My mom’s Chinese friend took me on my first trip to Chinatown, which was great, because she knew all the best and most authentic places to go, and how to haggle with all the Asian vendors who were insulting us white people in their native language. She took us to a FANTASTIC place to get dim sum—it’s called the Grand Harmony Palace, and it’s on Mott St. No one will really speak English there, so enjoy all the carts of amazing food whirling by and just do a lot of pointing and a lot of eating!