Friday, June 8, 2007

Chinatown's Doyers Street

Here is Mr. Foon of the Sun Wah Barbershop, who cut my hair (not the world's hardest job) for $12 ($3 tip), and did so not cheefully, yet perfectly and swiftly. At this corner of Chinatown (Pell and Doyers) I counted six barshops. Not sure how they make a living. Another odd thing--no cars. Live a movie set.

And close by I found this exuberant graffito:
Shit like that makes life worthwhile. Know what I mean? And then to the Doyers Vietnamese Restaurant, 11 Doyers Street, an under-street level enclave that features summer rolls with shrimp, grilled beef papaya salad, steamed rice cakes, and crepes with shrimp and pork. Also entrees of chicken with lemon grass and fried squid with salt and pepper. Eel with lemon grass, caramel pork with black pepper, watercress with garlic sauce hi-lighted the meal. Our bill? $15.

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