Xi’an Famous Foods, New York City

Xi’an Famous Foods is a Chinese restaurant chain-let that has seven stores in New York City. It offers authentic northwest Chinese food that’s delicious and cheap(although not as cheap as some Chinese restaurants in Chinatown). No tips needed as it’s a self-serve restaurant with no waiters.

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Place your order at the counter near the door, then follow instructions to get your food at one of the kitchens. There maybe two kitchens at each restaurants, you just have to wait until your number is called as in a McDonald’s restaurant in New York. Drinks can be taken from a small fridge near the counter and don’t need to wait. You usually don’t need to wait for long to place your order. If you see many people lining up, they might have paid and are waiting for their food.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art – Asian Art

The Met‘s Asian department holds a collection of Asian art, of more than 35,000 pieces, that is arguably the most comprehensive in the US. The collection dates back almost to the founding of the museum: many of the philanthropists who made the earliest gifts to the museum included Asian art in their collections. Today, an entire wing of the museum is dedicated to the Asian collection, and spans 4,000 years of Asian art. Every Asian civilization is represented in the Met’s Asian department, and the pieces on display include every type of decorative art, from painting and printmaking to sculpture and metalworking. The department is well known for its comprehensive collection of Chinese calligraphy and painting, as well as for its Nepalese and Tibetan works. However, not only “art” and ritual objects are represented in the collection; many of the best-known pieces are functional objects. The Asian wing also contains a complete Ming Dynasty-style garden court, modeled on a courtyard in the Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets in Suzhou.

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纽约公共交通攻略 | 如何使用MetroCard

美国纽约市的公交系统采用一票制,不论搭乘地铁还是公交车都是2.75美元,乘客通常都使用MetroCard付费。

搭巴士也可以直接投币2.75美元,但就真的必须投币,而不能使用纸币。搭乘地铁则必须先购买一张MetroCard。

纽约目前也开始架设智能手机和金融卡付费系统,但是预计2023年全面铺设完毕后才能取代MetroCard,所以现阶段在纽约搭乘地铁和巴士,MetroCard几乎是必备的。本文将向大家全面介绍MetroCard的使用知识。

MetroCard的价格与选购技巧

纽约的地铁站和其他不少轨道交通车站的自动售票机都有多种MetroCard出售。旅客也可以在地铁站的人工售票台和部分商店购买到普通的MetroCard。

MetroCard种类繁多,以下只介绍最实用的品种。

如果你搭乘次数很少(不超过4次),建议买一次性使用的单程票,每张售价3美元,仅在自动售票机出售。

其他所有旅客都建议买普通的MetroCard,新卡售价为1美元,不含旅费。加值时可选Pay-Per-Ride或Unlimited Ride,前者按搭乘次数计费,后者按搭乘天数计费。

Pay-Per-Ride:每次搭乘2.75美元

每次可加值5.5美元-80美元。每次搭乘扣费2.75美元,地铁和公交车皆可免费无限次单向换乘(换乘可能需要再次刷卡,但不扣费)。

Unlimited Ride无限搭乘方案:

7天无限次搭乘33美元,30天无限次搭乘127美元。此外还有其他一些特种票,本文不赘述。游客如果7天内搭乘满12次,买7天无限次方案就比按次付费划算。无限搭乘方案的天数从首次使用的那天开始算起,所以如果你今天买了,但没有使用公交卡,就会一直等到你首次使用公交卡的那天才开始计算天数。

不论你最初买的是Pay-Per-Ride还是Unlimited Ride,其实都是一样的普通MetroCard,你随时可以加值,加值时要选择储值(按次扣费)或购买无限搭乘方案。一张卡同时只能存储一个无限搭乘方案,所以你需要等当前的无限搭乘方案用完才能添加新的无限搭乘方案。卡内同时有储值金额和无限搭乘方案时,会优先使用无限搭乘方案,而不会扣你的储值。所以如果你打算使用卡内储值就不要添加无限搭乘方案,如果不打算立刻激活并开始用无限次搭乘方案就不要刷卡(即便你卡内还有按此使用的金额)。卡内储值不能转化为无限搭乘方案,一切都在加值付款时确定好了,所以付款前请先想好哪个更适合自己。

公交卡仅仅是一张薄卡片,很容易毁损,而且有失效日期,所以建议大家不要不必要的一次存太多钱进去。公交卡过期一年内可以去地铁站找柜台帮你转移资金到新卡,超过一年但不到两年的可以邮件联系获得新卡。

如何使用MetroCard

由于MetroCard只是一张磁条卡,所以不能像八达通一样轻触过关。

在地铁站入站时需要像刷老式信用卡一样按箭头指示方向刷卡,速度不能过快。入关闸门屏幕显示GO即可进入地铁站;如果屏幕显示Please swipe again你可以在任何闸门重试;如果屏幕显示Swipe card again at this turnstile你必须维持在该闸门重试,如果换到别的闸门将被重复扣费;如果屏幕显示See Agent你需要到人工柜台寻求帮助。

上巴士时要按箭头指示方向插入卡片打卡,磁条在右侧,MetroCard大名朝向乘客自己。扣费后,卡片会自动向上弹出,请乘客收好。

地铁出站和公交下车不需要公交卡。

Chinese Restaurants in Brooklyn Chinatown, New York

布鲁克林唐人街有数不清的中餐馆,很多价格都很便宜,而且堂吃外卖都不收小费不另加税,例如开封府锅贴店。更多小吃物价如下:

第八大道号称小福州,以福州美食为主,广东菜、马来西亚菜也有几家。日本、韩国、越南的极少。
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