Wah Fung No.1 Fast Food
Chinese restaurant · Chinatown ·
Chinese street-style food, specializing in roast pig
Chinese street-style food, specializing in roast pig
"Nothing makes a dish popular like a great price—but at cash-only Wah Fung No. 1 Fast Food, $7 will not fill you up, but tempt you and every other New Yorker to get back in line for seconds (and unfortunately, there is always a line, but it moves fast). Choose your meat (roast pork, duck, or chicken), which is pulled from the window, given a few heavy whacks with a cleaver, then scooted onto a bed of rice and drizzled with gravy. Take your plate over to the park across the street." - Kat Chen
"If you’re looking for a relatively affordable takeout lunch, head to Wah Fung, a tollbooth-sized takeout spot where the roast pork, chicken, and duck are chopped to order. For around $6, you can get an aluminum container of caramelized meat, served over a mound of gravy-soaked rice. Choose one of the combos, remember to bring cash, and don’t be intimidated by the line that often stretches down the block. It moves fast." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, neha talreja, will hartman
"A line isn’t always the product of social media hype. Sometimes, it’s just what happens when a place serves affordable, magnificent food. That’s the case at Wah Fung in Chinatown, where a big serving of roast duck over rice will run you less than $10. Arrive around noon, line up on the sidewalk with 30 other New Yorkers, then wait around until it’s your turn to enter the closet-sized shop and place your cash-only order. For extra credit, get some caramelized pork with your duck." - neha talreja, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, willa moore
"Beginning at 9 a.m. or so, the lines begin to form at this narrow storefront across the street from Sara D. Roosevelt Park, and by noon, the wait is a half hour or more. The reason? Budget-priced Chinese charcuterie known as lap mei, served over rice with meat juices and ginger-scallion relish for $6.50 or under (larger assortments available). Duck, char sui, baby pig, and poached chicken are the stars of the show." - Eater Staff
"Will there be a line outside of Wah Fung when you visit? Yes, probably. If you stop by around lunch, you might even have to wait 20 minutes or so. Use that time to digest all the food you just ate, and look up directions for your next destination. Once you make it inside the closet-sized space, order the roast pork over rice, then eat your sweet, caramelized meat on a bench across the street." - bryan kim