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 The best congee (26 varieties) in New York City can be found at this large restaurant on Allen Street, and its sister outpost on the Bowery. But there’s a huge menu (250 items long) featuring a wide variety of Cantonese and Hong Kong specialties. The crispy garlic chicken is legendary. Other favorites include: razor clams in a salty black bean sauce, sweet potato greens, roast duck with meatballs and chicken with black mushrooms. There are four party rooms downstairs, each featuring a multi-lingual karaoke machine!
100 Allen Street, near Broome
212-941-1818
Open 10:30am-12:30am Monday-Thursday & Sunday, 10:30am-2am Friday & Saturday
Web site
Delivery
 Revel in the tacky decor as you slurp down big bowls of congee (rice porridge). There’s an extensive menu featuring many other Cantonese dishes.One of the best bargains in the neighborhood – and they deliver!
207 Bowery, near Rivington
212-766-2828
Open 11am-midnight every day
Web site
Delivery
 Recession dining at its best. Five dumplings for a buck — a bag of 30 for $5! There are a couple of tables and a counter – but given the lack of ambiance — you might want to get your order to-go.
27A Essex Street, near Hester
212-529-2760
Hours &:30am-9:30pm
Menu
Cash only
 A dependable Cantonese place on Grand Street, specializing in noodles, congee and a $5.95 lunch special.
300 Grand Street, between Eldridge and Allen
(212) 925-1662
Hours 8am-10pm
Menu
Delivery, Cash only
 Chinese cheap eats.
Forsyth St. at Division St.
No phone.
Lunch only
 A vegan Chinese restaurant that also prepares dishes without garlic and onion (gasp!). Stay away from the mock meat dishes.
170 Allen, near Stanton
212-388-1364
Hours Mon-Sat, 12:30pm-10:30pm; Sun, closed
Menu
FEATURES
Chinese, vegan, delivery, lunch
 In the former home of the legendary Garden Cafeteria, this old-school Cantonese restaurant does a reasonably decent job with dim sum, barbecued meats and seafood dishes. The price is right. Downside: they don’t deliver.
165 East Broadway, at Rutgers
212-780-0238
Hours: 7am-11pm
Menu
 Hand pulled noodles from Lanzhou, in Central China, is the specialty at this hole-in-the-wall on Eldridge Street. The dumplings are also standouts here.
26 Eldridge, near Canal
212-625-1198
Open 1030am-1030pm
Menu
 A takeout counter next to the Manhattan Bridge specializing in super-fresh hand-pulled noodles and spicy lamb dishes. The Flushing import features dishes from the Shaanxi province in Central China, such as spicy lamb noodles with cumin and the savory cumin lamb burger (Anthony Bordain’s favorite).
88 East Brodway, near Forsyth
No phone
Hours 11am-8pm
Web site
Cash only
 At this spartan, subterranean spot, handmade wheat noodles are served with a choice of 20 or so toppings (chopped pork bones, duck, ox tail, etc). For English only speakers, ordering here is a bit of a challenge. Some think the fish ball soup is unrivaled.
27 Eldridge, near Canal
212-925-0805
Open daily 7am-10pm
Web site
 Five dumplings for a buck? Reason enough to visit these two shops, even if it means eating on the go because you can’t get a seat at the oft-crowded and tiny counters. There are plenty of locals who believe these are the most perfect dumplings in the neighborhood.
46 Eldridge St. and 69 Clinton St.
212-343-0683 (Eldridge St.); 212-228-0988 (Clinton St.)
Daily: 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. (Eldridge St.); 10 am – 11 p.m. (Clinton St.)
Menu
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The best congee (26 varieties) in New York City can be found at this large restaurant on Allen Street, and its sister outpost on the Bowery. But there’s a huge menu (250 items long) featuring a wide variety of Cantonese and Hong Kong specialties. The crispy garlic chicken is legendary. Other favorites include: razor clams in a salty black bean sauce, sweet potato greens, roast duck with meatballs and chicken with black mushrooms. There are four party rooms downstairs, each featuring a multi-lingual karaoke machine!
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