Hot Kitchen

Hot Kitchen Restaurant Review:

It’s hard to believe, sitting in Hot Kitchen, eating better-than-average Sichuan dishes, that you’re not deep into Queens. This is the East Village. No long subway ride necessary. The predictably long menu has everything from classics, such as good salt and pepper shrimp and shredded duck with ginger, to more adventurous options like pig intestines and braised frog. We also recommend the pork with chestnuts and that old standby: ma po tofu, which is both hearty and spicy at the same time. Wash it all down with a couple bottles of Tsingtao. After all, your taste buds may need some cooling down.