or DUMPLINGS.

Okay, here's a question for you NYC folks. Years ago I went to this amazing veggie-only place in Chinatown. I'm trying to figure out what it was called, I'm thinking vegetarian paradise???

I think I saw that place today as well. Everything was around $5-6? On Lafayette maybe?

i believe there's a Vegetarian Paradise on Mott near Pell street.

CHINATOWN
DUMPLINGS : catherine btwn henry and madison street
VP3 : mott and pell
PHO BANG : mott, just north of grand street
CONGEE VILLAGE : allen, just south of delancey
VIETNAMESE SANDWICHES : kenmare, just west of mott.

ELSWEHERE
VP2 : west 4th, just east of 6th ave (near my apt)
RED BAMBOO : two doors to the left of VP2.
BEARD PAPA : broadway and 8th street/astor place
VIETNAMESE SANDWICHES : 2nd and ave a. haven't tried it yet tho...

*i'll prolly be adding more stuff here as i think of it.. don't mess with the resident nyc *****y chick.

If it's on Mott St. across from what used to be Hong Fat's ( that place kicked ass) it's called House of Vegetarian. God I miss NYC!

I think that may be Vegetarian Paradise III


also go check out "Dumpling Man" on St. Marks

How's about Bahn Mi? That spot under the manhattan bridge rocks!

Or Congee? Congee village on Allen st. is pretty cheap and good...

Yum!

I'm so there!

Thanks so much for all your help!

I just have to book a night at the Hotel Chelsea and my vay-kay will be set. Hopefully I can get room 100....Sid + Nancy's room....

if we're only talking dumplings, mandoo bar is pretty awesome too. they've got one shop on 32nd st (korea town) and another on university. i want to try rickshaw as well, which just opened on 23rd st.

and there are also numerous '6 dumplings for $2' tiny shops in chinatown as well, which just rock.

yes, how could i forget? congee village is my all-time favorite restaurant in all of new york : cheap food, cheap drinks, open late, and MY LORD the decor. i remember when it first opened, my dad dragged the whole family there and i thought he was nuts. last year for my bday i rented out a small karaoke room for me and 10 friends... we pigged out, got wasted and sang songs at the top of our lungs for 4 hours and they didn't once bother us. oh man.

there's this one place like that right next to the comic book shop and it has grrrreat porkbuns for really cheap too! damn this food talk's makin me hungry

there are many breakfast bakeries, but my family's favorite is MANNA bakery (look for purple & yellow awnings) scattered around at several locations in *****town. no bun should cost more than 60¢, sandwiches are $1. not as great, but decent is GOLDEN CARRIAGE (salmon-color awning)

dare i start in on dim sum spots?

My favorite cheap dumpling spot is on Eldridge, between Grand and Broome. You can eat very well for a few bucks max. Get the sesame pancake beef sandwich thing and dumplings, really good and scary cheap.

Right on, I forgot to mention the decor, it's off the hook and then some. Great spot indeed. Turd, you ever try that mystery liquor in the wooden keg thing on the bar? Any idea what that is?

i heard Dumpling Man is a total ripoff (although i've never been).

my all time fave for Dumplings:
Fried Dumpling
Allen Street just south of Delancy.

besides fresh, you can buy frozen bags of 30 dumplings for $5.

yeah, that's the one. usually a line flowing out the door...

adam are you still here and how long. we can meet up or something.

S/F,
CEYA!

two words. DIM SUM.

and i mean real dim sum where the dim sum ladies pass by in carts and you have to point at what you want. i recommend one on the corner of Mott and Mosco next door to hop kee.

i'll be your dim sum guide (guidess?) if you cover my share

Now if you are talking Dim Sum.. lets talk about Soupy Dumplings. Ever been to Joes Shanghai on Pell just off the Bowery? Damn I can't eat enough of them.

if you like your bagel with more of a crust, then go to Murray's Bagel's on 6th ave/13th street. they make them in house (there's also another location in near the Chelsea Hotel). i would highly suggest the everything bagel with jalepeno cream cheese.

i have a atax stem and a 13tooth cog if you need...

enjoy your stay.

I haven't heard enough good about Joe's Shanghai, but everytime I pass I see a lot of people outside

But I had some good soup dumpling just down the street from Haagen Dazs, heading towards the police lockup (I forget the name but it had a red brick exterior)

soup dumplings at joe's shanghai are INSANELY good. i mean, ridiculous. i've been meaning to try joe's ginger (their new place). anyone?

Yes, I'm here until Sunday afternoon. I'm up for whatever...plenty of time to kill.