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It’s at 100 Bowery, more on the fringes of Chinatown and not on one of the major tourist streets. Genuine Cantonese “hole-in-the-wall” kind of place. You will not find a single non-Chinese person in there at any given time (except the handful of friends I’ve turned onto it). Sweet hardworking staff, super affordable, probably in danger of going out of business like a lot of the other old school Cantonese places in Chinatown. If you go, order Mushroom E Fu Noodles (Yi Mien) and Snow Pea Shoots with garlic.
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HK Wonton Garden on Mulberry Street is a Brown family staple. I even feel a little conflicted telling you about it tbh. It is already too crowded sometimes. My parents would take us to Chinatown almost every Sunday of my youth to get “wonton and noodle soup” which for me was just “noodle soup” because I was a picky eater. The noodles are unbeatable, but I couldn’t go my whole life just ordering “noodle soup,” so when I was a teen my high school boyfriend (big shouts Chris) and I decided to broaden our horizons and take a chance on “Noodles Stewed with Young Curry Chicken,” (mostly because of it's funny borderline-unappetizing name) and I’ve never looked back. It's my favorite dish in NYC and what I order every time. And that's not changing anytime soon.
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The best meal in New York under ten dollars, or at any other price point, is the silken tofu topped with diced century egg at this hole-in-the-wall Chinese spot in Elmhurst, Queens. Get the “oil spill noodles” too.
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It replaces a kettle because you only have to fill it once and it keeps water at a set boiling temperature indefinitely. The fancier ones come with extra settings for the real tea nerds who are particular about their brewing temperatures.
Dec 11, 2023
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Knowing another language is awesome. It gives you a slice of omnipotence. Once you become fluent in a language, there’s no translation time in your mind- you don’t have to hear the word and go “oh this means this”. The word just is- you hear it and it instantly registers. It’s kind of like being able to be in two places at once in your head.
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