Diverse Dining In Philadelphia's Chinatown
article originally created for the Chew Philly Tastebook When I think about the many reasons I love Philadelphia's Chinatown, diversity is one of the big ones. It is not only the many regional cuisines of China that are represented, but we are lucky enough to live in a city with a Chinatown that hosts Korean, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Japanese, Burmese, and Cambodian restaurants. I wanted to highlight a few region-specific restaurants in Philadelphia's Chinatown and a few of my
Cambodian Soup at Heng Seng
So many of my favorite places in Philly I found by walking by them and sensing something good was inside. Heng Seng is not one of those places; it looks like an abandoned generic Chinese restaurant. Luckily, a Cambodian restaurant owner had told me about this place so I walked up to the door even though it didn't really look open. Heng Seng is a small Cambodian restaurant in the heart of Philadelphia's "Little Cambodia." Special pan fried needle noodles come with beef, seafo
