Street Food

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New York City famous attraction, Chinatown, has a variety of Asian cuisine to offer to tourist from all over the world. Ranging from Chinese to Japanese to Thai cuisine. But NYC seems to be lacking of some Hong Kong flavor. Although Hong Kong is considered Chinese, they seem to have developed their own kind of culture and cuisine. In Hong Kong, they are known for the variety of street food they present to every day Hong Kongese and tourist. But sadly in NYC Chinatown it does not even present a fraction of the famous street food from Hong Kong. It’s time for a major takeover in Chinatown! New street food that represent Hong Kong should be incorporated into Chinatown. It will show Americans or Asian Americans what Hong Kong is famous for and to learn more about the culture. Also, more street food will bring uniqueness to Chinatown, therefore bring in more tourist, which will then increase economics. It is time to bring the Hong Kong Street Food to Chinatown!
Going to Chinatown everyone thinks about food and bubble tea, but it seems to be lacking of a the Hong Kong Culture. A main part of any culture would be its cuisine and Hong Kong has a very unique cuisine that everyone enjoys, that is Street Food. “Street trading has been a feature of life in Hong Kong for over 100 years,” ( Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong) this is an important aspect of the culture and life of a Hong Kongese as HK grew. “Since the early days of Hong Kong, there were in the streets and alleys of Central and Sheung Wan districts food stalls selling congee, noodles, rice, preserved fruits, Chinese cakes and pastries, etc.” Street Food did not just appear out of the blue in modern day HK, it was there since the begining of HK, and grew w...

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To name some of the famous HK street food are “Gai Dan Jai” , “put chai goo” , dragon beard candy and preserved lemons according to Time Out. (http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/60320/the-last-of-the-street-hawkers.html)
Also, HK street food sell curry fish balls, skewered beef offals, deep fried squid tentacles, stinky tofu, and many more! Imagine all that in NYC Chinatown, the joy of having many variety to try every day. Something new to eat everyday with many different flavours! Such as “gai dan jai”, has flavours that range from original to chocolate to green tea and more accoridng to saucy-spatual.com (http://www.saucy-spatula.com/extras/street-food-in-mongkok-hong-kong/#sthash.5AEg PcJh.dpbs) Just the thought of all these different types of food can make one crave for!

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