I emerged from the F train at East Broadway and was delighted to arrive at the door of Wu’s Wonton King, where our Les Dames d’Escoffier chapter was celebrating the year of the snake with a multi-course meal and wine pairings. Les Dames d’ Escoffier (LDEI) is a group of influential and accomplished women in the food and wine world who support our communities through grants, scholarships and mentorship.

My table was adorned with a roasted sucking pig, waiting to be taken away, carved and served to the large group of us. 

We started with a bowl of their rich broth soup, replete with three wontons: one filled with pork, another with shrimp and still another with greens. From there, the food just kept coming, being placed on the giant lazy Susan, which also housed multiple bottles of open wine to serve.
Specifically, the Vilarnau Cava Reserve Brut, Velenosi Villa Angela, Verdicchio del Castelli di Jesi Classico 2023; Le Ragose, Valpolicella Ripasso Classico 2021 and La Caravelle Listrac-Médoc Bordeaux 2018.


Once the waiter served the soup, the courses were nonstop, including crispy chicken, steamed stuffed tofu, the deconstructed pig, snow pea spouts with seafood and bamboo fungus, braised noodles with seafood, lamb and bean curd, beef and black pepper sauce and my favorite, which I’d again jump the F train for, the perfect cooked, lightly battered house-special style fried grouper filet.


Dessert in Chinatown is often an afterthought or palate cleanser like this mango treat on a stick, that most people left.

Everyone had a wonderful time and looking forward to the next outing. We grabbed the F train right outside the door to head home.

Wu’s Wonton King
Chinatown
165 E Broadway,
New York, NY, 10002
(212) 477-1112
wuswontonking.com/