Martin tours New York’s Chinatown with the help of his old friend Henry Chung, “The Mayor of Chinatown,” and learns about the history of chop suey from Professor Jack Tchen of New York University. Then he’s off to Ping’s Restaurant for a soup that does not need a pot. In-studio recipes include: country-style black bean spare ribs; eight treasures melon bowl soup and tricolor melon salad with coconut prawns.