Amid the tapping of chopsticks on dumpling trays and the rustling of smiley-faced to-go bags, a soaring tenor voice cuts ...

Empress Pavilion is the biggest restaurant in Chinatown, a glittery, hangar-size seafood palace built at the height of the late 1980s boom. In its early years, you would typically wait an hour or more ...

Concealed behind a nondescript facade, the space features a built-in bar with beer on tap, lighting imported from the US, integrated speakers, a kitchen, bathroom with a shower, small courtyard and ...