Chinese Delicacies

 

Post Midnight--Little Snack…”Seow Yeah”

After a long day, a party, a dance, a movie, a date, or quality time with friends etc, “Seow Yeah” sounds like a delightful snack before retiring. This little snack could be an order of noodles on a platter with your choice of meat or seafood and vegetable cooked with your favorite sauce. Noodles can also be served in a soup with your favorite selection of ingredients to your taste. Rice dishes are steaming rice on a platter with your selected topping of meat, seafood, & vegetable in a sauce of your choice. There are a large variety of menu selections written only in Chinese and posted on the wall at Chinatown restaurants that specialize in this type of service. Popular among the noodle houses for “Seow Yeah” are Hong Fat, Sam Wo, and  Wor Hop on Mott St.; New Lin Heung on Bayard St.; and Hop Kee on Doyers St.  When did we ever sleep?      

 

Yum Cha—“Dim Sum”.....A Cantonese Delight

Remember the casual bakery and tea houses like Nom Wah on Doyers St. and Tung Kee on Chatham Square serving Dim Sum-- Shao Mai, Har Gow, Shrimp or Beef rolled in Foon, Char Sui and Steam Pork Bows, Egg Tarts etc. and many other tasty pastries; while, the more formal lunch time Yum Cha & Dim Sum were served at restaurants like Lee’s, Pagoda, and Port Arthur. As Dim Sum grew in popularity, many smaller innovative coffee shoppes and bakeries were opened serving yummy Dim Sum and various types of savory specialties at competitive prices for us to enjoy. What other type of ethnic or world cuisine can be sampled from such a large variety of delicious Dim Sum dishes and assorted pastries at a reasonable price? The wonders of “Dim Sum” literally means: “to point to the heart’s desire”. A gourmet’s delight indeed…

 

Lonnie’s Coffee Shoppe

An instant success and a convenience meeting place for the high school, college, and young adult age groups to hang out and enjoy American food on the corner of Mott and Park St. The menu was simple and different with hamburgers, sandwiches, juices, sodas, ice cream, pastries, and coffee. Anyone interested in a Lime Rickey or Egg Cream with NYC’s one & only world famous Sutter’s Pastries? Just yummy & a little tease…..for the sweet tooth among us….