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 favorite dishes from each. If you find yourself with a big, hungry group, you can even make an easy DIY Chinatown food tour with this list. Xi'anese The Restaurant: In 2013, Philly got its first Xi'an style restaurant-
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, seafood, and a fried egg on top of the slippery, short noodles that come to a point at the end, hence the name. The lightly salty, lightly greasiness was reminiscent of a good chow fun. It wasn't the hugest portion for $9.25
