CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN

Shu Jiao Fu Zhou

Little Fuzhou's best-known counter — peanut-sauce noodles, hand-folded dumplings and pork-stuffed fish balls.

The eastern edge of Manhattan's Chinatown is Little Fuzhou, built by immigrants from Fujian province, and this narrow storefront on Grand Street is its best-known kitchen. Behind the counter, cooks fold dumplings by hand all day; the menu is short, the tables few, and the prices among the lowest in the city.

Get the wheat noodles in peanut sauce — sweet, salty, a little sticky, and famous for good reason — and a dozen pork-and-chive dumplings, boiled or fried. Then the Fuzhou fish ball soup: springy balls of fish paste with seasoned pork hidden inside, in a clear broth. The tiny wontons and the glutinous rice-ball soup are worth a second visit.

Editor’s tip

Order the peanut noodles, fried pork-and-chive dumplings and a fish ball soup — it is a full meal for very little.

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