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Top 10 Chinatown Food Shops

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1. Street Markets

Canal Street and Hester Street are among the many blocks crowded with outdoor stands selling exotic Chinese vegetables, fruits, and dried foods.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Dynasty Supermarket

This calm, modern market is in marked contrast to the raucous street scene, a place for comfortable browsing where all the strange vegetables you’ve seen elsewhere are neatly labeled.
8. Kam Kuo Food Corp.

Another wide selection of foods and an upstairs laden with woks, kitchen tools, steamers, teapots, and other utensils.
9. 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.
10. 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.