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 hot tea from Sweets Cafe. Then, we will proceed to view the Lin Zexu statue along with the Confucius statue. Following, we will make our way over to Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles to enjoy a one-of-a-kind beef or veggie & egg hand-pulled noodle. Your tastebuds 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. 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 ltaly to the Tiger Tea to taste Bubble Tea or 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 cannoli at the famous Canoli King.
  
  Itinerary:
  Sweets Bakery (30 mins, Hot Tea + Egg Tart) → The statue of Lin Zexu (10 mins) → Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles (15 mins, taste hand-pulled noodles) → Nam Wah Tea Parlor (10 mins, take photos) → Mott Streer Eatery (20-30 mins, BBQ Pork or Roast Duck and Dim Sum) → Kam Hing Coffee House (10 mins, taste Pan Dan sponge cake) → Tiger Tea (10 mins, Bubble Tea or Fruit Tea) → Di Palo's Fine Foods (10 mins, Cheese Plate with Olive) → Baby John's Pizzeria (20 mins, taste Authentic Italian pizza) → Canoli King (10 mins, Mini Cannoli Dessert)
  
  The statue of Lin Zexu
  The new statue is of Lin Zexu, who helped to ignite the Opium War by banning the drug, to the chagrin of British officials. 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: it underscores the ascending power in Chinatown of immigrants from mainland China, particularly the Fujianese.