{"id":20927,"date":"2025-04-25T09:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20927"},"modified":"2025-04-28T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:35:55","slug":"chinatowns-worst-kept-best-kept-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20927","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown\u2019s Worst-Kept Best-Kept Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shhh!!!<\/p>\n

Its name is Fu Zhou Wei Zhong Wei Jia Xiang Feng Wei which essentially means \u201ctasty Fuzhou hometown flavor.\u201d Or WZW for short. Until about five years ago, this unique restaurant featured an extensive menu but COVID did what pandemics do and they reinvented themselves as a wholesale operation. Since then, they\u2019ve re-reinvented themselves and currently offer a scaled-down selection of first-rate Fujianese soups, dumplings and buns.<\/p>\n

There are two ways you can experience this stalwart Chinatown treasure for yourself: <\/p>\n

Go to 88 East Broadway, walk down a few steps toward the row of plate glass doors, open the leftmost door (the only one that isn\u2019t locked), enter and go left, then around, then downstairs, then straight. You\u2019ll pass mostly vacant and abandoned offices, shop fronts, and the precious few businesses that remain. Keep going until you come to WZW.<\/p>\n

Or…<\/p>\n

Use the side entrance on Forsyth St and go directly downstairs.<\/p>\n

But tell me, where\u2019s the fun in that?<\/p>\n

WZW wasn\u2019t well known to casual tourists but so many foodie cognoscenti and tour guides shared their best-kept secret that before long a critical mass of Chinatown devotees discovered this treasure. And now you\u2019re in on the secret too. If you weren\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

From our last visit: Meat Paste Soup
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\nFried Dumplings
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\nSmall Steamed Buns
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\nSteamed Dumplings
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\nFuzhou Dumplings with Soup
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\nBamboo Shoot Cake. I know they look like the sesame balls you\u2019ve seen so many times before, but these are filled with bamboo shoots and pork. One of a kind.
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And yes, of course we always visit WZW on my “Not Your Ordinary Chinatown Tour.” Check it out here.<\/a> These resolute folks deserve our loyalty and support!
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\nStay safe, be well, and eat whatever it takes! \u2764
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