How do New York’s three Chinatowns stack up?
Flushing is the biggest, and that’s where I go. The Manhattan Chinatown is very Cantonese and Fujianese; Flushing has a lot of Taiwanese food, northern and western Chinese; it reminds me more of China. As for Sunset Park, it’s really an extension of the Manhattan Chinatown. It’s the same population — buses and trains constantly go back and forth. If Sunset Park doesn’t really count, what are your favorite places to eat in the other two Chinatowns? I love the Flushing Mall food court. It’s amazing, all of these little booths with intense regional flavors: lots of cumin and coriander, Taiwanese egg pancakes, and so on. My family loves Mimi’s Shabu Shabu, which is actually a Chinese hot-pot restaurant where everyone gets their own pot. In Manhattan, I like the Moon House on Bayard Street for Shanghai food: little fried buns, cold sesame noodles, and fried fish with pine nuts. That’s really good. I also like Golden Unicorn and Jin Fong in Manhattan for dim sum. Grand Sichuan is the best ch
