Chinatown in the Media:
Art mimics life. These little treasures have their heart and soul based in New York's Chinatown.
Grand Theft Auto, a popular video game series, is releasing a new edition called Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars. The game, which will release for the Nintendo DS this winter, is set in Liberty City, a spoof on New York City. Continuing in Grand Theft Auto style, it will feature crime and corruption within a crime syndicate.
The Year of the Fish is a new movie that is coming out. It tells the story of a girl, an undocumented immigrant from China, who must work hard after refusing to perform “favors” at a massage parlor. She finds solace in a magical fish. The entire film was shot in Chinatown with real actors and locations and then drawn over to seem animated. It opens Friday, Oct. 3 in the Angelika Film Center on Houston.
Food in Chinatown
There's no better art than food! And food in Chinatown is the best treasure of all. Below are some great ways to get introduced to food in Chinatown.
Taste of Chinatown, an outdoor food festival will be held Oct. 11 from 12pm – 6pm. It will feature some of the best restaurants and shopping. Tasting stands are all around the heart of Chinatown, located on Mott, Mulberry, Baxter, Bayard, Pell, and Mosco. Selections of Cantonese, Vietnamese, Japense, Thai, and other East Asian foods will be available. The best thing? $1 to $2 plates! For photos from last year, check out this blog.
Food tourism has become popular in the US and tourists (and New Yorkers!) flock to Chinatown to taste. Companies like Foods of New York Tours offer tours through Chinatown. Tours cost around $50 dollars per person. Most tours are limited to small groups and offer multiple stops along the way. A study in 2007 suggests that 27 million Americans make culinary activities a priority on their vacation.
Shopping in Chinatown
We all love looking for treasures for our wardrobe. Here's a bit of a treasure map to get started on finding that prize collection!
More and more boutiques are popping up in Chinatown. Since rent rates are lower in Chinatown than in a lot of places in the city, many trendy or vintage fashion and art stores are moving in. Places like Coco Fashion, Girls Love Shoes, and other fashion stores make Chinatown a tiny mecca for hidden treasures. What girl doesn’t love vintage YSL shoes for $75?
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10 comments:
LOVE THE YSL PUMPS!!!
Umm...where can I find the YSL pumps?!
I'll have to check out some of your restaurants and shops you highlighted.
P.S. What store has the vintage shoes?
Hey how long is the Year of the Fish, going to be open? Sounds like a really interesting movie to go see if I can find the time.
i was just about to add another comment to the chorus of YSL shoe-lovers.let's hear it for vintage; i'll take moth balls over canal street's best copy any day.
i really want to check out the food of new york tour! i didn't know that existed it sounds amazing!
It's so funny because I live in Chinatown and I feel that it has the worst chinese food. I'll have to hit up some of the restaurants you suggested, if I haven't tried them already.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Year of the Fish. I saw the trailer and it looks like a modern-day Cinderella story. It also looks really interesting visually.
Looks like you've got it all covered... from cheap food to cheap amazing pumps! How did you find that place?
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