Category: Chinatown
Reviews of Chinatown Restaurants
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10 Pell Street between Bowery and Doyers 212/233.3888 $30 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ My craving for spicy Sichuan food still hasn’t abated. In less than a week, I’ve traveled to Flushing, Queens for Spicy & Tasty and met another friend in midtown to eat at Szechuan Gourmet. It’s so hot in…
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11 Division Street between Catherine and Market 212/941.6888‎ $35 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ We were in Chinatown, in our usual nursing home mood, craving soup and vegetables when I upped the ante: Should we try something new? I don’t know, man. As far as I’m concerned, everything past Bowery is cat…
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136 Division Street between Ludlow and Orchard 212/941.5060 $50 each for five, with two bottles of wine, with tip ♥ I used to know someone who lived on Madison Street in the deep recesses of Chinatown five years ago, but I haven’t been back in the area since then. Before that, Good World on Orchard…
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A Vietnamese sandwich, or bánh mì, has minced pork, potted meat, salami, carrots, cucumbers and cilantro. They are served in a slightly toasted French baguette with a special sauce that brings all the fillings together. Skip on the mayonnaise and order an iced Vietnamese coffee while you wait. There are also the neo-bánh mìs like…
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46-48 in the Chinatown Arcade between Canal and Bayard 212/964.0284 about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Don’t let the hard-to-pronounce items on the menu stop you from ordering food from New Malaysia. For my first visit, I ordered the more traditional nasi lemak and the roti canai just to be on…
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86 Mulberry Street between Canal and Bayard 212/577.8887 $18 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Anthony Bourdain once said that most people know that Vietnamese food is good but they just don’t have a clue how good. In New York City, it’s hard to find a really good Vietnamese place. I used…
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171 Grand Street on Baxter 212/343.0090 about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Perhaps the only Korean restaurant near Chinatown, Li Hua attracts a lunch crowd willing to pay $9 for a lunch box of bulgogi, fried zucchini, salad and rice. For us coming from an office in SoHo, $9 isn’t bad;…
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5 Mott Street at Worth, New York City 212/566-8388 about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ I never thought I’d say this but I love vegetarian food! That is, if it’s from Buddha Bodai. They specialize in both kosher and Buddhist vegetarian meals, so during a busy day, the restaurant is abuzz.…
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20 Elizabeth Street between Canal and Bayard 212/964.5256 about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ You can’t miss Jing Fong with its shopping mall-style escalators. Sunday is the best day to go for dim sum to experience just one Chinese tradition in the middle of Elizabeth Street. There’s a lady at the…
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113 Mott Street on Hester 212/966.6613 about $60 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Updated, 2006: Joe’s Ginger has move to 25 Pell Street off Mott, 212/285.0333 There is now an alternative to Joe’s Shanghai. I come to Joe’s Ginger now to avoid the long wait for a table at Joe’s…
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28 1/2 Bowery corner of Bayard 212/349.0923 about $10 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Noodletown is not only a restaurant, it’s an institution. When Chinatown becomes a ghost town, Noodletown, or Great N.Y. Noodletown, as their sign suggests, is still open and stays open until four in the morning. Asian kids who come from…
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28 Mott Street south of Pell 212/227.1810 about $80 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ Peking Duck House is unlike any other restaurant in Chinatown because they actually put extra effort in their interior design. It attracts diners who are still skeptical of the hole-in-the-walls in the neighborhood. You will be served on…