Good Eats: Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, NYC

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory 65 Bayard St., 212-608-4170. Who knew?--America’s most popular dessert was invented in 1300 by the Chinese! In this tiny little shop, it is married mostly to exotic Chinese flavors—almond cookie, avocado, black sesame, durian, lychee, red bean. More common flavors are also options.

image c2011 Carole Terwilliger Meyers