Travel Reference
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Street market
Center
Ten Ren Tea & Ginseng Company
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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Chinatown Food Shops
Street Markets
Canal Street and Hester
Street are among the many blocks
crowded with outdoor stands
selling exotic Chinese vegetables,
fruits, and dried foods.
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Chinatown,
including Canal & Hester sts
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Kam Man Food Products
One of the largest food
emporiums in Chinatown stocks
tonics, teas, jellies, ginseng,
vegetables of every shape, and
row upon row of sauces.
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200
Canal Street
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Egg Cake Lady
Constant lines attest to the
talents of Cecilia Tam, who sells
the neighborhood's best custard
cakes at a little red street stand.
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Mott Street at Mosco St
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Dynasty Supermarket
This calm, modern market is
in marked contrast to the raucous
street scene, a place for comfort-
able browsing where all the
strange vegetables you've seen
elsewhere are neatly labeled.
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68
Elizabeth Street
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Kamwo Herb and Tea
One of the better-known
shops offering Chinese herbs said
to cure anything from arthritis to
impotence. Ginseng is available in
teas or supplement form.
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209-11
Grand Street
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Kam Kuo Food Corp.
Another wide selection of
foods and an upstairs laden with
woks, kitchen tools, steamers,
teapots, and other utensils.
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7
Mott Street
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Fay Da Bakery
Sample a delicious soft bun
filled with roasted pork or beef
for less than $1, then try almond
cookies, red bean cakes, custard
tarts, or cream buns for dessert.
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83 Mott Street at Canal St
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May May Gourmet
Chinese Bakery
On one of the streets of old
Chinatown is this cheerful,
modern shop best known for dim
sum, to be enjoyed on the spot or
to go.
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35 Pell Street
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Ten Ren Tea
& Ginseng
Company
An array of golden
canisters holds many
varieties of Chinese
teas; knowledgeable
clerks will explain the
properties of each and
how to brew them
properly.
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75 Mott Street
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Chinatown Ice
Cream Factory
Ginger, lychee,
pumpkin, mango, and
red bean are among the
flavors that can be
sampled at this popular
dessert stop, a favorite
with young visitors.
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65 Bayard Street at
Mott St
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Spring St
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Bowery
Delancey St
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Grand St
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Canal St
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