Kim Balderston

Review of Cypress Mountain

When listing places to go in NYC, you can't get mo...

When listing places to go in NYC, you can't get more NYC than taking a trip to visit Chinatown (and the shrinking Little Italy next to it). Each street seemingly merging into the next, with no sense of rhyme or reason, souvenir shops tucked in between Cantonese restaurants; dim sum parlors fighting for space next to medicinal shops. Eating in the neighborhood is a must, the only problem is figuring out where to eat! Some of my favorites are Wo Hop (downstairs, not the ground level one!), Joe's Shanghai (for steamed soup dumplings) and Rice and Gold (for a new age spin on the genre). Coming down here to celebrate the Chinese New Year is something every New Yorker should do at least one time in their life, Chinese or not!