Fuzhou, America, 609 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY (2026)

06/08/2026

For our local NY Fuzhounese community looking for delicious eats this summer, check out Chenzi at Smorgasburg!

Chenzi was founded by fellow Fuzhounese who believe our food traditions deserve to be shared and celebrated. Their signature potato balls are inspired by a beloved comfort food from Changle, Fuzhou.

Chenzi will be at Smorgasburg this season through October 31:

📍 Saturdays: Williamsburg (11AM–6PM)
📍 Sundays: Prospect Park (11AM–6PM)

04/20/2026

Welcome back! The Flavors of Fujian Dinner returns ★

Following the success of last year’s sold-out dinner, we’re so thrilled to present another curated menu featuring recipes and stories from our ongoing cookbook project, Flavors of Fujian

For over a year, Jess (NYC-based food writer) and Allen (co-founder of Fuzhou America) have embarked on a deeply personal cultural project. After extensively traveling China and the US, and interviewing dozens of Fujianese — artisans with a mastery of street food, talented family home cooks, and an acclaimed chef so renowned for his elaborate banquets that he recently came out of retirement (!!) — they’re excited to answer questions and share their always evolving process.

Come to this dinner (one night only, two seatings) and hear about our experience conducting culinary research in Fuzhou, capturing New York’s Chinatowns in motion, and mingling with likeminded food writers in China. There will be storytelling, wok-fire cooking, and cups overflowing with Fujianese rice wine. Menu dropping soon, so stay tuned!

WHERE
📍 Nin Hao Restaurant, 609 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238

WHEN [Two Seatings]
★ Thursday 5/7 5:30PM
★ Thursday 5/7 8:15PM

Dinner Set [$68]
☆ 1 glass of YABA rice wine
☆ 2 appetizers
☆ 6 sharing courses
☆ 1 dessert

10% of ticket sales will be donated to CAAAV, an organization that supports working class Asian immigrants.

Many thanks to Nin Hao, a Brooklyn neighborhood restaurant known for serving Chinese comfort food, especially inventive takes on traditional Fujianese dishes. Currently, they are pouring the ONLY FULLY Chinese wine list in New York City.

☆ RSVP LINK IN BIO ☆

04/05/2026

Last weekend, we went down to Philly for one of our favorite annual events — the Hoyu Festival.

Thank you for everyone who came through and to our elders for keeping these traditions alive for us ✨♥️ Always feels special getting to celebrate together like this.

03/24/2026

NEW RECIPE 🍜💫 PEANUT BUTTER NOODLES - FUZHOU BAN MIAN 福州拌面

We’re proud to share a recipe in for what we like to call the gateway dish into Fuzhounese cuisine. Slicked with soy sauce, melted peanut butter, garlic oil, and lard, these 10-minute glossy noodles are savory, nutty, and extra slurpable. Plus, we believe this version can stand up to cult favorites found across New York and east coast Chinatowns, Fuzhou, and perhaps wishfully, those on FJ dining tables.

To land on this specific recipe, Allen and Jess sampled over a dozen bowls of noodles and poked our heads into busy kitchens in New York and China. We even debated the best type of noodle texture (Allen likes his thick and textured, while Jess prefers hers glossy, hot, and slurpable) and the favored peanut butter (Jess is firmly in camp Skippy).

Thank you to our dear friends Christina Chen , Diane Yeung, for chatting with us about this truly delicious noodle.

& special thanks to (and fellow to noodle evangelist) for your edits and .photography for the drool worthy photos.

01/29/2026

Happy 2026!!!

We are so excited and proud of how much our community has grown. In 2025, we strengthened our monthly community events and launched our inaugural scholarship program.

This year, we’re excited to continue building on our foundation and expand our programs to knowledge resources like food recipes and Fuzhounese language classes that help keep us rooted in our culture. Please come out and support and bring your friends!

Date and Location:

Royal Seafood 📍103 Mott St New York, NY 10013

Saturday, 2/21 6PM-9PM

Dinner will be a 10 course mix of Fujianese and Cantonese dishes. Soda, tea, and beers will be included. Sponsored raffles to end the night 🔥

$88 Entry ticket
RSVP LINK IN BIO

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01/29/2026

Happy 2026!!!

We are so excited and proud of how much our community has grown. In 2025, we strengthened our monthly community events and launched our inaugural scholarship program.

This year, we’re excited to continue building on our foundation and expand our programs to knowledge resources like food recipes and Fuzhounese language classes that help keep us rooted in our culture. Please come out and support and bring your friends!

Date and Location:

Royal Seafood 📍103 Mott St New York, NY 10013

Saturday, 2/21 6PM-9PM

Dinner will be a 10 course mix of Fujianese and Cantonese dishes. Soda, tea, and beers will be included. Sponsored raffles to end the night 🔥

$88 Entry Ticket
RSVP LINK IN BIO

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photos by and

11/13/2025

Our next event is a collaboration with for an interactive exploration of mental well-being, ancestral practices, and self-healing 💆‍♀️

There is a growing interest in our generation to learn more about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which offers ancient techniques and practical tools for regulating modern emotional life. Much of Chinese medicine seeks to address the root of our health issues instead of finding solutions that only temporarily alleviate pain ❤️

In this 2-hour workshop, we will start with an overview of TCM and its overarching philosophy. Then we’ll discuss how this way of living can help you regulate mindfulness through food, improve gut health and digestion, and increase the flow of energy through acupressure and gua sha.

Tea and snacks will be served, followed by a book signing after the session!

Venmo $10 to secure your spot

Date: 11/23 Sunday

Time: 2PM-4PM

Location: Yung Sun Restaurant 47 E Broadway, New York NY 10002

07/30/2025

Food is one of the primary ways we stay connected to our heritage.

For the past six months, Jess and Allen have been collaborating on a Fujianese cookbook to preserve age-old recipes and share the stories behind each dish.

Fujianese cuisine, alongside other regional Chinese traditions, has been expanding rapidly in the U.S. In New York, the flavors of Fujian, Sichuan, Hunan, and Guangdong are easy to find, but the histories behind those dishes are less familiar.

People flock to Shu Jiao Fuzhou for the best dumplings and peanut butter noodles. But how did this family-run business make the journey from Tantou, a town in Changle, Fuzhou?

This cookbook is rooted, first and foremost, in our Fuzhou America and Chinatown community. We aim to document recipes and celebrate the voices of the chefs and restaurant owners running kitchens across the country.

Allen is a cofounder of Fuzhou America and a Qinghong brewer. Jess is an editor at Serious Eats and has written for Eater, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

Come listen to their talk this Saturday at TALK TOO MUCH 2025 🔥

Sign up link in bio ❤️

07/22/2025

ONE OF OUR BEST EVENTS EVER!!

Six years ago, we founded Fuzhou America to create a space for FJs to meet one another and connect. Growing up, many of us had isolating experiences as we were constantly pulled in different directions. When it’s choosing between joining an after school program or leaving school to help our family restaurant with the dinner rush, it’s never easy. Fuzhou America, we believed, could be a community where people could be proudly FJ and share our stories.

Nin Hao is an awesome restaurant. It’s holding down traditional Fujianese flavors while simultaneously expanding the cuisine with other Chinese influences. There’s the classic Chinese beef Wellington we all know and love. Then they spice up traditional Rouyan and with a tingly Sichuan chili oil.

Beyond telling food stories through his restaurant, Evan is creating a similar, tight-knit space for his staff and customers. Every time you talk with him, you can immediately feel his sincere love for the culture and food, and his passion to share it with the world.

GO EAT HERE AND SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE @❤️🔥🫂🙏😭🫶

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Thank you for the amazing photos.

Thank you for creating 红糟藏酵, the sourdough with Qinghong wine lees that opened the evening feast

Thank you for bringing awesome wines from the homeland to the states

FUN FACT the red wine from the flight is produced by who is a Fujianese winemaker from 古田

See you all soon 不见不散 🤞

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07/08/2025

[DINNER SERIES] Fuzhou America x China Wine Club x Nin Hao

Date and Time: 7/16 at 7:30PM
Location: Nin Hao Restaurant
609 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238

On Wednesday July 16, we’re bringing together three forces for a special one-night-only dinner at Nin Hao, a beloved Fujianese restaurant in Prospect Heights Brooklyn. This will be an exclusive evening celebrating Fujianese culture and how our community and cuisine are growing beyond our roots on East Broadway.

This collaborative evening celebrates Fuzhou America’s community and the broader Fujianese diaspora in New York with a feast grounded in personal storytelling. Together, we’ll taste the breadth of Fujianese food and drinks—from spicy rouyan to the classic Fujianese steamed fish—in Nin Hao’s beautiful and cozy dining room.

Camden Hauge, founder of , will be curating wine pairings, featuring bottles from her current portfolio. As the country’s first domestic importer of Chinese wine, she’s thrilled share stories of transformation across Chinese agriculture and the rise of a burgeoning wine scene.

Dinner Set [$40]
1 appetizer, 3 sharing courses
Wine Flight [$25]
3 glasses curated by China Wine Club

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