Just a rickshaw ride from Windsor Terrace is Sunset Park, a neighborhood which has been getting more attention around here for having some of the last affordable brownstones within relatively convenient commuting distance of Manhattan. Of course, like this week’s Village Voice piece, the neighborhood’s diversity is what most articles tend
to focus on:

Only thirty minutes from Union Square, Sunset Park’s Eighth Avenue could make anyone think they should have brought their passport. For twenty blocks in this Brooklyn neighborhood one can choose from a myriad of Chinese, Malaysian, and Vietnamese restaurants or barter for exotic raw meats and strange produce from omnipresent street hawkers. Over on Fifth Avenue Latino music serenades customers at area taquerias as residents socialize on street corners. These two Asian and Latino arteries define Sunset Park: The cement between them is a virtual Pacific Ocean.

The Voice lists a number of restaurants, including Ba Xuyen, An Dong and Chinese Ocean Restaurant, all on Eighth Avenue. We’d be curious to hear from readers what their favorites are, as we have to admit to never having sampled the local cuisine.
Close-Up on Sunset Park [Village Voice]