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A person holding a half-eaten burrito. 1
A street with buildings, a person with a backpack, and outdoor seating areas. 2
A busy urban street with parked cars and pedestrians. 3
A North Dumpling storefront with a red awning, a clockwork ATM, and a sign indicating a 24-hour service. 4
A bakery display with various baked goods. 5
By Unscripted Tours

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Free cancellation available
Price is RM 265 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • New York’s best kept culinary secrets are in Chinatown — but after this experience, they won't be secrets for you anymore. Follow an expert guide to the hole-in-the-wall Chinatown restaurants only locals know about.

    • Indulge with over ten dumplings and buns across at least four different local restaurants you’d never find without a guide, from hidden gem storefronts to eateries in mostly abandoned malls

    • Want to try more dumplings? Invite friends! The bigger the group, the more dumplings and stops we’ll enjoy

    • Learn about different styles of Chinese cuisine, from spicy Sichuanese bites to decadent juicy Fujianese buns to Shanghai-style soup dumplings

    • The tour is a small group capped at 10 for a personalized experience

    • Delve into Chinatown’s 150-year history, visiting statues highlighting the neighborhood immigrant experience and labor movements

    • This tour is 70% food, 30% history, great for lovers of both

    • Come hungry — you’ll get more than enough food to fill you up

Activity location

  • North Dumplings
    • 23 Essex Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 13 Essex St
    • 13 Essex Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

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NYC Chinatown Hidden Gem Dumplings & Buns Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00
Price details
RM 265.06 x 1 AdultRM 265.06
Total
Price is RM 265.06
Until Fri, 25 Sept

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Stories of the residents and movements that shaped Chinatown
  • Inclusions
    Historical tour of Chinatown
  • Inclusions
    Four tastings from hole-in-the-wall dumpling and bun restaurants
  • Inclusions
    Receive a digital map, full of recommendations from your local foodie guide
  • Inclusions
    Small group capped at 10 for a personalized experience
  • Inclusions
    Tour led by a local licensed expert foodie guide
  • Inclusions
    Two extra dumpling and bun tastings when more guests book
  • Exclusions
    Gratuities

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

North Dumplings

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Meet your guide for your first dumpling stop of the day, a tasty fried bite from Fujian.

Lower East Side

  • 10m
Explore the historic Lower East Side, learning how the area has became a part of Greater Chinatown.

East Broadway Mall

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Enter the basement of a nearly abandoned mall and sample pork buns from the city's best hidden gem eatery.

Kimlau Square

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Learn the history of Chinatown as you stand in Kimlau Square, the neighborhood's heart.

Doyers Street

  • 10m
Step onto one of New York's strangest looking streets to hear the origins of the nickname "The Bloody Angle" — and why that title isn't accurate to the street's history.

Mott Street

  • 20m
Visit your next dumpling stop of the day, indulging in Shanghai-style soup dumplings — complete with guide instruction about the best way to eat the brothy bites.

Historic Five Points

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the former home of the Five Points, New York's most infamous mafia hangout, and hear how resident-driven labor movements have reclaimed the area as a site of neighborhood resistance.

Eldridge Street

  • 20m
Visit your fourth dumpling stop of the day to try some Sichuan style dumplings, made with an extra spicy, numbing pepper.

Chinatown

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Want more dumplings? Bring friends along! With bigger groups, we go to two more restaurants: a traditional Fujianese steamed dumpling house, and a bakery that specializes in delectable pumpkin buns.

Location

Activity location

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    North Dumplings
    • 23 Essex Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    13 Essex St
    • 13 Essex Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

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