chinatown Archive
11 Apr 2013
May Wah Vegetarian Market: A Taiwanese Family Business
Lily Ng, the manager of May Wah Vegetarian Market (and daughter of its owners), is not a vegetarian. Or, as she put it, “not yet.” May Wah was created by Lily’s mother, who came to New York from Taiwan. Raised as a Taoist vegetarian, Lily’s mom was disappointed with the options for vegetarians in New
28 Jan 2013
Cheeky Sandwiches
On a quiet street in the sort of empty area in Chinatown sits a tiny restaurant, Cheeky Sandwiches. Definitely one of those places you’ll miss if you blink. The space is small and the door to get in is smaller but the owner is all heart. He’s super friendly and makes one of the best
14 Jan 2013
Shu Jiao Fu Zhou Cuisine
At the moment I have 83 places saved on my To Eat list. Everyone has one. The problem for me though is that a good half of those places are way out of my budget so therefore I will probably never gonna go. But a good handful, I’m sure I will..someday. Like just few days
20 Sep 2012
Vegetarian At Tasty Hand Pulled Noodles
After attending the Dirt Candy book release party our friend Melissa joined us for dinner at Tasty Hand Pulled Noodles in Chinatown. (As I mentioned, we didn’t get much to eat at the party.) On the way over we kept going back and forth between going there or to Great New York Noodletown, and by
01 Jun 2011
Noodle Village
There has been much chatter over the internet about finding the best wontons in the city. This is how I found about Noodle Village in Chinatown. I sat down and ordered the wonton and fishball with lai fun. Next to wide/flat noodles, lai fun is my next favorite. It is more smooth and silky than
23 May 2011
Skyway Malaysian
Ever since I moved to NYC, I have been searching for some good hainan chicken rice. It’s a very simple dish to make but somehow I rather go to a restaurant for it. My search so far hasn’t yield any good results. All of the hainan chicken rice I have tried in Chinatown, portion wise,
20 May 2011
I Found Rice Roll Paradise At Sunkist Bakery
What do you think that metal box on the left side is? I love rice rolls aka cheung fun. It’s a must get for me everytime I go to dim sum and you’re not dim summing correctly if you don’t get any rice rolls. I have looked up recipes to see how it’s made and