Fu Zhou Wei Zhong Wei Jia Xiang Feng Wei: NYC

Reaching this basement kitchen inside the East Broadway Mall feels like a minor detour of urban exploration, requiring you to walk around the closed main entrance. Inside, the reward is a small, highly affordable menu prepared right in front of you. Beyond the standard soft, soup-dumpling-style buns, the kitchen serves traditional Hokkien flavors like baked buns with bamboo roots seasoned with red yeast sauce, and delicate fish-meat-skinned wontons.