Super Cheap, Super Tasty Chinatown Food Walk

Posted on May 4, 2008 in Food and Drink by admin

Chinese Lunar New Year coming up this Sunday. Year of the pig, or “DingHai.” Chinatown is not how it was. In the old, pre-Giuliani days — we’re talking 1988 — we stupidly wandered down Mott Street during the absolute climax of the celebration (the climax, in contrast to our one-second toaster pops, lasted a mind-blowing 48 hours), bottle rockets, cherry bombs, M-80s missing our eyes by nano-meters–total lawlessness. More perilous than the old July 4ths (again, pre-Giuliani). These days, we’re lucky to catch a dragon dance team from the local senior citizens center. Still, Chinatown food is better — and cheaper — than ever. We took the following walk, never spending more than a buck on any item. Bring a friend and gorge.

Chinatown super cheap, super tasty walk: (map of the food-walk area).

1. start at Mulberry Street pedestrian mall @ Broome Street
2. Jazz Wok, 176 Mott: Hong Kong style
3. Viet-Nam Banh Mi: 369 Broome, Vietnamese sandwiches
4. Nyonya, 194 Grand: Chinese-influenced Malaysian
5. Sun Dou, 214 Grand: dumplings, red-bean pancakes
6. Malaysian beef jerky, 95 Elizabeth
7. Food court/market, 79 Elizabeth: peanut soup
8. Tu Quynh, 230 Grand: Vietnamese snacks
9. Grand Street fish markets, Bowery/Christie
10. Dumpling house, 118 Eldridge: sesame beef pancake
11. Congee Village, 100 Allen: Cantonese porridge and more
12. Super Taste, 26 Eldridge: hand-pulled noodles
13. Skyway, 11 Allen: Malaysian
14. Taipei Noodle House, 7 Allen: Taiwanese dumplings
15. Sunkiss Market, 160 East Broadway: mustard-green sandwich
16. Fuzhon Good Taste Grocery, 75 East Broadway
17. New York Supermarket, 75 East Broadway
18. Yi Mei, 51 Division: four items plus rice and soup, $3!!!
19. Sanur, 18 Doyers: Malaysian snacks
20. Doyers Vietnamese Restaurant, 11 Doyers
21. Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, 65 Bayard
22 Yeah Shanghai Deluxe, 65 Bayard
23. Bangkok Center Grocery, 104 Mosco

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Tags: Cantonese, cheap, Chinatown, dumpling, food walk, Giuliani, lunar new year, Mott Street, Vietnamese

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