I love going to Chinatown and picking out and trying new, exotic candies. Even better, sometimes, than actually eating the candy is exploring the packaging graphics and the awkward and sometimes mistranslated English.

… shining in colors of the cheeks of a snow-country child …

Please have a fun time with this strawberry gummy.

Shower Candy: Taste [...]

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Jessica, Rachelle, Eleanor, Pho Bang, Chinatown, Manhattan
Last night I went to a party in Park Slope and didn’t get home until 9:00 this morning. (Long story). I still somehow managed to meet up at Ping’s for dim sum at 11:30 a.m. Afterwards we met Sarah at Pho Bang where we got some Vietnamese iced coffee [...]

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Butcher, Chinatown, Brooklyn

Butcher, Chinatown, Brooklyn

Toothpaste, Chinatown, Brooklyn

Having Trouble Keeping His Crabs in the Basket, Chinatown, Brooklyn
Sarah’s latest assignment took us to Chinatown in Brooklyn to sample several Banh Mi (vietnamese sandwiches) from 2 different restaurants there. The sandwiches are overstuffed, toasted french baguettes with mayonnaise, pate, meat, pickled vegetables and cilantro. They were pretty good [...]

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Rachelle & Mark Eating Chinese Pastries, Chinatown, Manhattan
Shortly after I first moved to New York and was feeling broke or just needed to get out of the office, Mark used to take me to Chinatown for chinese pastries. I’d usually get the scallion hotdog bun and a sweet bun for dessert. With a soda, the [...]

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Paper Lantern
My room got even more of an Asian flair this weekend when Jess and Nancy helped me replace my ugly glass ceiling fixture with this cool paper lantern we got at Pearl River in Chinatown.

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