{"id":2670,"date":"2009-07-19T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T13:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2009-07-19T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2009-07-19T13:53:13","slug":"cheap-chinatown-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/19\/cheap-chinatown-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap Chinatown Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a list of places in Chinatown<\/a> that I go to for cheap food. It is largely based on the tour I sometimes give (most recently to student at the French Culinary Institute, which is funny enough, located just like two blocks north). I am working on a Google map.<\/p>\n

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory<\/strong>
\nA family-run 30-year-old Chinatown institution sells offbeat flavors like lychee, almond cookie, and ginger at $3.75 for one generous scoop. 65 Bayard St between Elizabeth and Mott Sts (212-608-4170)<\/em><\/p>\n

East Corner Wonton<\/strong>
\nShow up for a breakfast (8am\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1pm) of thick congee ($2\u00e2\u20ac\u201c$4.25) and delicate rice cr\u00c3\u00aapes ($1.75\u00e2\u20ac\u201c$2.25). Later on, try entr\u00c3\u00a9es\u00e2\u20ac\u201dlike curry beef stew or roasted pork and scrambled eggs\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat range from $4 to $5.50. 70 East Broadway between Market and Catherine Sts (212-343-9896)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lunch Box Buffet<\/strong>
\nAt this Chinese-style buffet featuring vegetables, tofu and fried whole fish, a heaping five dishes\u00e2\u20ac\u201dor four with rice\u00e2\u20ac\u201dgo for $4.25. The healthy options include seaweed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153twists\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and cold cucumber salad. 243 Grand St between Chrystie St and Bowery (646-541-0205)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mei Li Wah Bakery<\/strong>
\nThis recently renovated old classic continues to offer some of the freshest roasted-pork buns in the city, each under $1. 64 Bayard St between Elizabeth and Mott Sts (212-966-7866)<\/em><\/p>\n

Prosperity Dumpling<\/strong>
\nHandmade dumplings, boiled or steamed, are five for a dollar. Other bargains include filling noodle dishes, which start as low as $1.75 for the cold sesame variety, and thinly sliced beef stuffed in a giant pancake with sweet pickled vegetables for $1.50. 46 Eldridge St between Hester and Canal (212-343-0683)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sau Voi Corp<\/strong>
\nBanh mi<\/em> sandwich shops are everywhere, but there is something still authentically hole-in-the wall about paying $4 at a CD shop counter for a spicy BBQ chicken or BBQ pork sub stuffed with pickled radishes and carrots. 101 Lafayette St at Walker St (212-226-8184)<\/em><\/p>\n

Shanghai Kitchen<\/strong>
\nEat in at this cash-only Shanghai-style restaurant and get eight juicy fried pork buns for $3.25. Also recommended: beef-topped cold, thin, flat noodles for $4.95. 7 Bayard St between Elizabeth and Mott Sts (212-513-1788)<\/em><\/p>\n

Steamed Food Cart<\/strong>
\nDon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let the lack of English on the menu prevent you from trying rice cr\u00c3\u00aapes covered with fish balls, tripe or small pork ribs at $2.50 for a medium and $5 for a (very) large. Northeast corner of Grand St and Bowery<\/em><\/p>\n

Super Taste Restaurant<\/a><\/strong>
\nWatch the cook hand pull your Lanzhou-style la mian<\/em>, the Chinese relative of the famed Japanese ramen, which is served in soup with a choice of toppings that vary from beef tendon to eel ($4.50\u00e2\u20ac\u201c$6.50 for a bowl). 26 Eldridge St between Canal and Division Sts (212-625-1198)<\/em><\/p>\n

Xinjiang-style BBQ skewers<\/a><\/strong>
\nInspired by the kebab-heavy Uyghur Muslim cuisine in Western China, this cart sells slender lamb, chicken, seafood, veggie and tofu skewers for $1 apiece. Lamb, sprinkled with cumin and coriander, is our favorite. At Forsyth and Division Sts, under the Manhattan Bridge<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a list of places in Chinatown that I go to for cheap food. It is largely based on the tour I sometimes give (most recently to student at the French Culinary Institute, which is funny enough, located just like two blocks north). I am working on a Google map. Chinatown Ice Cream Factory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[134],"class_list":["post-2670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-food","tag-chinatown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pydS-H4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2671,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions\/2671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}