Chinatown, Mott Street Betwen Mosco and Pell Streets, Bayard Between Mott and Elizabeth Streets

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Go to Yelp to read 19 reviews of Silkroad Place. Okay, don't go, I'll just report what they say. The food is okay at best, basically tea and other drinks and sweets, but there's something about this place . . . the ambience, or the friendliness of the waiters, or, or, oh yeah, they have internet access out front. Yes, outside the actual restaurant!  If that doesn't hook you, I don't know what would.

You see that clump of kids to the left? Can you make out the guitars? I don't know whether they're there because of the internet access (but why?) or because of the stools. They weren't performing. Kids. Who can figure.





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And now it's still not time for lunch. About 25 more minutes. Just about enough time for a nice foot massage. The ready availabilty of cheap foot massages just when you need them is one of the things that makes New York great. Ten minutes for ten dollars. Plus tip.






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In this case, the reclining chair was almost as great as the massage.




 

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And now to Nice Green Bo, formerly New Green Bo. Myra was already there and we lost no time in ordering. Pork and crab soup dumplings (they call them tiny buns), shrimp fried in their shells, and sauteed pea shoots, one of my favorites.

The dumplings were great. You know soup dumplings? Where the soup is inside the dumpling. Bill and I trekked out to Goody's in Queens quite some time ago and had them for the first time. This was before they existed in Manhattan. Those were the pioneer days, kids. Anyway, we realized we had found something way worth the trek. Later Goody's opened a branch on East Broadway. Shanghai Joe's dumplings got all the buzz, but I thought Goody's were better. I was just going to lament the closing of Goody's in Manhattan when I saw a notice that they'd reopened on Fulton Street. Must check out.


Anyway, back to Nice Green Bo. I didn't much like the shrimp because of the too sweet sauce they were in. Myra begged to disagree. We both thought the dumplings and pea shoots were wonderful and thought we should return and try other things.

And now this walk is OVER. At last.



P.S.  Apologies for the last two inadequate photos.  When I start to actually have experiences, I tend to lose my dedication to the Project.  If you go to Google maps, street view, you will see a full photo of Green Bo when it was New, not Nice.