Yunnan Kitchen's Moon Festival; Dispatches from MAD 4

LOWER EAST SIDE — Yunnan Kitchen will celebrate the mid-Autumn moon festival on September 9 with a six course special menu. The $65 dinner includes tea smoked duck, stir fried autumn greens, and moon cake. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 212-253-2527 or by emailing events@yunnankitchen.com. [EaterWire]

HELLS KITCHEN — Ivan Ramen's Slurp Shop at Gotham West Market is now serving sake and beer to go along with those noodles. [Twitter]

DESSERTWIRE — Murray's Cheese will start carrying pints of Ample Hills ice cream tomorrow at Grand Central and in the West Village. Flavors including the exclusive malted monger, which is a mix of vanilla malted ice cream and Murray's munchies snack mix. Pints are $9.99. The Village shop will also start carrying donuts from Fany Gerson's Dough. [EaterWire]

MAD 4 — The fourth annual MAD Symposium is in full gear in Copenhagen. Eater National has a rundown of the first day, which included a soba noodle making demonstration, a discussion of "armpit" cheese, and a lecture by the doyenne of Indian cookbooks Madhur Jaffrey. Check out the full lineup. [~EN~]
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