At New York's Dragon Festival, authentic Chinese brands and restaurants excite locals' taste buds.
Its founder shared some of her favorite vendors of soup dumplings and candies at the opening event.
"This doesn't taste like home," said Xu, a 31-year-old entrepreneur and the creator of New York City's Dragon Festival, the biggest Chinese-food festival in the metropolitan area.
Jessie YuChen for BIChen said that confectioners in her home province of Fujian, China, caught her attention when she was younger.
In 2006, inspired by the soup dumplings made popular by Shanghai's Nanxiang district, Ma opened his first New York City storefront.
Persons:
—, Xu, Jessie YuChen, she's, Mila, Tang Hulu, I'm, Bu Tong, Ivy Chen, Dragon Lulu, Chen, Vivian Cao, confectioners, Emperor Guangzong, Michael Ma, Xiang Xiao Long Bao, Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao, Ma, Nan, bartenders, Coco, Xibei Yang
Organizations:
Service, Park, Dragon, Prospect, lollipop, Michelin, Chi Forest, Haidilao, BI
Locations:
New York, SoHo, Chinatown, Flushing, York City, Koreatown, Union, Chelsea, Washington, Kwa, Henan, Queens, Prospect Park , Brooklyn, Beijing, Fujian, China, Shanghai, York, Nanxiang, New York City, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Chi, Thai, Bangkok, Sichuan, Manhattan