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Japanese New Year's food is called Osechi ryori and the delicious mixture of colorful dishes are packed in beautiful lacquered boxes called jubako.

Each dish and ingredient in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life, and so on.

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I found them at Garden of Eden Market! I think it's Turkish owned....They are yummy...

My friends told me that Cafe Sopra has a second restaurant closer to the city in Potts Point now....

You can get good Shanghainese food in Chinatown and all over New York...They are famous for their soup dumplings...

Hello,

I have never been to Shanghai even though my father is Shanghainese but I lived in Sydney for almost a year and enjoyed the food there tremendously.

All tourists flocked to Harry's Cafe de Wheels for the famous local meat pies. Also Australia has superior coffee..they serve them european style and they call them flat white.

I would go to Bondi Beach and have a drink at the Iceberg's bar while staring at the beautiful turquoise water. You can order food from the bar which is actually cheaper than eating at the restaurant which requires reservation.

I would also go to Sydney's famous Seafood Market at Pyrmont for brunch and eat freshly caught seafood from the boats unloading today's catch.

My favorite place to eat is Cafe Sopra in Waterloo. It is located in a warehouse/gallery district on top of an organice vegetable shop called Fratelli Fresh that resembles an industrial garage. The Chef Andy Bunn creates amazing Italian food with the freshest seasonal ingredients.

One of the pleasure of eating in sydney is outdoor dining in the beautiful sunlight. I would dine in area such as Woolloomooloo.

My favorite is Morimoto...very creative, stoic, serious and thoughtful....
I wish he can cook for me..does he still work in Manhattan?

Pho Bang on Bowery and Mott closed last year and had the best pho in the city...still searching and tasting and have yet to find a good place...

I find that Flor de Mayo chicken too dried out...Check out the chicken in Chinatown..very moist floverful and delicious...you dont know what good chicken is till you try the ones in Chinatown!

Chinatown...Steam Seabass....Stir fried flounder with chinese Okra...
Try Jing Fong...

Never heard of them...Do you have their web site or where can you purchase their products? How healthy can they be without sacrificing taste?

Try Jasmart Japanese grocery chain in Manhattan...Mitsuwa in Edgewater NJ...few Japanese Grocery stores in East Village on 9th Street..Ask them what's the newly harvested rice...

Faves: Japanese Iron Chefs.....Giada, Ellie Krieger, Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten and Nigella Lawson recipes are the ones I have imitated and recreated with success....love to watch the cute Tyler Florence and Ham on the Street George Duran....a few recipes from Rachel Ray, Dave Lieberman, Party Boys, Michael Chiarelli, Molto Mario and Alton Brown have worked out great...

Enjoy the Aussies Take Home Chef Curtis Stone and Kylie Kwong shows on Discovery Home Channel..Get Fresh with Sara Snow on Discovery Health and of course the best - Julia Child on PBS

Don't really watch too much LaGasse, Paula Dean, Sandra Lee or Flay (maybe once in a while)

We need a good authentic Asian Cooking shows...healthy low fat vegetarian cooking show and good dessert shows....