Sun Hing Lung Co

Love this place! Rice rolls made to order… it doesn’t get any fresher than that! Definitely a go to place if you are wanting a quick inexpensive snack in Chinatown.
I opted for the Chinese sausage filling. Delicious. They have an abundant variety of sauces to choose from. I very much enjoyed the sweet soy sauce.
There are no seats. It’s just an ordering counter. Be careful when inputting the address or it may be very easy to just walk past the location. I will definitely be back in the future.

Sun Hing Lung Co. is known to make fresh rice rolls daily, from 7:30AM in the morning, all the way up to 3:30PM in the afternoon. The menu focuses only on rice rolls, filled with your choice of filings: pork, beef, chicken, dried shrimp, corn, plain, roast pork, Chinese sausage & mixed vegetables, mixed vegetables, fish balls, and egg). I opted for the dried shrimp filling, and it was so cool to see the lady using a steel ‘rice roll’-making contraption to assemble each of the orders. While I wasn’t a fan of the dried shrimp (it tasted way too fishy), the hubs and I both enjoyed the rice noodles — they were super fresh and cooked extremely well. There are some bottles up by the noodlemaker that contains a watered down sesame-​type of sauce; no hoison or hot sauce sauce was found, but you can ask a topping of crushed peanuts. I’d like to come back and try a different filling, either just plain or the one with mixed vegetables. Make sure you bring cash, as this is a cash-​only joint, and just note that limited English is spoken here!
+fresh rice noodles!

The best soybean milk I’ve had in NYC chinatown. It’s so fresh! I also got the dried shrimp rice noodle. Also tasty. This will defin become a regular stop for me.

Dirt cheap and hard to find… two of the most important criteria when vying for hole in the wall status. This place delivers on both fronts.
Needing a break from my typical Chinatown dumpling excursions, I found myself in quite an involved Unilocal search for something a bit further than the Chinatown outskirts hugging the Civic Center. An intriguing 4.5 star rating attached to a very clumsily developed moniker generated nothing but question marks in the brain pan of yours truly. The most important question was «what do they serve there???»
A brief educational read from the relatively scant selection of reviews prompted my trip to check out the joint. It’s a window on the side the first floor façade of 58 Henry, with a door that leads to a counter with a 5 – 6 layer steamer and with a horror movie-​style kitchen in the back (with no seats… so take your food and go).
Everyone in line was a native speaker, so I didn’t understand a word. The counter lady said a lot of words that might as well have been binary, to which I responded, «a pork rice roll and a dried shrimp rice roll.» She looked a bit surprised (judging from the shape of my eyes, she half expected that I was a dark skinned Chinese person… at least that’s what I’m telling myself). Either way, she got my order correct.
Two styrofoam cartons filled with piping hot ricey concoctions… and all for the price of $ 3. I damn near choked on the first rice roll that I stuffed down muh gullet. A bit of soy sauce and some other sauce just set the whole thing off. You could certainly make a meal out of one, and while two might have been superfluous for any other person, my fat @ss certainly could use the extra carbs (sarcasm, if you didn’t pick up).
Another big surprise in the form of a small place, dishing out grub at prices that makes one scratch his/​her head… how they afford the rent and make a profit??? I’ve not the slightest, but so long as they keep dishing out the goods, they can keep their ancient Chinese secrets ;)

Perhaps it’s the nostalgia of my dad taking me to a rice roll (cheung fun) stand in Hong Kong, this experience definitely enhanced my love for cheung fun.
This part of town is a bit harder to get to but I swear it’s worth it. Come on a good day and you can even dine on the little ledge and have conversations with the other patrons in line.
For only $ 1.5 you get to witness a master making you fresh rice roll, I picked dried shrimp and she asked me if I wanted green onions, she then sprinkle them on like fairy dusts.
‘Is there peanut sauce?’ I asked.
‘Yeah it’s here… is this your first time here? If you are eating here I can do the sauce for you.‘
She then first squeeze soy sauce on the take out container, put on the freshly made rice roll, and proceed to add more soy sauce on top, along side with peanut sauce, and hoi sin sauce.
‘Here you go,’ as she put it in front of me on the window ledge.
The next 10 minutes as I savor the cheung fun will be forever embedded in my memory. I will remember the glistening sauce, the freshness and chewiness of the just made cheung fun, the charming and helpful lady chef, the people on the street with their envy eyes and whispers.

Delicious, fresh, and dirt CHEAP rice rolls!!! $ 1.50 per serving and it is made right in front of you. The lady serving me was really sweet and quick with my order of dried shrimp rice rolls. I would definitely come back for a quick meal. There are 3 – 4 different sauces offered to drizzle over your rolls. I prefer just soy sauce. I grabbed this to go for breakfast before heading for a flight home, and it was boxed perfectly.

Perfectly made rice rolls and all fresh to the order. The Cheung Fun here are one of a kind, you’ll be hard pressed to find another place that makes them this well and at such prices.
This isn’t a restaurant but a food supply warehouse of sorts which sells only a handful of cooked items. Don’t come here expecting a seat but if you’re craving good rice rolls this is the place to visit.

It was a little of a wait since there was a long line and only 1 lady making the steamed rice noodle rolls… but it was definitely worth the wait.
It tasted so fresh. I got the one with dried shrimp and green onions. My sister and I devoured them within minutes.
Soo good!!!

A wait-​grab-​n-​go place for fresh, handmade cheung fun. I came here in the afternoon and there was only one lady in sight at the back of the house so I had to scream across the room to get her attention. There are no seats in this «food warehouse» but only a ordering counter. So it’s definitely a take-​away sort of place. Luckily there was no one else while I was ordering so the wait for my egg cheung fun was only 2 – 3 mins.
Let me take a deep breath first to gather some strength to praise these cheungs. As soon as they were out in a container and shoveled in front of my face, I could barely refrain myself from sticking my fingers in those pillowy Cheung funs and smear them across my face. With sauces added in, the concoction was just so beautiful. But then I remembered I was a lady.
God this review is getting too long, so I’ll get to the point. The Cheung funs happened to be done to my likings – they weren’t too mushy nor did they stick to my teeth like some in other shops. There was an adequate amount of oil in these cheungs, so it smelled incredibly good when it was still hot. There was plenty of egg in my cheungs and I also requested some onions so that they were more complex in terms of texture.
Conclusion: will return

Located near the bridge is this small dingy place in East Broadway. I was around the area and made it in time before they stopped making the rice noodles. They stop selling at 3:30pm everyday. The rice noodles were made to order fresh. I like that there’s many types of rice noodles to order from, whether it be beef, pork, corn, veggies or fishballs. I got the rice noodles with fish balls and egg. The egg was an additional charge of $ 0.50. The noodles were kind of liquidity. I actually prefer it to be more dense and glutinous. The fishballs were cut in half to be made with the rice noodles. I wished they were the whole fish balls that I’m used to. I’ve had better. But it’s not bad for a quick simple snack for $ 2.00.

Lady behind the counter could be a distant relative. This is like old school, badass Chinese grandma’s food.
Unfortunately, I don’t speak Cantonese, but a guy who was ordering in front of me helped out after my fifth attempt at enunciating «dried shrimp rice roll, please!» So come with a Canto buddy if possible. If not, be prepared to point and do some charades.
It’s kind of on the outskirt of what most people consider the heart of Chinatown. Sun Hing Lung is in a residential area near the Manhattan Bridge. Well worth the detour if you’re craving some rice rolls. Drizzle on some of that peanut sauce and spicy hot sauce, add some scallions, and it is the perfect street food.

Sun Hing Lung Co. is located near the Manhattan Bridge. Walk a couple steps from right under the bridge, and you will find the place with bright yellow sign. It looks like a factory from outside, but they serve some delicious rice rolls — made right before your eyes — at an incredibly cheap price.
I tried the Rice Rolls with Beef ($ 1.25). When you put in the order, the lady at the counter pours liquid rice base onto a flat metal tray and put it in the oven. It takes about 5 minutes for the rice rolls to «bake.» She then rolls them up with something tha treminds me of a squeeze. The rice rolls are served in a Styrofoam container. There are four sauces — teriyaki, soy sauce, Sriracha, and peanut sauce — that you can drizzle on top.
The rice rolls are chewy, piping hot, and tastes better than the rice rolls you get at dimsum restaurants. These are a bit liquidier than the other rice rolls I have had. Maybe if I let them cool for a bit, they will get more gelatinous. I’d try the Rice Rolls with Corn next time because the meat here is a bit sketchy.

In the area and my friends said let’s try this rice roll. It’s the right price and soo good! Being the foodie that I am I went along to this place. I ordered the beef rice roll and the egg rice roll! Added sriracha and soy sauce and omg! So delightful! Worth a repeat trip!

** 2.5 stars **
On quiet Henry Street near the Manhattan bridge is one of a few places in NYC where freshly made rice rolls are made on demand. Sun Hing Lung is a market selling rice noodles, soy products, and dumplings. Out of their small storefront window, they also do brisk business selling small Styrofoam containers of freshly made rice rolls. There are no seats, most customers buying to go or to eating right outside.
Rice rolls are a humble, Chinese breakfast item made from a liquid batter of rice flour, other starch flours, and water, poured and spread onto a flat heating surface, much like crêpe preparation. The batter sets quickly, forming a thin sheet that can be consumed simply rolled up and doused with one’s choice of toppings and sauces, or rolled around heartier filings. At their best, rice rolls are silky, slightly translucent creations with an incredible mouth feel, slightly sticky but separating smoothly.
Great rice rolls elude NYC, prompting my folks to make pilgrimages to the Greater Toronto area for that, for as long as I remember. After consuming divine ones prepared streetside in Hanoi recently (banh cuon), I decided to give Sun Hing Lung a try. Here, the batter is poured onto rectangular flat pans and slipped into a rack inside a tabletop metal steamer. When done, the thin sheet is scraped out, rolled up, then cut. There is an option to incorporate cooked egg into the roll; if chosen, it will truly be made to order.
Many filling variations are offered. Besides classic dried shrimp and scallions, there’s corn, beef, pork, vegetable, fish balls, roast pork, and Chinese sausage. Then there are the squeeze bottles of sauces: soy, sweet soy, peanut, Sriracha. Once the order is ready, open up the container and squeeze away. The choice is yours but most people use at least 2 or more. Rice rolls are very subtle in flavor (although the best have a gentle sweetness and fragrance). Especially if the filling is not substantial, they are canvasses that need seasoning.
Still, proper trappings and fresh preparation alone do not make a superior product. The rolls are widely uneven in thickness; overly sticky, resulting in clumping; and rough in texture. They have the characteristic tenderness of freshly made, but that is not enough compensation for other flaws.
Sun Hing Lung’s rice rolls are no game changers, reinforcing the lack of great rice rolls in this great food city. Still, given their competition (or lack thereof) and very cheap prices, they’ll satisfy a fresh rice rolls craving. As for me, I’ll wait until I go out of town.

Super silky soy-​licious tofu pudding (dohua) for the murderous price of $ 2/​quart; fresh poured and made to order sheets of rice noodle rolls (cheung fun) rolled up with all the meats you can name (shrimp, beef, cha siu, or veges) also sold for dirt cheap at $ 1 – 2, what’s not to love about SHL?!
Do go early tho coz they always sell out by the early pm!

This place is an awesome hidden gem! Firstly, be warned that it is a take-​out only hole in the wall that has no seating for patrons. They specialize in rice rolls (cheong fun) can be purchased either already prepared and packed by the bag or hot out of the steamer to be consumed right away.
If coming here to buy the freshly steamed cheong fun, the workers already have the batter ready and pour it onto the steam rack when you order along with whatever toppings you choose to add on it. It takes a minute but the rice rolls come out super soft and ready for the peanut sauce, hoisin, and sriracha laid out that you must pile on. So delicious!
Workers running this little shop only speak Chinese but there is an English menu so ordering is easy. Plus everything on the menu is $ 1 – 2. Definitely worth a visit

*Rice Rolls are cheap, and phenomenal.
*Must Try Flavours: Fishballs, Roast Pork, Corn, Dried Shrimp.
*top it off with soy sauce and peanut sauce.
*Soy Milk (with sugar) is amazing!
*definitely not enough food to be considered a fulfilling meal, unless you order at least five rice rolls.

I don’t understand the hype, I am a huge fan of Everything Rice Rolls … But this spot was just ok a little below average. This spot is in a different location 58 Henry street! The establishment looks filthy with no indoor seating, it’s a order & go joint.
The Rice Rolls are made fresh, I ordered 1 of almost everything on the menu. The end result was regardless if I ordered Pork, Beef or even Egg… All I really got was a lump of rice *Stop Being Stingy*. If it was not for the Sweet Soy Sauce & Sriracha Sauce bathing the rice rolls, I probably would of not have eaten it!
FYI: I rather hit up a Dim Sum joint, Yummy Meat Filled Rice Rolls there…

My favorite go-​to place for steamed rice noodles. Don’t judge it by it’s exterior appearance, it’s a hole in the wall spot that is often overlooked. I love the soft texture of these silky smooth steamed rice noodles compared to the street vendor ones. Did I mention they make it FRESH! As soon as you place your order, they make it spot on and afterwards you’re able to add as much sauce to your liking. I always drench mines in peanut and hoisin sauce, while topping it off with a little hot sauce. It used to be $ 1.25 per order but it’s still dirt cheap now. For $ 1.50, you can chose from plain, beef, pork, chicken or dried shrimp and add other ingredients for an additional price. My absolute favorite is the pork steamed rice noodle with egg, cilantro, and fish balls. It’s a perfect way to start my day before work!

Rice noodles for a steal.
After a morning of biking, we found ourselves in Chinatown and decided to explore off the beaten path and went deep into Two Bridges.
We found ourselves outside Sun Hung Lung and were very intrigued by the literal hole in the wall. A quick Unilocal search revealed a small online presence, but we trusted our guts and placed an order.
We opted for one pork roll and one chicken sausage with mixed veggies, both with cilantro. I think what wowed us the most was the cooking process. She took a cookie sheet, brushed it with oil, and sprinkled the ingredients throughout. Then she scooped a spoonful of a starchy water, spread it around and threw it into a steamer. One minute later, she took the sheet out, scraped the noodles off of it, cut it up and voila! Rice noodles complete.
They have an assortment of sauces to use, including peanut, soy, spicy, and a sweet soy sauce. My favorite was the pork roll with sweet soy sauce and peanut sauce.
Though nutritional value is null with this breakfast food, I’m glad to know of an option for a quick snack deep in Chinatown.