NYC Chinatown and Little Italy Culture and Foodie Tour

D1

Day 1 Chinatown and Little Italy

• Attractions

  New York Chinatown
• Description

  Join us as we taste special dishes from the streets of Chinatown and Little Italy! We will start off in Chinatown by tasting an egg tart and drinking a hot tea from Sweets Cafe. Then, we will proceed to view the Lin Zexu statue and the Confucius statue. Following that, we will make our way over to the Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles Shop to enjoy a one-of-a-kind beef / veggie & egg hand-pulled noodle. Your taste buds will thank you throughout this tour. After that delicious dish, we will pass by the Nam Wah Tea Parlor and arrive at the Mott Streer Eatery. Here, we will be having BBQ Pork or Roast Duck and Dim Sum. Then, we will make our way to the Kam Hing Coffee House to taste a unique Pan Dan sponge cake. Next, we hope you still have room for more! We will be heading towards Little Italy to Tiger Tea to taste its Bubble Tea / Fruit Tea. From there, we will enjoy another delicious cheese platter at Di Palo's Fine Foods. Then, we will go to Baby John's Pizzeria to taste authentic Italian Pizza. Finally, as an end of the tour dessert in Little Italy, we will enjoy a mini cannolo at the famous Canoli King.
  
  
  Itinerary:
  Sweets Bakery (30 mins, Hot Tea + Egg Tart) → Nam Wah Tea Parlor (10 mins, take photos)→ The statue of Lin Zexu (10 mins) → Vanessa’s Dumpling House (15 mins, taste fried dumplings) → Mott Streer Eatery (20-30 mins, BBQ Pork or Roast Duck and Dim Sum) → Tiger Tea (10 mins, Bubble Tea or Fruit Tea) → Kam Hing Coffee House (10 mins, taste Pan Dan sponge cake) → Di Palo's Fine Foods (10 mins, Fresh cut Italian cheese) → Baby John's Pizzeria (20 mins, taste Authentic Italian pizza) → Canoli King (10 mins, Mini Cannoli Dessert)
  
  The statue of Lin Zexu
  The statue of Lin Zexu, constructed to help remember Lin Zexu, who helped ignite the Opium War by banning the use of the drug. Those who brought the Lin statue to Chatham Square say they did so to deliver a strong anti-drug message. But, the statue carries a strong political message as well: underscoring the ascending power of immigrants in Chinatown coming from mainland China, particularly the Fujianese.