uncompromising Vietnamese cooking that changes with the season
Must-try: Bun dau with pork four ways, Hot pot of fatty catfish, Seasonal menu
📍 70 Forsyth St, New York, NY 10002
Fuzhounese dumplings and peanut butter noodles on Grand Street for a few dollars — one of the best cheap meals in New York
Must-try: Pork and chive dumplings, Peanut butter noodles, Fish ball soup
📍 295 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
a dim sum room folding xiao long bao in full view through the kitchen window
Must-try: Handmade xiao long bao, Shrimp and crab roe dumplings, Mapo tofu
📍 109 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013
Fermented, funky Vietnamese cooking on Forsyth Street — the flavors most American Vietnamese restaurants sand down
Must-try: Bún đậu mắm tôm, Grilled pork, Fermented shrimp paste dishes
📍 70 Forsyth St, New York, NY 10002
A modern Vietnamese room on Forsyth doing coffee, cocktails, and cooking with equal seriousness
Must-try: Vietnamese coffee, Bánh mì, Clay pot fish
📍 72 Forsyth St, New York, NY 10002
a reddish-orange glow just under the Manhattan Bridge
Must-try: Orange wine, Olives, Snacks
📍 105 Canal St, New York, NY 10002
The basement Cantonese institution on Mott Street — open since 1938 and still the last stop of a long night
Must-try: Roast pork lo mein, Wonton noodle soup, Beef chow fun
📍 17 Mott St, New York, NY 10013
Bowery Cantonese that runs deep into the night — salt-baked seafood, roast meats in the window, cash only
Must-try: Salt-baked soft shell crab, Roast baby pig, Flowering chive with roast duck
📍 28 Bowery, New York, NY 10013
Open on Doyers Street since 1920 — Chinatown's oldest restaurant, and the shrimp dumplings to prove the point
Must-try: Original egg roll, Har gow (shrimp dumplings), Rice roll with beef
📍 13 Doyers St, New York, NY 10013