640673 Thu Jul 30 10:04:28 -0700 2009 4 41 Cookware 0 4903434 They're without handles and not made of plastic .I've been to Pearl River In NYC as well as V&T's In Hempstead NY. They are def not a MUG but sort of a cup or small lidded bowl Thu Jul 30 10:04:28 -0700 2009 11065 scunge 1 4904115 Kam Man @ 200 Canal Street has these...not to mentiona huge selection of chinese food ingredients, teas, cookware etc... you can also find them (they're called guywans) at many of the online fine tea vendors...here's an example from specialteas...http://www.specialteas.com/Tea-ware/Guywans/ a google search for guywans will turn up more sources... Thu Jul 30 13:06:37 -0700 2009 4903434 11069 fauchon 2 4905980 wow!!!! they are costly,is there restaurant quality???? NYC ir Flushing ? Thanks Fri Jul 31 07:18:03 -0700 2009 4904115 11065 scunge 3 4911781 Interesting spelling on specialteas' website. That certainly helps with the pronunciation. The proper Chinese PinYin would be “Gai Wan”. I got a mid-size purple clay (well, dark porous clay) Gai Wan a while back for 5 dollars and another for $25 in a ceramic shop next to the school on Mulberry between Bayard and Canal (closer to Bayard) in Manhattan's Chinatown. It's th have shop that always have display of some clay teapots and cups, and pots for planting just outside their store. Lots of interesting stuff inside the store. Sun Aug 02 18:38:23 -0700 2009 4905980 10422 HLing 1 4911854 This video demonstrates the use of a gaiwan-- http://www.chow.com/stories/10721 And there is some discussion of the gaiwan on eGullet-- http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=123596&hl= Sun Aug 02 19:09:49 -0700 2009 4903434 198087 David A. Goldfarb