MARILYN LOUIES NEWSSTAND

 

Marilyn Louie's newsstand at Pell and Bowery is in jeopardy of being shut down by the City's Dept. of Consumer Affairs

 

After 35 years - they have determined that her stand is 3" into the sidewalk space !  According to professional survey Louie says its 1.5" - please sign her petition to save her stand and her business , at her news stand now.

DAK CHEONG

I read this headline off of my fellow blogger the Angry Asian Man "oops. turns out it was just duck meat, not dog meat. In short, our Chinatown's East Broadway Dak Cheong Meat Market was falsely accused of selling dog meat by Minnesota journalists. Minnesota's WCCO is an affiliate station of CBS.

So WCCO sent a hidden camera to the Dak Cheong Meat Market, inquiring if the address housed a pet store. When the undercover crew was unable to find any evidence of a pet operation there, Schugel decided to call up the meat market and ask them pointblank if they sold dog meat. And this is where things got interesting.

Schugel asked someone at Dak Cheong if the store sold dog and the person on the other end of the phone matter-of-factly answered "Yeah, we sell dog."

"Dogs for people to eat?" Schugel asked.

"Um, yeah. We sell many kinds of meat."

Schugel asked the person to clarify his answer: "He told us that he does not sell dogs for pets," Schugel told viewers in his "I-Team" report on Monday, "he only sells them for food."

SOOOO turns out the journalist heard wrong; possibly because he wanted to believe this so he could have a story.  The man actually said DUCK MEAT instead of DOG MEAT.

This post from the Angry Asian Man has made me an Angry Asian Girl.  Don't these people do fact checks? WTF! I am 3rd generation Chinatown NYer and I have never heard of any of our markets selling dog meat.  I also do not know anyone who eats dog meat.

NYC, and Chinatown particularly has been affected by a rough economy.  Hardworking businesses don't need this negative publicity.

Tomorrow, I will go to Dak Cheong to buy some DUCK MEAT, or possibly CHICKEN!!

HSIN WONG CLOSES

Hsin Wong has been one of my favorites restaurants for many years...

It is sad to see neighbors closing.  Though their restaurant group also owns the restaurant down the block, Bayard Street just isn't the same.
Rising costs in rents, supplies make it hard for businesses to survive in a tough economy.

W World Tour and Travel

Many of us have been in dire need of a vacation. The bad economy has turned most of our vacations into stay-cations.
In Chinatown, there are lots of affordable and inexpensive packages available.
Some popular pacakges include:
1 Day Herskey Chocolate World, Anituqe Auto Museum, and Chritmas Village. $40 adult, $35 Child
W WORLD TOUR & TRAVEL
48 BOWERY 2F
NEW YORK, NY 10013

Wonton Noodle Soup

My favorite restaurant in Chinatown is Hsin Wong. I must've written that a million times in my blog. Love it! It's cheap and convenient.


It's also comfortable eating solo here. Lots of people do. I eat most of my meals alone because my work hours are odd. There's always a small table waiting for me.

They have lots of good comfort food for days at work that were a lil more rough than you would've liked.

Rachael Ray is my homegirl and says Pasta is comfort food. I'm Chinese so I believe in mein and hoi fun.

In this picture: Wonton Hau Fun (Wonton with wide noodles) I usually add a lot of cha siu (roast pork.)

FYI all the waiters there know I can pack taht food down!

HSIN WONG RESTAURANT
72 Bayard Street
New York, NY 10013