Northeast China ยท Midtown NYC

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Three Kingdoms Xita BBQ

An edited ritual of fire, smoke & sauce

Open Daily ยท 11:30 โ€” 23:30 813 8th Avenue, NYC 212.470.9188
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Meat is the vessel. Fire is the ritual.
But the soul of ไธ‰ๅ›ฝ่ฅฟๅก” lives in the seasoning โ€” a flavor system translating the unfiltered taste memory of Northeast China into the language of an urban table.

The Signature Sauce

The Sauce,
by design.

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This is not a generic dipping sauce. It is a flavor system, formulated to translate the spirit of Northeast China's bold, unfiltered taste memory into an elevated urban barbecue format.

We blend pear for natural sweetness and enzymatic balance, onion and garlic for savory depth, and a precise ratio of fermented sauce, traditional maltose, and proprietary spices to layer in complexity.

We don't boil. We don't reduce. We mix with precision โ€” fruit acids tenderize, maltose adds gloss and mouthfeel, fermented elements introduce savory depth, the spice blend creates a structured finish.

Sweetness
Pear & maltose
Depth
Onion, garlic, fermented base
Texture
Mixed, never reduced
Function
Third layer after rub & flame

Three pillars,
one fire.

The Xita method is built on a structured layering of flavor โ€” a rub of dry spice, an open flame, and a final pass of the house sauce. Each element is necessary. None is decorative.

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Spice

The dry rub. A structured blend layered onto the cut before it ever meets heat โ€” building the first crust, the first impression, the first signature.

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Fire

Open flame, charcoal-driven. We grill in the Xita method โ€” direct, deliberate, unhurried โ€” coaxing smoke and char without erasing the integrity of the meat itself.

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Sauce

The third pass. The house's proprietary sauce arrives last โ€” refreshing yet rich, designed to integrate with rub and flame rather than dominate them.

Find the fire.

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Address
813 8th AvenueW. 49th Street ยท New York, NY 10019
Hours
Open Daily11:30 AM โ€” 11:30 PM