Thanks for the nod here and in another post!
The Many Chinas, Many Tables project had a dream team of contributors, and I’m so proud that our community’s SFBA Regional Chinese thread became a roadmap for the initial ~80 contender restaurants to visit (the team judged 43 worthy of inclusion in the guide). It’s a cool reminder that our discussions have an impact. Also a reminder to send writers tips about restaurants that deserve to be relevant (I first connected to JK, who has always been an advocate for our community, via a tip I sent him).
Jonathan made a good point in his acceptance speech that the Chronicle’s perspective has expanded, and their support of the project was a seed change from 150 years of not treating Chinese cuisine seriously. In that vein, Eater now has an impressive guide to Chinese food in NYC and this year’s journalism category had other awards given to Chinese/Chinese American topics :
- Cathy Erway’s The Subtle Thrills of Cold Chicken Salad in the Home Cooking Category
- Angie Wang’s In Search of Water-Boiled Fish for Innovative Story Telling
