NYC Tastes

We met up with some friends and hopped in a cab down to 88 Palace which is located in the mall directly under the Manhattan bridge. This is my favorite part of Chinatown. When you're more west, you see a lot of tourists and get some spillover from Little Italy. Down here there's none of that. This is the heart of Chinatown. In order to get to 88 Palace you take a huge escalator up to the top where the restaurant takes over the entire floor. In case you didn't know, for dim sum the food is wheeled around on a trolley by servers. As the servers pass they tell you what they have and then stamp your card once you take something. You're never quite sure what's coming next which makes it kind of an exciting way to eat! We walked in, got our card and were ready to go! As we sat down, our friend said "Okay, we gotta remember to pace ourselves". About three minutes later there were already five different plates in front of us. Pacing is not an option he...