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This East Village spot is specializing in Beijing-style street food. Look for spicy seafood dishes like crawfish, shrimp and lobster sold by the pound with potato and lotus root, along with an assortment of different skewered meats and vegetables. The tiger shrimp skewers with pineapple are quite good, along with mini sausages and pork belly with enoki mushrooms. Some of the odder items on the menu include duck heads with spicy sauce, grilled pig brain and wok-fried hoof jelly with pepper. Noodle and rice dishes are also available. Friendly service.

- Thomas Rafael