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It's a gorgeous day out (high of 76 degrees!), so we're going to echo our earlier suggestion for an outside Saturday event. Head to Chinatown for the Taste of Chinatown, where you can try a number of different Asian foods for $1-2. According to a menu, the dishes include "Peking Duck, Shrimp Salad, Green Curry Chicken, Thai Spring Roll, Papaya Salad, Banana Sticky Rice, Thai Iced Tea, BBQ Pork/Duck/Ribs, Fried Squid, Grilled Beef Papaya Salad, Lobster Balls, Vegetarian BBQ "Roast Pork," Shark Fin Soup, Oyster Flavored Jerky, Vietnamese Sandwich, Mango Pudding."
The event is between noon and 6PM - here's a map (PDF) - there are tables on streets from Baxter to Bowery, between Canal and Chatham Square.
Photograph from last spring's Taste of Chinatown (when it was rainy) by Tien Mao
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This thing is going to be mobbed to all hell. I went last year and, in the pouring rain, people were still lined up at every stand. It was extremely difficult to move around.
I can't even imagine it with the weather being as nice as it is today. I would imagine a riot for the peking duck.
God im hungry.
mmmm... tasty!
Just got back with my booty.
2 banh mi sandwiches, one fried chicken leg, a container of razor clams, one viet satay beef something, one fried rice, and a noodle dish with veg, shrimp and fish.
Next time I'm including some viet spring rolls and maybe a curry dish.
Went earlier today. There was way too many people. The food was pretty typical but cheap. It's worth checking out once.
"I can't even imagine it with the weather being as nice as it is today."
It was worse. Wall to wall locals, out of towners and strollers looking for cheap food (and that was just on our way to Mott Street). Me and my friend grabbed some chicken wings & Pad thai and skeedadled to those empty public plazas around the government buildings and soaked in civic architecture. We had enough of a Taste of Chinatown for one afternoon, thank you very much.