"Old-fashioned Cantonese — Chinatown’s first cuisine — seems to be holding its own amid all the bubble tea parlors, dollar dumplings stalls, and breezy Hong Kong cafes proliferating in the neighborhood. Evidence of this is Yee Li, a boxy room on the corner of Elizabeth and Bayard mainly decorated with fish tanks and some red wallpaper here and there. In the window, ducks and a whole roast pig hang, along with lots more charcuterie both common and obscure. Be sure to ask for the coffee shop menu, available all day and labeled “Lunch,” otherwise you’ll just be handed a single menu featuring stir fries and relatively pricey seafood." - Robert Sietsema
