Author Archives: rundlea

Return to Naruto Ramen, New York, NY

Posted on February 10, 2016 by rundlea

The day after the blizzard in New York City seemed like the perfect time for a bowl of ramen at Naruto Ramen (full review of Naruto Ramen here).  As a starter we tried the pan fried veggie dumplings.  They use … Continue reading →

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Duk Mandoo Gook (Rice Cake Soup With Dumplings) Recipe

Posted on February 5, 2016 by rundlea

Duk Mandoo Gook is a soup with sliced rice cakes and dumplings and served during Korean New Year.  Lunar New Year in 2016, is Monday February 8th. Traditionally families gather on New Year’s day to make dumplings; several of the … Continue reading →

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Haioreum Frozen Dumplings, Kimchi and Vegetable Styles

Posted on February 1, 2016 by rundlea

Rating:  Haioreum appears to be the house brand of the H Mart chain of Asian grocery stores.  H Marts are known for giving out lots of free samples on weekends and my local one is my favorite place to grocery shop. … Continue reading →

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Lollicup, Denver, CO

Posted on January 27, 2016 by rundlea

A friend of the Blog sent in this review for Lollicup in Denver, CO. Lollicup on Colorado Blvd. in Denver, CO is a small tea house catering to a young demographic. The atmosphere is playful with a foosball machine, racks … Continue reading →

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Bunn Reborn as Mama

Posted on January 25, 2016 by rundlea

The steamed bun take-out kiosk at Food Gallery 32 (on 32nd Street in New York’s Korea Town) started life as Bunch, then added Gua Bao to the menu and renamed itself Bunn and then recently expanded to add Taiyaki (a … Continue reading →

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Shanghai Restaurant, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

Posted on January 18, 2016 by rundlea

The mom, pop and son restaurant Shanghai Restaurant pioneered Chinese food in the late 90’s in Mexico’s Playa Del Carmen.  The food is essentially mom’s home cooking with dad cranking out dumpling wrappers and noodles on an old school hand cranked pasta … Continue reading →

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Return to Wild Ginger, New York, NY

Posted on January 11, 2016 by rundlea

For the vegan in New York City Wild Ginger’s menu provides breadth and depth, almost everything I have tried has been really good.  I previously reviewed Wild Ginger when I tried their steamed vegetable dumplings and vegetable shumai, which were good but … Continue reading →

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Best of the Year: 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by rundlea

With 2015 coming to an end it is time look back at the best and worst dumplings of the year. Best Overall Dumpling:  The winner for the year is Nishida Sho Ten‘s pork gyoza which are served fried into a thin … Continue reading →

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Winsor Dim Sum Cafe and China Pearl, Boston MA

Posted on December 31, 2015 by rundlea

I have previously given Boston’s top two rated dim sum houses, China Pearl and Winsor Dim Sum Cafe, pretty mediocre reviews.   But after a long night of celebrating the holidays in Boston some dumplings seemed like just the thing to … Continue reading →

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Naruto Ramen, New York, NY

Posted on December 7, 2015 by rundlea

After having been blown away by Nishida Sho-Ten, I decided to try all the ramen joints in the Ramen Joe family – Naruto with four locations, Terakawa Ramen and Nishida Sho-Ten.  The Naruto Ramen location on the Upper West Side … Continue reading →

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