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Why Mission Chinese Food Is on Our Top 50 Chinese Outside China
Mission Chinese Food, under Danny Bowien's direction, is ranked #23 on our Top 50 Chinese Restaurants Outside China. The regional Chinese register: Modern Sichuan-Cantonese fusion.
The technique: Wok hei, modern American Chinese. The signature dish: Thrice-cooked bacon, Sichuan thrice-cooked bacon, Mongolian long bone.
The dim sum program: Limited dim sum; modern Chinese mains. The chef lineage: Danny Bowien; James Beard nominee.
The award lineage: James Beard nominee; modern Chinese-American flagship.
How to Order at Mission Chinese Food
The booking lead time: 4 to 8 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; institutional walk-in Chinatown restaurants accept no reservations and run a queue from opening.
Order the regional Chinese signature. The kitchen's strongest expression at Mission Chinese Food is the Thrice-cooked bacon, paired with the institutional regional Chinese tradition the kitchen takes as its starting point.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 80 to 140 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at Mission Chinese Food is rated 9/10 for food and 9/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Mission Chinese Food Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Danny Bowien's NYC modern Chinese flagship. The most consistently James-Beard-nominated modern Chinese restaurant; the Bowien Sichuan-Cantonese fusion menu and the institutional Lower East Side dining room define the modern Chinese-American register."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 9/10, ambience at 9/10, and value at 8/10. The Modern Sichuan-Cantonese fusion register is structural; the chef training lineage and the regional Chinese tradition produce the meal that rewards the pilgrimage.
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