[Wilfrid1]

A bit of a messy one this: east side of Broadway is the western boundary. Top boundary is Canal Street heading east, and then make a right into Pike Street down to the river.The bottom boundary is roughly where Brooklyn Bridge crashes to earth, and the turn around the top of City Hall Park until you hit Broadway again. Trust me, it fits into the jigsaw.

Ugly, but I don't think there's going to be much right on the boundary.

Well, Winnie's is the best bar in Chinatown, if you beware the post-9pm college karaoke crowd.

[SethG]

I'm pretty sure you meant to say that Broadway is the Western boundary.

Edited to add a substantive entry:

Best ginger cider: this little grocery on Pell Street a few storefronts west of Joe's Shanghai that also sells a variety of meats with rice wrapped in banana leaves. The ginger cider has a nice pungent ginger bite. It's great for colds.

[Steven Dilley]

Best roast pork - Big Wong

Best roast duck - Big Wong

Best scallion pancakes - New Green Bo

[StephanieL]

Best ice cream: Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

[fantasty]

Steven Dilley, on Mar 15 2005, 01:19 PM, said:

Best roast pork - Big Wong

Agreed.

Yeah Shanghai makes a delicious cold dish of diced bean curd skin with steamed, diced "leafy green vegetable" (don't know which one, pretty sure it isn't spinach), tossed with sesame oil and perhaps something else. It's simple and addictive. On the menu it is listed as "Aster Indicus", which confuses the waiters who refer to it as "ma lan toe".

[yvonne johnson]

I have a soft spot for Dim Sum GoGO. Not everything is good, but some of their salads of all things and their garlic smothered chicken are very good. I like the look of the place too--modern with a sci-fi looking fish tank, if I recall correctly. I don't usually like the look of tanks especially when they look cloudy (yech), but this one is Carribbean blue-green....I think.

[Steven Dilley]

yvonne johnson, on Mar 15 2005, 02:11 PM, said:

I have a soft spot for Dim Sum GoGO. Not everything is good, but some of their salads of all things and their garlic smothered chicken are very good. I like the look of the place too--modern with a sci-fi looking fish tank, if I recall correctly. I don't usually like the look of tanks especially when they look cloudy (yech), but this one is Carribbean blue-green....I think.

Their beef with preserved ginger is a good dish.

[Wilfrid1]

[Thanks Seth, I amended the geography}

They should also get a mention for their pork "burgers".

My disgrace is my inability to remember names of places I like. What's the big place on the east side of Elizabeth which does good seafood: hairy crabs, giant oysters and similar? Orient Garden or something?

I would also note the $3 roast duck sandwiches available from official and unofficial vendors under the Manhattan Bridge.

Bayard Meat Market for various fowl (partridge, black silky chickens, quail), a full range of cooked and raw offal (including pig anus - or "bung"), Chinese sausages and wind-dried meats, plus general butchery and prepared dishes to take away.

Best duck blood dishes: The Malaysia Restaurant.

Best kung bao frog: well, I can't remember the name again - I need to do some legwork.

[yvonne johnson]

Of course, DSGG's burgers. How could I forget? (Er, going to Temple for several martini's beforehand, no doubt.)

[Ampelman]

Best duck noodle soup: New Chao Chow (ask them to throw in some wontons, too). Their other soups are delicious as well -- terrific broth. (111 Mott b/w Canal & Hester)

(Often) best cheapo pork dumplings (5/$1): Fried Dumpling. Qualified b/c sometimes they're much better than other times. (106 Mosco)

Best honeydew smoothies: Kong Wah Cake Company aka KW Cafe (242 Canal, by 6 train entrance)

Best bakery: Fay Da (83 Mott b/w Canal & Bayard)

[Miguel Gierbolini]

Steven Dilley, on Mar 15 2005, 01:19 PM, said:

Best scallion pancakes - New Green Bo

These are really good indeed and only $1.50.

[S.C.S.]

Best soup dumplings? I've only had them at New Green Bo. Of course, they could exist outside of Chinatown.

[omnivorette]

Best soup dumplings I've ever had...China 46 in NJ.

[Rose]

yvonne johnson, on Mar 15 2005, 02:29 PM, said:

going to Temple

You go to Temple? Orthodox, Conservative or Reform?

[Wilfrid1]

Anyone want to add to this thread? I am starting to go through the Best Mouthfuls threads, and this one's a bit thin.