Dragonland Bakery (Minced Pork Bun & Juice Boxes)

I don’t really go to Chinese bakeries for the food more often I go for the juice boxes that contain a host of exotic beverages. You can guava juice, sugarcane juice and even a virgin pina colada like drink in these little boxes. I think they each cost about 75 cents at most.  The minced [...]

Huan Ji Cart (Rice Noodles With Fish Balls)

I must have walked by this cart on Grand Street at least fifty times before I decided to see what all of the fuss was about. People (almost all Asian) would  be lined up ten deep to order what looked like rice noodles cut with scissors, squirted with a bunch of sauces and put into [...]

Mei Li Wah (Steamed Pork Bun, Roast Pork Bun And Steamed Shrimp Dumplings)

There’s a reason that Chinese bakery Mei Li Wah has survived for so long when a tons of similar spaces in Chinatown have gone out of business and then gone out of business again.  It happens to have one of the best meal deals in the city, perhaps right on par with Gray’s Papaya. The baked roast pork [...]

The Real Story Behind General Tso’s Chicken

http://www.salon.com/food/francis_lam/2010/01/05/history_of_general_tsos_chicken/index.html?source=newsletter

Kar Won (Chicken With Garlic Sauce, Dan Dan Noodle Soup, Curry Chicken With Potato)

It is all too easy to mistake Kar Won in midtown Manhattan for one of those generic Chinese American restaurants with the illuminated pictures on the wall and French fries on the menu but that would be a big mistake. While Kar Won does offer General Tso’s chicken, Buffalo chicken wings, wonton soup and egg [...]

Vanessa’s Dumplings (Sesame Pancake Pork Sandwich And Pork/Chive Dumplings)

Vanessa’s Dumplings on East 14th street is a great place to fill up if you’re a little low on funds. I’m not sure if they’re owned by the same folks who own Vanessa’s Dumplings on the Lower East Side but the food is pretty close in quality. Five dumplings (fried chive and pork are pictured [...]

Rickshaw Dumpling Bar (Hudson Valley Peking Duck Dumplings With Orange, Scallion And Cucumber Salad And Watermelonade)

So I’ll keep it really real. There are a ton of better dumpling spots in Chinatown that make better dumplings than Rickshaw for a lot less money (stay tuned for visits to those places) but that doesn’t change the fact the Dumpling Bar makes pretty amazing dumplings, in a dumpling deprived area for a more [...]

Manto (Combo Box With Fresh Watermelon Juice)

If you had visited Province in Chinatown before it closed then you would be very familiar with mantaos. If not, I will do my best to explain them. Mantaos are pretty much Chinese sandwiches and after watching Vietnamese, Cambodian, Mexican and even Thai sandwiches stake their claim in Manhattan hipsterville why should we be surprised [...]

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