Harry Spiller has collected 6,000 Chinese take-out menus and is a self-taught expert on Chinese cuisine. The Morning News spent some time with him earlier this year in search of the perfect dumpling.
What you don't know about the egg cream -- the soda fountain syrup rackets of the 20's and 30's. What is an egg cream? A mixture of milk, syrup and seltzer water. You can order an egg cream at the Lexington Candy Shop (I had my first and only egg cream there) or the Be-Speckled Trout. Why do they call it an egg cream?