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When entrepreneur Henry Leui moved to Asiatown seven years ago, the neighborhood was very different than it is today, he recalls. “A lot of the buildings were boarded up, there were homeless people on the streets, and nobody came out on the weekends. Even I felt scared,” he says. Fast forward seven years and things have never looked better for this hopping ethnic enclave. “Now, lots of people come here to eat and shop, it’s much safer, and the buildings are restored.”

Including his own, which will soon be Asiatown’s newest restaurant.

This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2011.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.

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