - candis mclean, alison kessler