CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN

Binondo by Kabisera

Chinese-Filipino cooking in Chinatown — crispy kare-kare, pancit negra, humba and turon from the Kabisera team.

Binondo is Manila's Chinatown, among the oldest in the world, and its cooking — Tsinoy, Chinese-Filipino — is a cuisine of its own. Augelyn Francisco, who built the Kabisera café and its Filipino festivals on the Lower East Side, opened this restaurant in 2025 on East Broadway, in New York's own Chinatown, which feels exactly right.

The table fills family-style: lumpiang shanghai and shumai, a crisp-fried kare-kare, pancit in several versions including an inky pancit negra, pork humba, morcón, sisig and paksiw sa gata, fish cooked down in coconut milk. Finish with turon and a halo-halo, or a sago't gulaman with boba and grass jelly. Cocktails run on sake and soju, one of them topped with ube foam.

Editor’s tip

Bring three or four people and order across the menu: kare-kare, pancit negra, humba and turon.

Make an evening of it — beautiful stops nearby

CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN

Doyers Street

Two hundred feet, one notorious bend — the most story-dense street in Manhattan.

Beautiful Street · Free

~3 min on foot

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Columbus Park

Five Points' darkest acre, now Chinatown's chessboard, bandstand, and morning gym.

Park & Garden · Free

~6 min on foot

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CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN

Nom Wah Tea Parlor

New York's oldest dim sum parlor, holding the bend of Doyers Street since 1920.

Dim Sum · Hidden Gem · $$

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Wo Hop

Down the stairs since 1938 — a Beard America's Classic where the walls remember everyone.

Chinese · Hidden Gem · $

Editorial draft — core details last reviewed October 13, 2026. Confirm practical details with the official site before you go.