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Return to Ollie’s, New York City, NY

Ollie’s has been a fixture on the Upper Westside of Manhattan for 27 years, doing a huge business in dine-in, take-out and delivery of Americanized-Chinese food.  Over the last couple of years they have closed a couple of locations and … Continue reading

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Vinateria, New York City, NY

Over the past four years of Dumpling Hunter I have mainly focused on Asian and Eastern European dumplings, with a sideline in Pastys and Empanadas, and have almost ignored the ravioli (see here and here).  It is time to right this … Continue reading

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Mr Robot’s Bo Hai Dumpling Town, New York City, NY

The USA TV show Mr. Robot has built a hardcore fan base that obsesses on Reddit about all the details embedded in the show.  The main character, Elliot Alderson, lives in the Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan above Bo Hai Dumpling Town.  Several … Continue reading

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Puff Cha Cafe, New York City, NY

Puff Cha Cafe is a Thai restaurant that focuses on Curry Puffs (Karee Paps in Thai) which the menu describes as “a deep fried delicacy/snack consisting of individual small round pockets of dough that look like a small Cornish pastry … Continue reading

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Oriental Taste, Northampton, MA

The atrocious Zen in Northampton MA (reviewed here) finally closed and in short order was replaced by Oriental Taste, which is brought to us by the same guys who own Oriental Flavor in Amherst, MA.  I previously proclaimed Oriental Flavor … Continue reading

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The Pasty Shop, London, England

As I have written before, when I travel to London I am in the habit of having a pasty for breakfast at Paddington Station as my first meal in country.  After a recent flight to London, I was distressed to … Continue reading

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Gohyang Korean Restaurant, Hadley MA

Gohyang Korean Restaurant in Hadley MA, recently changed hands when its owner, Hyunjeong Kim, had to return to Korea to take care of elderly family members (a loving article about Gohyang closing is here).  Hyunjeong Kim was actually the second owner … Continue reading

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The Golden City Asian Cuisine, Calabash NC

A quick guest review of The Golden City Asian Cuisine in Calabash NC was sent in recently. At The Golden City Asian Cuisine in Calabash NC, there was a choice between pork or vegetable dumplings. We chose the vegetable dumplings … Continue reading

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A Shanghai Native Hunts for Soup Dumplings in NYC

The folks at Quartz posted a great article and video about an expat, Siyi Chen, from Shanghai  hunting for Xiao Long Bao in NYC.  Chen hit eight dumplings houses with highly rated online reviews – Joe’s Shanghai, Taste of Shanghai, … Continue reading

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Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, Florence MA

The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant in Florence, MA is a mom and pop Chinese restaurant that has a strong local reputation for its food and is one of the few places in Western MA that has a Saturday Dim Sum … Continue reading

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