YONYC, is a collection of everything we come across day to day in New York. Cool hip trends, food reviews, random observations and fun things that are going on in the city we love, NEW YORK CITY.

The restaurants and bars that appear in YoNYC are chosen by us. We visit the establishments anonymously and pay for our own meals. YoNYC! does not accept compensation of any kind in exchange for listing on our site.

My name is Kawai Sin, a web developer and food enthusiast. In July 2007 YoNYC.net was created, a blog about the nitty gritty things that goes on in New York City, beginning with Chinatown Manhattan. This project was a platform for me and my friends to photograph, talk and write about local eats around town. Occasionally covering events, finding cool stuff and writing about random observation that interested us.

Feel free to contact me, if you’re interested in being a collaborator on this project.

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A cousin of Kawai, he asked me if I would be interested in writing some articles for his site. Considering that I live by South Street Seaport, I decided to join in, thinking to myself: why not? I love eating, I love Chinese food, and I actually enjoy being in Chinatown (staying strictly away from Canal Street, of course). Considering that Chinatown is a staple in my life (friends live there, family always comes out, the food is cheap and familiar), I thought it would be something fun, and I could become even more accustomed to the area. And I also figured it would be interesting to show the other side of Chinatown — you know, when you don’t look Chinese, and you might have to deal with rude service.

I’m currently still a student, attempting to figure out what to do with my life. Although, I generally do all that thinking when I’m around food, so I guess it works out. I’m starting out with articles on Chinatown because those are the only times I remember to take pictures (sadly, with my phone, I always forget to carry my actual camera).

um .. picture will be added later.

I am Ryan and yet another cousin of Kawai, and I roam Chinatown weekly. Aside from bickering about the extra 25 cents on all the old $1 food, I’m an astute eater, although I would prefer something salty and fried with a bowl of rice; the more the monosodium glutamate the better. When I’m not critiquing food, I’ll be watching a movie. I’ll update once in while, with some normal looking food, I’ll leave the weird stuff in Chinatown for the admin.