Best Chinese Resturant in Manhatton?

Hi

Looking for recommendations for a Good Chinese Resturant in Manhatton.

Are they in Chinatown or are there any great ones outside of Chinatown.

Recently visited San Francisco and went to a fantastic one there at a great price too!!

Thanks in advance.

Best Chinese Resturant in Manhatton?

My favorite Chinese restaurant is Mama Buddha on Hudson and 11th Street. Very fresh, Very inexpensive.

Personally I avoid China Town at all costs.

Best Chinese Resturant in Manhatton?

sasharoon, I thought I was the only one not crazy about Chinatown. ;) Southpaw, there are many who like it down there, especially for dim sum.

Some favorites of mine:

Shun Lee Palace (pricey, upscale but very good)

Our Place (a bit less pricey and very good)

Peking Duck House

If you like Cantonese, Phoenix Garden is a neighborhood place on east 40 st. that%26#39;s byob (bring your own booze) with good food and gentle prices.

These are all midtown.

I had this recommended to me before our last visit but didn%26#39;t get around to trying it (although its top of my list of eats for the next trip)

Ten Pell, at number 10 Pell Street down in Chinatown. Apparently authentic chinese food %26amp; you%26#39;ll get a lot of local chinese eating there

I%26#39;m prepared to be proved wrong by the locals but if not - I%26#39;ll be there next time!

Whiz,

a date took me somewhere in CT several years ago and there was a roach walking across one of the tables. I posted recently about the roach that crawled off the wall onto my neck at Le Zie once and I never went back. It%26#39;s the same with CT, except I held it against the whole area.

I just always picture it as being very dirty in CT. I hate going to that area of the city, and there are so many good Chinese restaurants in the city I never see the need.

Grand Sichuan International is one of the best ones in Manhattan, but the dishes vary by location. The menu is so authentic there%26#39;s a 60 page explanation book if you care to get more info on the dishes. There%26#39;s one in Chinatown, on 2nd Ave at 55th, 9th Ave at 24th, 35th and Lex? or Madison.

In Chinatown, I love NY Noodletown on the corner of Bayard at Bowery. Dingy looking - excellent food. Also, if you want to try bahn mi sandwiches, they%26#39;re all over Chinatown... My favorite is the ';French Sandwich'; at Century Cafe on Bowery by Grand. The Grand Sichuan in Chinatown is excellent, and very cheap.

Me and my husband recently ate at a restraunt right in midtown manhattan. I cannot remember the exact cross streets but we stayed at 49th and lexington kand the chinese place was close by. I think it was Mee something. We had dinner for $14. Each had a bowl of hot ans sour soup, shared a huge portion of muchu pork (sp), eggroll and 2 drinks. Very good indeed.

Two nice places:

Congee Village Restaurant %26amp; Bar, 100 Allen Street.

Chinatown Brasserie, 380 Lafayette Street. I haven%26#39;t been here yet, it%26#39;s new. So far, everyone I know who has been liked it very much.

Here%26#39;s another idea - if you go to menupages.com you can choose your cuisine, then sort the results by star rating.

Obviously, pay attention to how many people have posted reviews for each restaurant because that will affect it, but its nice to be able to browse by neighbourhood and get a look at the menu for each place.

Whiz i have just been looking at reviews for Our Place, wonderful reviews it gets. I have never been to a byob resturant in NYC . Can you tell me the rules of thumb.

Thanks

nets

Nets, places that are byob don%26#39;t have a liquor license so they allow customers to bring their own. Most people bring a bottle (or more) of wine, the restaurant uncorks it and gives you wine glasses. It sure decreases the cost of the bill by a LOT. Here%26#39;s a list of those places from NY Mag. The Phoenix Garden is listed under midtown east.

nymag.com/nightlife/鈥idtown_east

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Bull & Bear at the Waldorf ???

Anyone been here lately?? Wanted to see the Waldorf anyway...and the menu looks great...any reviews?

Bull %26amp; Bear at the Waldorf ???

Bumping it up...and also looking at The Strip House..which is better for a great Filet?

Bull %26amp; Bear at the Waldorf ???

I%26#39;ve never been there, but here are some reviews:

www.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp鈥?/a>

All those reviews seem to be more than a year old. That%26#39;s a little strange because menupages is usually a pretty active website.

hey Vallonio!

I haven%26#39;t been -- BUT I do know its one of those ';businessmen on an expense budget'; type places. It is in midtown - in an area that is primarily ';corporate';. I think there are better places you could go.

Best Helicopter Trip

2 things before I start

1) I know it%26#39;s nearly 12 months before I come back, and

2) I know it%26#39;s unlikely Donald Trump will offer me a lift in his helicopter, so with that

Could anybody possibly let me know which is the best helicopter tour to do, I%26#39;m after one with the most ';sights'; possible

Thank in advance

Matthew

Best Helicopter Trip

Two things, I recently took a tour with LIBERTY Helicopter Tours - saw all the sights and more.

It was about $200 for a half =-hour, I think.

It was a gift, so I didn%26#39;t pay much attention to financials.

Secondly, why don%26#39;t you GOOGLE in helicopter tours NYC and see what come up.

You can then make a choice based on what is offered in your price range.

Poppa

Best Helicopter Trip

Thanx for that, I have tried Googling (proper word ??)

I just wondered if ppl could give me a few to compare

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60763-i5-k802246-鈥?/a>

Have a look at this thread. We have decided on Liberty Helicopters, will call them the day before when we are there when we see the weather forecast.

hth

Thanks for that, its a great help

Theater tickets

Is it best to go ahead an buy tickets on line or take a chance on the tkts. booth. We are thinking about ';Momma Mia';. Half price savings sure sounds good to us. But I don%26#39;t want to stand in line for hours. A friend told me the wait was not long????????? Help!!

Theater tickets

Mama Mia is often available in advance with discount codes, depending on when you%26#39;re coming. There are currently a few discounts available good through Nov. 12.

broadwaybox.com/shows/mamma_mia_nyc_tickets.鈥?/a>

If your trip is after that, then you can either take a chance and wait to see whether new codes will become available for your dates (unlikely if you%26#39;re coming over a holiday time) OR take a chance at the TKTS booths. Also depends on how long you%26#39;re here. If you%26#39;re only here for a few days, you don%26#39;t have too many opportunities. The TKTS booth at the South Street Seaport is often less crowded than at Times Square. ;)

Theater tickets

The lines at TKTS can vary enormously. I%26#39;ve noticed that the line often becomes very short in the last hour or two before most shows start (i.e., after 6 PM or so if you%26#39;re there on an evening when most shows start at 8). Of course, selection may be very limited by then (or maybe you%26#39;ll catch some great tickets that were released by a theater at the last minute -- you never know).

Quick trivia question

I%26#39;m finally getting around to writing up a report for our family journal on our NYC trip a few months ago so of course some things I can%26#39;t remember too clearly. What%26#39;s the name of the square near Macy%26#39;s where Broadway %26amp; Avenue of America%26#39;s meet. There%26#39;s a statue there. I%26#39;m thinking Herold Square. Am I right or way off?

Thanks, Jen

Quick trivia question

Herald Square.

(That was easy!)

Quick trivia question

It may be a quick trivia question, but here is a long trivia answer...

As Broadway cuts diagonally across the grid, it leaves a number of little hourglass-shaped open areas that are called ';squares';. The tricky part is that each triangular half of the hourglass is considered a separate square, with its own name.

Bettina answer is right if you mean (as you probably do) the square north of 34th Street that is directly outside of Macy%26#39;s. The statue there is ';Minerva and the bellringers';, a large clock taken from the former New York Herald building.

On the other hand, if you mean the trangular ';square'; to the south of 34th Street, where the statue of Horace Greeley sits, then that is ';Greeley Square';.

It should be noted, though, that commonly people refer to both together as ';Herald Square';, just as almost no one besides nit-picking smart alecks like me ever calls the northern portion of Times Square by its proper name of Duffy Square.

GWB, you%26#39;re the best! Actually, I do refer to Duffy Square by its correct name, but only when talking to New Yorkers.

But why are they called squares, when only Union Square could be considered the right shape? I mean, what would be so terrible to have Herald Triangle, Times Triangle, etc.?

Bettina,

I think the answer is actually quite simple: Squares (Town Squares, Public Squares) were pretty much considered to be any open area in the heart of a town that was used for public gatherings and typically surrounded by shops. The fact that in most small towns, these areas were typically square in shape contribute to the commonplace name, even when the area isn%26#39;t really a square at all.

The fact there are so many %26#39;squares%26#39; in Manhattan shows just how the whole island is considered a ';center of town.';

And when each of those little open spaces were dedicated to someone - or dominated by some thing - like Father Duffy or the Herald Angels or Greely or the old Times Building, then it was named for that major landmark.

Here is some reference info on %26#39;squares%26#39;.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square

and

http://www.answers.com/topic/town-square

Back in the 70%26#39;s there was a humorous song that suggested that since the old Times building was rename the Allied Chemical Building, ';Times Square'; should have been renamed ';Allied Chemical Square';. After all, before the Times moved there it was known as ';Longacre Square';. (That building is now called 1 Times Square, BTW...)

If that tradition had continued and the Square was renamed each time something else dominated it, today it could be called ';Media Square'; with all the media outlets in the area.

:)

鈥ikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square#Major_build鈥?/a>

I said in jest - ';How the whole island is considered a center...'; and forgot the smiley. In reality, I believe if you were to correlate all the different ';squares'; they would end up being somewhat central to each of the neighborhoods/';towns'; that existed on Manhattan Island at one time or another...

:)

I will also note that some of the oldest ';squares'; were also not square at all. Hanover Squre, for example, is largely triangular, as was Franklin Square. (Franklin Square? Yep; right where that big red arch is on the Brooklyn Bridge at Pearl Street -- THAT is why there are no narrow stone arches there.) Chatham Square is also not square.

One of the more interesting squares is little Worth Square, which is on the west side of Fifth Avenue across from the more noticeable Madison Square. That monument in the center to General Worth (the same man after whom Frot Worth TX is named) is no mere monument; it is actually his tomb: the general is indeed buried right inside of his namesake square in the middle of the street.

I will also note that what most people think is Sheridan Square is not Sheridan Square at all. General Sheridan%26#39;s statue is in, and the Sheridan Square subway station adjoins, Christopher Park; what is properly called Sheridan Square is around the corner.

Thanks for all that, it makes sense. But I%26#39;d still rather call them triangles, it%26#39;s the geometrist in me.

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do NYC subways and buses have both N° AND letters ???

H E L P PLEASE !

Sorry but I%26#39;m a bit confused.

- do all buses have letters ?

- do subway trains have only numbers ?

OR BOTH ???

HOW CAN THEY BE RECOGNIZABLE ?

thanks a lot in advance.....

do NYC subways and buses have both N%26deg; AND letters ???

Buses use both letters and numbers. The letter designates the borough (all buses in Manhattan start with an %26#39;M%26#39;) and the number is the route. So, M14, M101, M98, etc.

Our subway was originally three separate transit companies -- the IND (Independent), IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) and BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit). All the routes on the IND and BMT are designated by letters, and the old IRT system uses numbers. But you won%26#39;t see signs for IND, BMT, IND -- in fact, few New Yorkers even remember when they were used.

do NYC subways and buses have both N%26deg; AND letters ???

Bus route designations are a letter and a number, depending on their geography adn main area of travel.

Brooklyn buses: B# (e.g. B63)

Bronx buses: BX # (e.g. Bx1)

Manhattan buses: M# (e.g. M104)

Queens buses: Q# (e.g. Q60)

Staten Island buses: S#

Because buses can travel between boroughs, you may find that a Queens bus also stops in, for example, the Bronx.

Express buses start with an X and go in any borough (e.g.X5)

Subway lines have a single letter or a single number.

The trains of the old IRT system are all numbered - e.g., the #1 train, the #7 to Flushing, and so on. The trains of the old IND and BMT systems all have letters as their names -- the A train, the D train, and so on. The reason there is a difference (and one shown by the name of the line) is that even though all ubway trains run on ';standard gauge'; rails, the CARS of the IRT are two feet narrower than the other cars used in the system. A #7 train can go anywhere on the system, but if it pulls into an IND station -- for example, West 4th Street -- the car will be a foot from the platform. That would not be a good idea! Meanwhile, the IND and BMT trains are interchangeable with each other (for example, the F is an IND in Queens, but becomes a BMT in Brooklyn) but they sinply cannot fit into the IRT stations -- if an F train tried to pull into a station on the Lexington Avenue line, for example, it would rip both sides off the train -- so it does not try!

Trains and buses are recognizable by their signs, of course -- on the front and the side of the train, and on the front of the bus, there will be a very clear designation that the train is the #6 to Brooklyn Bridge, or the #4 to Utica Avenue, or that the bus is the Q28 to Main Street in Flushing.

One would assume that one would look at the sign on any train or bus before boarding it to make sure it is the one you want to take!!!

And before the trains were identified by numbers or letters the last stop on the run was how the train was identified. Since i traveled mainly to the Bronx some designations I remember were East 180th St, 241st and White Plains Road and 242nd and Van Cortland Park. Since I didn%26#39;t travel to Brooklyn or Queens in those days I have no idea as to what they were called when the train ended its run in Brooklyn or Queens The only Brooklyn designation I remember was the Sea Beach Express.

The BMT trains were named for their routes. These included the Sea Beach (now the N), the West End (now the D), the Brighton (now the B), and the Culver (now the F) lines.

I remember from my boyhood (and I have read about it since) that there used to be a complicated system of colored headlights on IRT trains to indicate what train it was, and whether it would run local or express.

It is much easier now just knowing to look for a ';4'; or a ';6'; -- and the exception is the ';diamond'; trains at rush hour, when certain otherwise-local trains (such as the 6) skip stations in the boroughs beyond Manhattan.

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weekend in early November

My daughter and I will be in NYC for a long weekend in early November, her first trip (she is 23). Questions: we will be staying at the Sofitel. 1.To get to the first SOL tour on Friday morning, what is the best subway route and what time should we get to the station? 2. She also wants to go to the ESB, any tips on best times to avoid lines? 3. Eating is not something we want to spend a lot of time on, any suggestions for quick but unique places? 4. Any advice on skating at Rockefeller Center? Any other input? We walk a lot and have covered London together on the underground. Thanks!

weekend in early November

i hope you%26#39;ll visit the MOMA,54th St.;and,nearby restaurant..

Friday nights,4-8PM,free! check me on that,I think memory is working correctly..

get metro cards

if you go to ESB,and SOL, just don%26#39;t have big,bulky backpack,lots of stuff,etc..it holds up the line terribly-leave your stuff in hotel rooms%26#39; safe. Do wear a sweater/jacket-it%26#39;s chilly/rainy in Nov. and if you need an umbrella it%26#39;ll cost ya%26#39;! carry small retractable kind. Don%26#39;t have anything with you that will set off metal alarms-watch,belt buckle..just to be courteous towards others,as it slows entire process down.

i used to skate @ RC,but 20+years ago..it%26#39;s fun! my daughter was there 2 years ago,and saw P.Diddy skating(I think that%26#39;s the rapper she saw) . Top of the Rock is fun-cold/windy,so dress appropriately.

there are so many restaurants..stay away from TGIF,Hard Rock(fun memorabilia,but service/food awful-unless someone%26#39;s been recently,and it%26#39;s better?)Mars(undercooked burgers!) John%26#39;s Pizza,deli food,lots of great fresh fruit to go(we usually have nice dinners-$$-but eat fruit on the run during the day,grab a bagel,or sandwich)

walking ,even in bad weather,is terrific-you%26#39;ll never be bored! wear comfortable(broken-in)shoes!

hope you%26#39;ll walk thru Central Park..