Kong Kee Food Corp.

Today in the early afternoon, we had some important errands to do in Manhattan Chinatown. Afterwards, we ate and bought some food and headed back home. I was craving "silver needle noodles" (銀針粉) in Kong Kee (鄺記 Kong Kee also specializes in tofu, soybean drinks, herbal drinks, herbal jelly, and rice noodles.

This place is a Chinatown staple for fresh ingredients you can use for cooking at home. They distribute their products to a lot of other businesses (restaurants and super markets) in the NYC area. If you come in the morning, you can enjoy their breakfast options: they have stir fried ho fun noodles and noodle soup. They also have freshly made Chinese donuts (you tiao 油条), rice noodles (cut in different widths, plus the full sheets!), endless varieties of tofu, and seitan. The things I always get here are their pressed tofu, pressed five spiced tofu, and the freshly made rice noodles for stir frying at home. I can also vouch for their seitan, tofu, soy milk (ask them to add sugar if you’d like!), and Chinese donuts. The Chinese donuts are a steal at only $2 each; they’re long and huge! And they also have the right texture of being crisp on the outside and slightly chewy on the inside. The service is touch and go; some people are super friendly and others are a bit gruff. But it’s worth it for the quality of the fresh ingredients!

Best noodles I have ever had. Duck was perfect. Underrated spot. Deserves more love

I forget where I heard about this place but someone had recommended it for all things tofu and wow it did not disappoint! I was in search for a brick of tofu and seitan. They had such a wide variety, I'll need to come back to try more! While you can get a brick of tofu anywhere I'm excited to try their house made variety.

Excellent fresh rice noodle rolls to use for dishes at home. They also freeze well which is great cause the portions are generous! They also have soy milk, tofu, bean sprouts, etc. The employees are also super helpful making suggestions on how to cook things if needed!

I came by this place by chance, I noticed wonderful bags of rice noodles! I instantly bought one and brought it home and poured fished sauce and ate it like any other Asian person would probably, we buy food and pour fish sauce over it... Better yet, go to the nearby Asian store and buy some plates and fish sauce and eat it right there from the start! Wonderful fresh tofu and other ingredients for home cooking, I will definitely go back and buy some more rice noodles and then make some homemade "Banh Cuon" google search that~

They seem to have prejudice based on who the customers are. I went there about 3 times and each time I wasn't given a bag but I noticed that other customers had their items in bag. One lady said "No bag" and then other lady didn't give me a bag either but I saw that she had plastic bag ready for other customers so I asked for one too and although she gave small bag to me, she had this disdainful look on her face. Later I bought another item and asked for bigger bag and she raised a tone saying"No more bags!! 10 cents!!" She had no problem getting bag ready for other customers. Obviouly they're taking advantage of the laws about plastic bags. On top of that, I found hair in rice cakes I bought from there!! I totally understand it could happen. But because I was already upset about their rudeness and different treatment from other customers it was even more upsetting. I can see why someone wrote that they're rude and nasty and stopped going there.

Long waiting time even if there's only one dude in front of me. No soy sauce for steam rice roll. Not recommended