New York Mart

New York Mart isn't a restaurant, but it's new and it's got a lot of food, so it still makes the cut for this blog. I had heard that a new Asian grocery store had opened in Chinatown right next to Deluxe, so after having dim sum at Jing Fong with the cousins, we went in search of this new market. When we first found it, cousin J said, "What is this? Whole Foods??" This picture doesn't quite do it justice, but there's some wood paneling covering various parts of the store. Wood paneling at an Asian grocery store?! Who ever heard of such a thing?

Was too busy loading up on cheap groceries to take more pictures, but there's also a section with big trays of various prepared foods, plus a large seating area for you to consume your purchases. I bought a huge bag of sugar snap peas, another huge bag of dou miao (pea shoots), a large bunch of chive flowers, a bunch of green onions, a gallon of Chinese soy milk, two boxes of tofu and three bags of frozen dumplings for $22. At Whole Foods I think that would have been something closer to $40.

And now to decide whether my Hong Kong Grocery shopping will be replaced by New York Mart.