Chatham Square Restaurant – Chinese (Dim Sum), Chinatown

Chatham Square Restaurant 6 Chatham Sq (212) 587-8800 Pricing:Cheap Venue: Sit Down Cuisine: Chinese, Dim Sum Favorite Dish(es): Steamed shrimp rolls, Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, BBQ Pork Buns Lately we’ve been on a dim sum streak. It’s the ultimate recession meal plan.  As mentioned in our previous dim sum posts, we’re usually too lazy (and hungry) [...]

Jing Fong Dim Sum Restaurant

Jing Fong Dim Sum Restaurant 5 E Broadway, between Catherine St and Chatham Sq (212) 732-0797 Pricing: Cheap Venue: Sit Down Cuisine: Chinese, Dim Sum Favorite Dish(es): Steamed Rice Rolls w/ Shrimp $4.95, Steamed Chive & Shrimp Dumplings $4.95, Turnip Cakes $4.95 Jing Fong is a huge restaurant with a flagship restaurant in China, with [...]

Viet-Nam Banh Mi So – Vietnamese (Sandwich Shop), Little Italy (Chinatown)

Viet-Nam Banh Mi So 369 Broome Street (between Elizabeth St & Mott St) (212) 219-8341 Located on the fringes of Chinatown on the Little Italy side, this is a tiny deli specializing in Banh Mi, an extraordinary Vietnamese sandwich quickly rising in popularity across the city, with good reason. It takes classic elements of Vietnamese [...]

Dim Sum Go Go – Chinese (Dim Sum), Chinatown

Dim Sum Go Go 5 E Broadway, between Catherine St and Chatham Sq (212) 732-0797 Pricing: Not Cheap Venue: Sit Down Cuisine: Chinese, Dim Sum Favorite Dish(es): Steamed Rice Rolls w/ Shrimp $4.95, Steamed Chive & Shrimp Dumplings $4.95, Turnip Cakes $4.95 No, this isn’t a place for takeout dim sum, which would probably be [...]

Shanghai Gourmet – Chinese, Chinatown

100 Mott Street, between Canal and Hester Sts (212) 966-3988‎ Pricing: Cheap Venue: Sit Down Cuisine: Chinese Favorite Dish(es): Crab and Pork Soup Dumplings ($8.95), Spicy Beef Stew Noodle Soup ($8.95) This is a pretty cheap and clean place on the Soho side of Canal that has pretty much everything Chinatown has to offer, from [...]

Vanessa’s Dumplings – Chinese, Lower East Side

118 Eldridge St, between Broome and Grand Sts (212) 625-8008 Pricing: Cheap Venue: Sit Down or Take Out Cuisine: Chinese Favorite Dish(es): Sesame pancake sandwich w/ Roast Pork ($2.99), Chives and Pork Dumplings Boiled (8 pcs $3.49) It’s one huge room- packed w/ people standing in a semi-line waiting to order. Others crowded around the cooking [...]

Congee Village – Chinese, Lower East Side

100 Allen St, at Delancey St (212) 941-1818 Pricing: Cheap Venue: Sit Down Cuisine: Chinese Favorite Dish(es): Chicken with Black Mushroom Congee (#411 on menu, $3.50), Shanghai Small Juicy Buns (#502, $3.50) This famous spot is a main stable of Chinatown, although it’s a bit far from Canal Street, located by the entrance to the [...]

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory – Dessert, Chinatown

65 Bayard St, between Elizabeth and Mott Sts (212) 608-4170 Pricing: Cheap Venue: Take Out Cuisine: Dessert, Ice Cream Favorite Dish(es): Taro; Red Bean; Lychee; Black Sesame Tired of the same old cookies ‘n cream and mint chocolate flavors? Try something new at this tiny ice cream shop hidden in the depths of Chinatown. Their [...]

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