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Return to Din Tai Fung, downtown Seattle, WA
On this trip to Seattle, I returned to down town Din Tai Fung location which I reviewed previously here. As I have written before, I think Din Tai Fung’s soup dumplings are over rated, they are good and consistent restaurant to … Continue reading
Posted in Seattle, Shumai, Soup Dumpling, Vegan, Vegetarian
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Vivienne’s Bistro, Seattle, WA
The branding, design and aesthetic of Vivienne’s Bistro reminded me of PF Chang’s, so much so, that I initially thought it was a new upscale sub-brand of PF Chang’s. But Vivienne’s Bistro is a local Seattle area venture that started … Continue reading
Posted in Seattle, Vegetarian, Wontons
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Pike Place Chinese Cuisine, Seattle, WA
Pike Place Market’s Pike Place Chinese Cuisine, and its sibling store Mee Sung Pastry, hold a special place in my heart. When I moved to Seattle in 1992 and lived at the youth hostel in Pike Place Market for a … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Pan Fried, Piroshky, Pork, Potsticker, Seattle
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NY Times Dumpling Recipes for Lunar New Year
For Lunar New Year the NY Times just published an article with five dumplings recipes – Kimchi Napjak Mandu, Chile Oil Wontons, Gok Jai (Vegetable Crystal Dumplings), Beef Dumplings with Zucchini, Tofu and Chives, and Chocolate Sesame Dumplings. I recently … Continue reading
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bibigo Frozen Kimchi Dumplings
After a long pandemic, my local H-Mart has returned to offering food samples and have been highly successful in getting me to buy new products. Recently they were giving out samples of bibigo pan fried kimchi dumplings, which was a … Continue reading
Posted in Frozen Dumpling Review, Kimchi, Korean, Mandoo, Pan Fried
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Furama, Philadelphia, PA
Furama is a new Dim Sum palace style restaurant in South Philadelphia where dim sum is served from carts that roam the dining room. I am conflicted about dim sum served from carts. I enjoy the tension/surprise of spotting a … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Chinese, Chive, Crystal Shrimp, Dim Sum, Pea vine, Philadelphia, Pork, Shrimp, Shumai, Steamed
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Quick Reviews: London, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Itadakizen London. Near King’s Cross St. Pancras train station, Itadakizen is a plant based Japanese restaurant that serves deep fried vegan gyoza. The gyoza were excellent as was the Goma-Q, the vegan Karage and the Shoyu Ramen. I recommend this … Continue reading
Posted in Korean, Pan Fried, Pasty, Pork, Travel, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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Ray’s Café and Tea House, Philadelphia, PA
Ray’s Café and Tea House is a family run Taiwanese café that introduced siphon coffee brewing to Philadelphia and serves some great house made dumplings. Ray’s is a small place that sells drinks and food and ground coffee and packages … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Pan Fried, Philadelphia, Pork, Potsticker, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
Tagged Chinese, chinese-food, Dim Sum, dumplings, food
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Stargazy, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia’s Stargazy is styled as a classic east London pie and mash shop, and totally hits this mark, even down to the green parsley liquor sauce on the mash. It is a small store front shop with counter service and … Continue reading
Posted in Pasty, Philadelphia, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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Ramen Kuraku, New York, NY
Ramen Kuraku opened during the pandemic in a Columbia University building neat the 168th street medical center, making it one of the northern most ramen restaurants in Manhattan. The restaurant offers shio black, miso and shoyu ramen broths, served spicy … Continue reading
Posted in Gyoza, Japanese, New York City, Pork, Potsticker, Takoyaki
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The search for the world's best dumplings 