Author Archives: rundlea

Fifth Anniversary of Dumpling Hunter

Posted on October 16, 2017 by rundlea

This, the 300th post at Dumpling Hunter, marks the 5th anniversary of the launch of this blog!  In this time the blog has accrued 69,351 page views from 42,441 visitors, with vegetarian and vegan being the most viewed topics.  The … Continue reading →

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Rising Moon, Organic White Bean and Kale Ravioli

Posted on October 9, 2017 by rundlea

Rating:   I was originally looking for vegan ravioli in my local food co-op and these caught eye.  It turns out that they are not vegan but they sounded really good and I was thus detoured from my original mission. … Continue reading →

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Bao Battle: Western MA Edition

Posted on October 2, 2017 by rundlea

Bao Battle: Western MA edition compares bao from Banh Mi Spot and Tran’s World Market, two places I have written about before (Banh Mi Spot: here, here, here and Tran’s: here). Banh Mi Spot began as Banh Mi Saigon, a tiny … Continue reading →

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Sangkee Noodle House, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on September 25, 2017 by rundlea

I was really pleasantly surprised by the Sangkee Noodle House in the lobby of the Sheraton University City Hotel.  I had to be in Philly for work and I got into the hotel late on a miserable rainy night and … Continue reading →

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Mi Lah, 30 Street Station, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on September 18, 2017 by rundlea

Airports and train stations in the U.S. are usually a wasteland for finding vegetarian food, let alone vegan food.  It is so bad that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine rates an airport restaurant as “healthy” if it has a … Continue reading →

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Ocean City Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on September 12, 2017 by rundlea

Dim sum after a night of drinking too much and dancing at a Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ show has become a tradition.  This summer I hit the show in Philadelphia and luckily Philly has a Chinatown.  It is centered around Vine … Continue reading →

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Telegraph Street Area, Berkeley, CA

Posted on September 5, 2017 by rundlea

Telegraph Street is the main commercial strip abutting the UC Berkeley campus with lots of Korean, Japanese, Chinese and fusion joints catering to UC Berkeley’s students.  I expected that this would be a good restaurant row to spend an afternoon … Continue reading →

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Ginto, San Francisco, CA

Posted on August 28, 2017 by rundlea

Ginto is advertised as an izakaya and sushi bar and is part of the Tokyo based Rama restaurant group that runs over 150 restaurants mainly in Asia.  Izakaya are usually small casual pubs, but Ginta has taken the concept of … Continue reading →

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Yank Sing, San Francisco, CA

Posted on August 21, 2017 by rundlea

Yank Sing is open every day of the week and is one of the top rated dim sum houses in San Francisco.  It was originally opened in Chinatown by the current owner’s grandparent in 1958.  In 2001 it moved to … Continue reading →

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Dumpling Strikeouts in San Francisco

Posted on August 14, 2017 by rundlea

I took a business trip to San Francisco and took some time out to sample dumplings.  I hit my favorite spots in Chinatown first, but struck out on the dumpling front. Yuet Lee Seafood Restaurant is a San Francisco institution … Continue reading →

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