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The Jim, South Philly
During the pandemic bar owners Fergie Carey and Jim McNamara, of Fergie’s Pub and The Goat, along with Tony Rim of 1225 Raw and The Foodery opened The Jim in the old JC Chinese restaurant location. They kept the old … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Kimchi, Korean, Mandoo, Philadelphia, Pork, Potsticker, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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Vanessa’s Dumpling, NYC, Pandemic Edition
I have reviewed Vanessa’s previously, but while I was in NYC recently I thought I would see how they were fairing in pandemic times. Thankfully the dumplings are still great but they seem to have lost their service mojo during … Continue reading
Posted in Boiled, Chinese, Gyoza, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker
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Happy Veggie Restaurant, NYC
Happy Veggie Restaurant is a new to me, vegan Asian fusion restaurant in NYC’s Chinatown that opened during the pandemic. There is very little written about this restaurant on the web, but evidently they use vegan meats from Lily’s Vegan … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Momo, New York City, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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Udon Lab, New York, NY
Udon Lab is an Udon bar and Izakaya that makes its udon from scratch and prepares each bowl fresh. They offer 11 hot udon dishes and 6 cold udon dishes, a selection of izakaya appetizers, some donburi dishes, a handful … Continue reading
Posted in Izakaya, Japanese, Takoyaki
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Dumpling Jjamppong, Jeong’s Kitchen (Danny’s Kitchen), HMart Philadelphia
I have been obsessing over Netflix’s show “A Nation of Broth” which over three episodes, with endless food-porn, documents the centrality of soups and stews in Korean cuisine. The show made me crave some Korean soup, so I went over … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Gyoza, Jjampppong, Korean, Mandoo, Noodles, Philadelphia
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Aged Japanese Soy Sauce Tasting
The pandemic continues to impede the Dumpling Hunter mission and outings to restaurants have been few and far between. I have just started travelling to work conferences and after each of them there have been emails and phone calls from … Continue reading
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Bing Bing Dim Sum, Philadelphia PA
Bing Bing Dim Sum is a hipster Chinese-fusion restaurant in South Philadelphia with a limited small plate menu that does not really rise to the title of Dim Sum. The menu includes a handful of vegan items and they are … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Dim Sum, Dipping Sauce, Philadelphia, Soup Dumpling, Xiao Long Bao
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Bai Wei, Philadelphia
Bai Wei (previously Sakura Mandarin) has several things going for it during COVID times, it is spacious and airy and the tables are reasonably far apart, but the staff is lackadaisical about checking vaccination status. I have been there twice … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Chive, Philadelphia, Pork, Sesame Sauce, Soup Dumpling, Veggie Dumplings
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Heading back into the kitchen
With the Omicron surge upon us the Dumpling Hunter team is retreating from restaurant dining for a while and returning to home cooking. We recently tried making pork and kimchi dumplings using OmniFoods plant based ground pork. I am not … Continue reading
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The search for the world's best dumplings 