#fried beef

My favorite fried chicken in New York City!

La Dinastia on West 72nd St. is a classic Chinese-Dominican restaurant that my friend Victor introduced me to 25 years ago and we have no stopped eating at since. Obviously it was easier when we lived ten blocks away on 82nd St., but we’re still happy to make the trip from wherever we live. Even after we moved to Shanghai, we visited La Dinastia every time we flew back.

Last Friday we hit The Dead Poet for a few cocktails first, then shot down to the Return Brewing Tap Takeover at The Hoptimist before heading to La Dinastia for my friend John’s birthday dinner. As a creature of habit, my family always orders the exact same thing here, but this time, John had the honor of choosing our dinner... as long as their Boneless Crispy Crackling Chicken hit the table, as seen above. Here’s a look at what else we went with...

Old school pork egg rolls, which are getting harder and harder to find in the city...

Fried pork dumplings, which were a first for me...

General Tso’s Crispy Beef...

Arroz con Pollo Dominican Style...

There was also an order of their Chickpeas in Moro sauce, which is another dish I always get, and highly recommend you do too.

Everything was outstanding as always! Consistency is king here.

And, for another first, I ordered a cocktail instead of beer, a Nutcracker, with rum, amaretto, SoCo, pineapple juice and grenadine...

Several of New York’s long-time Latin-Chinese restaurants did not survive the pandemic, with even La Caridad 78 closing, but La Dinastia was packed with people, still going strong with all the same staff, and now their kids, who have been serving here for the three decades I’ve been going.

In the end, it’s the food that people keep coming back for, and on that front, La Dinastia is still at the top of their game!

LA DINASTIA

145 West 72nd St.

NY, NY 10023

212-362-3801

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