A perfect day: Adam Roberts roams around Manhattan, grazing on ethnic food with Calvin Trillin. Notice the mention of the Chinatown tic-tac-toe-playing chicken, who plays a prominent role in one of the all-time great New Yorker stories.
Also, how to make the Vietnamese sandwich Adam finds.
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20 October | 14:46 | Kevin
If anyone is anywhere near a Lee's Sandiches, I whole-heartedly endorse their banh mi: http://www.leesandwiches.com/
They're mostly in California, but also have stores in Arizona, Oklahoma, even one in Houston.
23 October | 16:16 | Jonny TFL
Personally, I'm glad they got rid of that chicken. It was the dingiest, nasty alley -- not an 'arcade', believe me --and it smelled awful in there. It was sad seeing the bird in the window.
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