“Four choices,” says the woman at the counter as you scan Yi Mei’s wondrous Chinese spread. Some two dozen containers are piled with dirt-cheap delicacies like sautéed crab and salmon heads, intended to be scooped into your takeout tray. The options change daily and might include crunchy shell-on shrimp slathered with miso paste, deliciously chewy beef tripe or Chinese greens bombed with garlic. Don’t know where to start? Just close your eyes and point.

Yi Mei Gourmet Food Inc.
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Details
- Address
- 51 Division St
- New York
- 10002
- Cross street:
- between Catherine and Market Sts
- Transport:
- Subway: B, D to Grand St; F to East Broadway
- Price:
- Cash only. Four-choices special: $3.50
- Opening hours:
- Daily 7am–9pm
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