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Yesterday, in New York City's J. Javits Center, celebrity chef Martin Yan, Lee Anne "Top Chef" Wong, and 300 Chinese restaurateurs gathered for the Fourth Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards Show (try saying that fast).

The awards are broken down into ten categories — Overall Excellence, Regional Cuisine, Take-Out, Buffets, Best Value, Signature Dish, Rising Stars, Nutrition-Friendly Menus, Asian Fusion, and Metro Favorites — and there are 100 winners on each list. This year competition was open to all Chinese restaurants in the US; there were more than 43,000 participants from all 50 states. The winners were then chosen by a mystery diner program — anonymous visits and evaluations of each restaurant — as well as votes from diners and the public as a whole.

To find out if your local restaurant made the list, check out their website or download the pdf.

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I'm about to say something shocking. I saw No Reservations (the film with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart, not the show with Bourdain) and I actually liked it. I originally agreed to join BuzzSugar (who also enjoyed the film), but almost backed out because I really wasn't interested. The trailer looked cheesy, and the story looked weak. However, it was the promise of upclose food pornography and hot kitchen action that made me stick with my plan. And you know what? I was really glad I did. Not only was the story well executed and the characters entertaining, the food talk was delectable and droolicious on such a large screen. When Zeta-Jone's character talks about quail, scallops, saffron, or any other various dish, my mouth would water like one of Pavlov's dogs and my tummy would rumble. In fact, although I ate right before the film, I left craving roasted quail, homemade pizza, creme brulee, fish, spaghetti and most importantly, scallops with saffron sauce. Luckily I've found the recipe they used to create Zeta-Jone's signature dish and now I'm going to share it with you. To check out the recipe read more