Experiences with Heart
These aren’t your typical walking tours. Each experience offers a different window into Chinatown’s past and present - told by the people who lived it. Whether you're exploring hidden alleyways, tasting your way through local kitchens, or hearing stories that never made the history books, you’ll leave with a deeper connection to this community - and the stories that shaped it.
Premium Underworld Experience
Walk the line between Chinatown's myth and reality.
Step into the shadows with a raw, unfiltered look at Chinatown’s underworld — guided by locals, and featuring voices who lived this history firsthand. This 2-hour experience offers everything in the Standard tour, with exclusive additions: access to a former Flying Dragons hideout, more voices, more time, and live street-side storytelling that brings the past to life.
Highlights:
🕑 Duration: 2 hours
🧱 Includes everything from the Standard Underworld Experience
🚪 Exclusive access to a former Flying Dragons gang hideout
🗣️ Features both a former gang member and a retired NYPD commander
🎭 Live, street-side historical presentation
👥 Led by local guides with deep ties to the neighborhood
🚶 Small group format for more intimate storytelling
Flavors of Asia Experience
Where every bite tells a story.
This culinary tour is more than just dumplings and noodles - it’s about memory, migration, and the kitchens that have kept tradition alive. You’ll visit beloved local eateries and hidden gems, sampling regional dishes from across Asia while hearing the stories behind the food and the people who make it.
Highlights:
🕑 Duration: 2 hours
🍲 Multiple tastings across family-run restaurants and street food spots
🗣️ Stories behind the food, told by local insiders
👀 Insider access to hidden culinary gems
🚶 Walkable, immersive street-level experience
Underworld Standard Experience
The Chinatown you’ve never heard about.
This 90-minute experience pulls back the curtain on Chinatown’s hidden history — from secret societies to street gangs and everything in between. You’ll hear firsthand accounts from a former gang member, and walk the very streets where these stories unfolded. Led by local guides, this is a raw, unfiltered telling of a side of Chinatown rarely acknowledged.
Highlights:
🕒 Duration: 90 minutes
🗣️ Includes a talk by a former Chinatown gang member
📍 Walk through historic underworld locations (no hideout entry)
👥 Led by local guides
🚶 Street-level, immersive walking experience