The Munch Around Chinatown Scavenger Hunt

Treat your taste buds to an exotic adventure…

…in this downtown culinary wonderland. Discover the most unusual and enticing restaurants, cafés, markets, and even food carts in Chinatown and neighboring Little Italy. You’ll not only answer our usual array of tricky questions with your team to try to win the hunt’s top prize—you’ll also be challenged to find and taste such foods as…

• dumplings
• roti canai (Malaysian fried bread)
• mini cakes hot off the grill
• bubble teas
• pizza
• cannoli cupcakes
• egg custards
• banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches)
• rice balls
• stone chocolate
• and much more!

Your team will be offered a variety of optional food stops, and you get to choose which treats work best for your diet and taste buds. We’ll recommend our favorites, but you get to make the final decision. 

Savor a sample question…

On Bayard St. between Mott and Elizabeth, visit a dragon cooling his fire [as seen on the flag flying outside the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory]. Every flavor here is handmade and delicious, especially pumpkin pie, ginger, and Zen butter (peanut butter with toasted sesame seeds). Peek inside. On the list of flavors, what are chocolate and vanilla classified as?

The answer? A sign categorizes those flavors as “Exotics.” Remember, you’re in Chinatown!

Along with that potential food stop, you also get a note about another nearby snack option:

Bayard, between Mott and Elizabeth: Old timers and those in the know hit Mei Lai Wah at 62 Bayard for delicious $1.75 roast pork buns. 

If you hunger for adventure, join us! This hunt is occasionally available to the general public on weekends, but it’s available any time for private groups. Contact us to learn more—and find more fun in downtown NYC!