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postGai Kitchen’s Thai-style roasted and steamed chicken rice for $10.50 (Chinatown, Manhattan)626 pts
“This place is very good for a quick, casual, and filling meal. The chicken is tender and flavorful and comes with two different sauces.”
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in:Your favorite ___ for $___: Lunch/Dinner 1 pts
replying to u/crazeman: **Sunset Park-ish:** [CHF Chinese Restaurant](https://maps.app.goo.gl/KgAL76BLYAxqjuuH7) is your typical Chinese takeout spot. The Lunch Special (10am to 3pm) is $8 and comes with a soda. Most takeout places put your rice and general tso into one container. CHF gives you a entire container jammed packed with your protein and have your rice in a separate pint container so it's double the portion compared to my local Chinese takeout spots. There's never enough rice compared to the amount of protein that they give you, so I end up making extra rice at home with the leftovers for a 2nd meal. Amazingly they're also on Seamless/UberEats for the exact same prices as going in-person and that includes their lunch specials. Pair it up with one of those 40-60% off UberEats coupon, get like 4 lunches to maximize the coupon/delivery fees and it's a good ass deal. [Gongfu Xiao Long Bao](https://maps.app.goo.gl/rA8x9RkuhsYeBYpY6) is a Fujianese quick eats spot. They have cheap Fujianese soup dumplings, which is VERY different than Shanghainese soup dumplings. $5 for 10 is a great deal and you'll be passing out if you ate 20 of them lol. [Luigi's Pizza](https://maps.app.goo.gl/X7oQHsanq9N445Xg6) is the cheapest slice you can get for a pizza spot that gets listed in top 10 list pretty often. $2.75/slice so $8.25 for 3 slices. [Mike's Donut ](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ru14uqQgFaYDjPvd7)in Bay Ridge has cheap donuts. It's one of the few old school donut shops left in NYC. You can probably g…
“Gai kitchen is cheap for a reason and imo you get what you pay for, the sauce is some of the spiciest I've had on khao man gai to the point where it felt like thats all it has going for it”
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in:Hainanese chicken1 pts
“Their chicken is the juiciest, sauce is homemade and is authentic to Thailand Ginger garlic rice is made with real ginger and garlic and very aromatic and flavorful”
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in:What are the best value meals you have had in NYC?49 pts
replying to u/justflipping: - Ba Xuyen - Super Taste - Spicy Village - Levant - Farook Halal - Duzan - Chicken Lovers - Peking BBQ - Gai Kitchen - Yunnan Flavor Garden - El Tenampa Deli - Tacos El Bronco - Woorijip - Bolivian Llama Party - Taiwan Pork Chop House - Henan Feng Wei - Khao Kang - Arepas Cafe - Mahmoud’s Corner - Nepali Bhanchha Ghar - Burmese Bites - Trinciti Roti Shop - De Hot Pot - Grand St Skewer Cart - 4 Choices and A Soup
“Known for: Thai chicken dishes, garlic chicken, rice bowls”
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in:Gai Kitchen’s Thai-style roasted and steamed chicken rice for $10.50 (Chinatown, Manhattan)39 pts
“Very good, and super authentic.”
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in:Gai Kitchen’s Thai-style roasted and steamed chicken rice for $10.50 (Chinatown, Manhattan)11 pts
“Their garlic rice is amazing”
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in:Gai Kitchen’s Thai-style roasted and steamed chicken rice for $10.50 (Chinatown, Manhattan)11 pts
“It's pretty good. Chicken and ginger rice is tasty. Definitely worth $10.50.”
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in:Thai Breakfast in NYC8 pts
“For Khao Man Gai: - Gai Kitchen”
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in:Where does Stephen Colbert order his steamed chicken from?8 pts
“gai kitchen offers similar thai chicken and it’s very good”
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in:looking for well balanced meals in Chinatown, Manhattan7 pts
replying to u/_luminata: Gai kitchen?
“Yes! Gai Kitchen is on my rotation, but it suffers from the “2 cucumber slices for veg”.”
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in:Gai Kitchen’s Thai-style roasted and steamed chicken rice for $10.50 (Chinatown, Manhattan)4 pts
replying to u/CaiserZero: Just ate here based on this post. It's pretty good. Chicken and ginger rice is tasty. Definitely worth $10.50. Thanks OP
“Glad you liked it and agreed, well worth the price.”
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in:Best cheap eats below 14th in Manhattan3 pts
“traditional thai roasted chicken over ginger rice, small is $6, large is $9.5. incredible”
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