14 April 2010

iPad ad in chinatown

on Canal street

17 November 2009

you can always find deals in chinatown

an extra $3 to wash and blow-dry. and an extra $1 for… womanhair?

5 November 2009

cubicle housing in chinatown

Walking near Columbia, I once met an older Chinese man trying to talk to some black dude in Chinese, both clearly frustrated since the latter had no idea what he was saying. I was dragged into the conversation and though I could not help the man with his problem, I walked with him back to [...]

30 October 2009

“Congee” on Bowery

I was in chinatown when I suddenly remembered I’d been craving congee–and how convenient, there was a place across the street from where I was standing called: Congee (well, congee city in chinese: 粥城).

and though it didn’t look like the most elegant juk I’ve ever had, it tasted good! I had the fish and thousand-year-old [...]