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Chinatown
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Chinatown, Restaurants
More Dim Sum at Golden Unicorn – NYC
05.03.13 | Permalink | 3 Comments
With the warmer weather, sharing a table at Golden Unicorn is inevitable, but dim sum is always good regardless. Especially on the weekend when the roving carts have more to offer than har gow (shrimp dumplings) and cheung fun (steamed rice rolls). Here are a few highlights from dim sum a few weeks ago. MORE »
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Chinatown, Restaurants
Getting Lucky at Lucky Plaza – NYC
04.04.13 | Permalink | 2 Comments
It’s hard to recommend Lucky Plaza. It’s divey, but not as bad as some other places in Chinatown. It can be inconsistent, but so are many restaurants in Chinatown. It has to do with service. Yes, it’s a common problem in Chinatown, and Lucky Plaza is no exception. At Lucky Plaza, no one is downright rude, but there’s a certain indifference in the air. It’s like, ‘Why are you asking me a million times for something when I rather stand here looking off into space listlessly?’ MORE »
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Chinatown, Restaurants
Dining Recs at Yee Li – NYC
Similar to a lot of restaurants in Chinatown, not everything on the menu is good at Yee Li, but one thing the restaurant excels at is roast duck. MORE »
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Chinatown, Small Shops
Happy Star Makes Me Happy – NYC
12.30.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Rice rolls (cheung fun) are always good, but fresh rice rolls are another story. A wonderful delicious story. At Happy Star Bakery, formerly Sun Light Bakery, rice rolls (or rice noodles as they’re called there) are steamed fresh to order for $2.50 a serving or less. MORE »
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Bite vs. Bite, Chinatown, Restaurants
Fried Flounder in Chinatown – NYC
Everyone loves lobster in Chinatown, but I still haven’t found a great lobster spot. My recent favorite was the house special baked lobster with cheese at Danny Ng’s Place, which sounds weird, but was really tender with a thin, salty cheese crust. Unfortunately, that restaurant recently folded. According to Danny at Food in Mouth, it was due to asbestos (the secret menu featured cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis), but according to Bowery Boogie, a mixed-use building being built in its place may be the cause. In any case, while the perfect lobster in Chinatown is yet to be found, good fried flounder is easier to find. A few months ago, I had a flounder at Fuleen Seafood, and last month at Oriental Garden. Both were good, but one was much better. MORE »
