Author Archives: rundlea

Peacefood Cafe, New York, NY

Posted on May 18, 2015 by rundlea

Peacefood Cafe serves vegan fair that comes very close to the border that separates tasty vegan food from bad hippie food.  The Boca Burger style burger comes topped with a weirdly mashed avocado and is then piled way too high … Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, New York City, Shanghai, Vegan, Vegetarian | 1 Comment

Hangawi, New York, NY

Posted on May 11, 2015 by rundlea

Hangawi is a vegan Korean restaurant in midtown Manhattan.  They serve a lot of creative vegan interpretations of traditional Korean dishes in a classical Korean restaurant setting – shoes are removed at the door and you sit on the floor … Continue reading →

Posted in Korea, Mandoo, New York City, Steamed, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetarian | Leave a comment

Return to DumplingGo, NY, NY

Posted on May 4, 2015 by rundlea

I reviewed DumplingGo a couple of months ago but they have been changing up their menu recently so I decided to return and try their new offerings. The Dumplings:  for this outing I tried the Flounder Dumplings and Black Pepper … Continue reading →

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M Shanghai Bistro and Garden, Brooklyn, NY

Posted on April 27, 2015 by rundlea

Following on from the East Village, I have been expecting an explosion of dumpling restaurants in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood but it hasn’t really happened yet. There is an outpost of Vanessa’s and the nearby M Shanghai Bistro and Garden. While M … Continue reading →

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Canteen 82, New York NY

Posted on April 20, 2015 by rundlea

The co-owners of Canteen 82 hail from Malaysia and Hong Kong and the chef is from Shanghai, perhaps explaining the Asian-Fusion menu hidden behind the restaurant’s sub-title “Taste of Shanghai”.  The menu includes lots of American-Chinese dishes, Sushi, cooked Japanese … Continue reading →

Posted in Buns, New York City, Pan Fried, pan-Asian, Pork, Shanghai, Shrimp, Soup Dumpling, Steamed | Leave a comment

May Wah Vegetarian Market Frozen Vegetable Buns

Posted on April 13, 2015 by rundlea

Rating:   If you have eaten fake meat in an Asian restaurant on the Eastern seaboard the chances are it was provided by May Way, the go-to place for fake meat products and vegan dry foods since 1994.  Their line … Continue reading →

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Wild Ginger, New York, NY

Posted on April 6, 2015 by rundlea

  Wild Ginger, also known as LuAnne’s Wild Ginger, bills itself as providing pan-Asian vegan specialties based on traditional Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, and South Asian cuisines.  They claim to make over two-dozen homemade sauces and to use local … Continue reading →

Posted in Gyoza, Shumai, Vegan, Vegetarian | 2 Comments

DumplingGo, NY, NY

Posted on March 30, 2015 by rundlea

  DumplingGo is a new fast-casual chain starting up in NYC with a focus on health conscious food and packing Asian and Western flavor profiles into dumpling wrappers.  They have taken the Chipotle approach to ordering with instructions hanging above … Continue reading →

Posted in Kimchi, New York City, Pork, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetarian | 1 Comment

Cana Korean Restaurant, Chicopee, MA

Posted on March 16, 2015 by rundlea

Cana Korean Restaurant is a great find in Western MA; two other local Korean restaurants recently closed and the other one I know of in the Pioneer Valley is terrible. So this is my new go-to place for Korean food, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gyoza, Kimchi, Korea, Vegetarian | 4 Comments

Mom’s Dumpling and Noodle, Amherst, MA

Posted on March 9, 2015 by rundlea

Mom’s Dumpling and Noodle is a little bit of a misnomer, it only sells two varieties of dumplings and three varieties of noodles.  The menu lists more rice plates that it does dumplings, and also includes kimchi, braised pork feet … Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, Pan Fried, Pork | 1 Comment