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Tina’s Café, Philadelphia, PA
Tina’s Café is a small café, with half a dozen tables, that opened in Oct 2025, in Philadelphia’s Queen Village neighborhood. I can’t really find any background information on the place and outside of Yelp, which only has three reviews, … Continue reading
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Mokban Korean Bistro, Providence RI
Immediately upon walking into Mokban, I was skeptical about whether this restaurant was serving the traditional home-style Korean food it advertised. There was just no smell of cooking sesame oil, which I associate with great traditional Korean restaurants in NYC … Continue reading
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Joong Boo Wang Mandoo, Chicago, IL
Joong Boo Market is small (four stores) chain of Korean markets in Chicago. It has three supermarkets and one houseware market, that it claims provides the “largest selection of kitchenware, appliances, cutlery, gifts, and other housewares products in the Midwest.” I … Continue reading
Return to Xi’an Famous Foods, 2026 Edition
In 2015 I ranked Xi’an Famous Food’s veggie dumplings as my favorite of the year and gave them a shout out in my 2016 round-up of dumplings. I continued to feast on their veggie dumplings regularly up until the beginning … Continue reading
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Mom-Mom’s Kitchen Frozen Vegan Potato Pierogi
Philadelphia’s Mom-Mom’s Kitchen started out as a roving food cart and then in 2018 opened a sit-down brick and mortar location in Bridesburg, which was featured in an 2020 episode of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. The Bridesburg location closed … Continue reading
Bites of Xi’an 56, NY NY
The NYC mini-chain, Bites of Xia’an, is one of the many Northern Chinese restaurants that launched after Xi’an Famous Foods captured the tastebuds of New Yorkers. Bites of Xi’an 56 is a small, low rent feeling, joint with an open … Continue reading
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Little Susie’s Coffee and Pie, Philadelphia PA
Little Susie’s is known for its hand-pies, which are like small pasties, single serving, sweet or savoy filled pies with a closed crust. I tried the Point Breeze location, which is walk-up to-go only, with service through a window on … Continue reading
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Seaforest Bake Shop, Philadelphia
After six years in the making, Seaforest Bake Shop opened in September 2025 in Philadelphia’s Graduate Hospital neighborhood. The bake shop sells Korean flavored pastries, some of which use homemade traditional Korean fermented products, such as gochujang (Chili paste), doenjang … Continue reading
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Nan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodle House, Philadelphia, PA
Nan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodle House was the second place we hit after the No Kings march in Philadelphia. My friend used to eat here a lot but had not been back in years and so was excited to introduce … Continue reading
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The search for the world's best dumplings 