I Love New York. Who doesn't? I paid a visit there recently after a 7-year absence and its vitality is still intact, I'm happy to report. Besides noshing down slippery, savoury chive and pork dumplings in Chinatown, I was also content to slurp up some spicy Malaysian food at Soho's Franklin Station Cafe: a Malaysian and French boite! Other culinary wonders include the beautifully-anointed WD-50 in the East Village (super smoked eels and buttery wangyu beef). I must return.