Relatively firm-yet-tender tofu pan-fries beautifully with minimal splatter. This is not overly saucy. There should be some visible sauce but the tofu isn’t swimming in it. Serve the tofu with rice.

Another Chinese restaurant with a focus on rice noodles is coming to the East Village in May, but this time with Hunan flavors. Hunan Slurp Shop, at 112 First Ave., near East Seventh Street, comes ...

Chances are excellent that, if you’re dining at a restaurant with “Hunan” in its name, you’re not eating food anyone born in Hunan province would recognize. Four decades after Americans fell for this ...