Gothamist: Enter The Ice Cream Dragon

michelle

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:14:15 -0500

Egg Cake lady . hm i wonder if i ever went there. :O.

SD

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:12:19 -0500

I am sad to hear that the Egg Cake lady closed up shop. I wonder if she passed on her secret recipe to anyone b/c the imitators on Canal just don't compare.

RR

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:41:14 -0500

Actually, chinese people oughta know a lot about ice cream since they invented it. http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/ice_cream.htm Girl, you know it's true.

stfujessica

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 08:24:40 -0500

the egg cake lady is gone, shes closed up shop. but she has made my days at trans fantabulous, every A i got my mom bought me a celebratory egg cake bag :) awwsomee. chinatown ice cream factory has been there for as long as i can remember..now they have branched out to flushing - i think it should be called flushing ice cream factory. anyway, its still awesome for the asian flavors like lychee and red bean but for some real ice cream, i suggest il laboratoria del gelato on orchard.

Lady X

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:08:30 -0500

u suck

Benny Hinn

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:49:04 -0500

enter the ice cream dragon? WTF. Thanx Jen chung in doing your part helping to promote jingoistic asian stereotype puns. It's like when Mcdonalds was marketing for MULAN the disnewy movie and they had a special Sweet and sour sauce for the chicken mcnuggets and the marketing phrase was "It's CHINAMITE!" that's like saying kosher food is "JEWLICIOUS" or soul food "BLACKTACULAR". You should do copy for the NY post chung

rev pays

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:40:39 -0500

Chinatown ice cream factory, hipster? hardly. they've been around since the seventies. I love their lycee and almond cookie ice cream. the mango is good too.

Lady X

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:42:25 -0500

oooooops, sorry for the double post, and for spelling your name wrong wt.

Lady X

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:39:18 -0500

hi wy I think you might think I am another Lady X, I admit that I just started putting comments at Gothamist. Sorry if yr disapointed.

Lady X

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:38:37 -0500

hi wy I think you might think I am another Lady X, I admit that I just started putting comments at Gothamist. Sorry if yr disapointed.

wt

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:30:09 -0500

Tien. I believe the cake lady is still there. I saw the line once or twice but you have to get there early in the morning. You have to get there really early in the morning. And Lady X, I haven't seen you for a while. -- Wts

iamasian

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:06:22 -0500

You can't be serious!?!?! WTF do Chinese (for that matter all of Asian cuisine) know about ICE CREAM. It's ice cream NOT rice cream. Keep in mind I am asian but let's get real.... Stick to stir-fry and noodles for christs sake. And yes I've gone into that shi7hole...and it does freaking suck... Who are these people who think that stuff is good?!!?!? BTW...asians are generally lactose intolerant...that should tell you about what they know about ice cream.

Lady X

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:29:03 -0500

hee hee

fat stinking hog

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:38:43 -0500

C'mon nobody local eats chinatown ice cream factory. Everybody goes in there cause it looks cool but once they eat the stale ice cream they never go back. Not once. everybody I talk to says that ice cream tastes like doodoo. I mean Haagan daaz is right across. MMMMM. dulce de leche!

Lady X

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:02:08 -0500

I think you peopel who always sort of read Gothamist and complain that it advertixxxxes hipstery things could stand to read a blog not written by hipsters, if you know what I mean so you could maybe save your energy.

fat stinking ho

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:20:01 -0500

Who cares about Chinatown Ice Cream Factory? The Ice Cream is the worst in the world. the only reason people go there is cause it's so hipstery and looks like it's authentic. If it didn't have that cute endearing dragon they would go out of business in ten seconds. They make most of the money on tshirts anyway. I feel bad for people who romanticize CBGB and the ice cream factory from the tshirts and when they actually go there they get gypped. We needs us a Dairy Queen

tien

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:55:03 -0500

well, the listing for the hong kong egg cake company is still up on citysearch, but that doesn't really give me much hope. in fact, i don't really see the copycats around much either.

byto

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:42:55 -0500

when is cecilia tam (aka egg cake lady) there?!? i'll totally play hooky if it means i can have some egg cakes. my mom and i were regulars for well over a decade. once, i was there with a male friend, and mrs. tam said to me (completely out of the blue) "if you wait any longer to have babies, they're going to come out stupid". ah, i miss her.

fat stinking hog

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:22:40 -0500

Rice To riches? 7 bucks for 50 cent rice pudding? just cause you get some 2001 space oddysey futuristic spoon and bowl made out of plastic? I hope the owner burns in hell.

RR

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:22:34 -0500

Typical yayaya disregard for intellectual property rights...even for their own!

tien

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:07:50 -0500

yes, wt, i am talking about her. does she still do it? i know she only did it a few hours a day, but i still haven't seen her in a few years. not that i'm over there everyday.

wt

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:45:13 -0500

if you're talking about the lady down by mott street on that slanted road across the street from the catholic school. She scaled back her hours. she only brings in two gallons of mix every day. And closes up when she's done. Kind of neat she put her kids through college with those mini cakes.

Jen

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:40:59 -0500

Hey, I'm an ABC! People have called me a banana or Twinkie numerous times on this site!

Ghost Dude

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:34:14 -0500

Oh, the racial insensitivity going on today on Gothamist. Watch it with those gwei lo remarks, Chung!

Meghan

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:52:18 -0500

Roboppy has a good review and pics - http://www.roboppy.net/food/

adam

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:48:26 -0500

what about the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory in Queens? Anyone know?

tien

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:41:27 -0500

regarding those cakes, what happened to that cake lady on mosco. i doubt most people know what i'm talking about, but she was the best! i assume she passed away as she was pretty old.