Solid neighborhood Chinese — eggplant with garlic sauce, sour and spicy fern-root noodles, Chung King beef with soft tofu, and spicy chicken with handmade noodles — a short walk south from Columbia. The chef, we were told, is not from Chung King, or even Chongqing, but Chengdu.
Yu Kitchen
2656 Broadway (100th-101st Sts.), Manhattan
212-678-8784
www.YuKitchenToGo.com