You will never go hungry in Chinatown. At the Vietnamese diner Golden Star, a glass of chanh muôi (“salty lemonade”) is just the thing to chase down imperial rolls, chicken salad or one of the signature bowls of beef pho. And you won’t go broke either: Lunch specials, such as lemongrass pork chops or curry beef stew over rice, run just a few bucks at Hing Lung, while cheap dumplings are the specialty at Dol Ho, where tasty sesame buns and all manner of dim sum more than make up for the down-market decor. Given that the center of the dining room turns into a dance floor four nights a week (Tuesday through Friday), you’d hardly guess that New Asia packs in lunchtime patrons who can’t wait to order dim sum from the carts that zigzag between the tables. At Jai Yun, the prix-fixe menu reflects whatever chef Chai Ji Nei finds at the market each day; look for Shanghai specialties such as braised pigs’ legs and poussin with taro balls. R&G Lounge serves a dual purpose where Chinatown meets the Financial District. The casual downstairs offers cheap (but good) Cantonese; head to the Zen-like upstairs dining room for salt-and-pepper quail, salmon-avocado egg rolls or deep-fried prawns with honey walnuts. The atmo at Sam Wo is straight out of a noir movie. Enter through the kitchen, ascend a narrow stairway to the second floor and watch as your soup is pulled up via dumbwaiter. No foodie tour of Chinatown would be complete without a stop at Yuet Lee, a favorite haunt of local big-name chefs. The sea bass and huge crabs swimming in large tanks signal how fresh the seafood is. Skip dessert, though, and head to YooGo Gelato, where coconut, cookies-and-cream and other popular flavors share space with more adventurous ones: taro, black sesame, avocado or Budweiser—which is much, much better than it sounds. Trust us.