Chinese

For a top-notch Sichuanese meal, call J-a-s-m-i-n-e

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com China’s $1.4 billion population in 2022 is roughly four times the size of our 335 million people, and all those hungry Chinese enjoy, depending on where they live, at least eight major regional cuisines dating back thousands of years. So why is it, if we don’t think twice about enjoying the … Continue reading For a top-notch Sichuanese meal, call J-a-s-m-i-n-e →

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Peking City Express cracks the Chinese restaurant code

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com If you’ve never wondered why so many Chinese restaurants use what appear to be very similar menus, you probably don’t get much Chinese takeout. The menus look alike, and the dishes are pretty much the same wherever you go. What’s that about? It took me a lot of digging, but the … Continue reading Peking City Express cracks the Chinese restaurant code →

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We find our way to good eats at Joy Luck

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com It doesn’t seem reasonable to say that it’s hard to find good eats on Bardstown Road on a Sunday afternoon, but I was sure feeling that way the other day. Trekking through this usually busy restaurant row on a sizzling afternoon, I struck out at three places before we got to … Continue reading We find our way to good eats at Joy Luck →

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Jasmine Asian Bistro offers first-rate Chinese fare

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com If you’ve got a hankering for Chinese food, you can take comfort in this statistic: According to the trade journal Chinese Restaurant News, there were more than 43,000 independent Chinese restaurants in the United States in 2019. The pandemic has surely seen closures, but still, that was triple the 13,443 U.S. … Continue reading Jasmine Asian Bistro offers first-rate Chinese fare →

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Jade Palace’s dim sum makes great takeout

I’ve been a big fan of Jade Palace’s dim sum ever since the late 1980s, when this popular eatery in what is now Westport Village introduced Louisville to these tasty, bite-size Chinese snacks. But the other day I had a pandemic-related revelation: In these days when many of us are wary about dining indoors at … Continue reading Jade Palace’s dim sum makes great takeout →

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