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House of Xian Dumplings, San Francisco, CA

House of Xian Dumplings has a great selection of house made boiled dumplings, there is a guy continuously making pot sticker dumplings at a dumpling station at the side of the dining room and another chef in the back kitchen … Continue reading

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Fang Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

I ended up going to Fang Restaurant because it was close to the Cartoon Art Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, but it turns out this is not a good enough reason to go to this restaurant.  … Continue reading

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Bund Shanghai Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

The Bund Shanghai Restaurant in San Francisco’s old Chinatown is named after the old colonial business district along the Huangpu River in Shanghai.  It gets good reviews online and so it was the first place I tried during my visit.  … Continue reading

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Review of “Chinese Special Dumpling Flour”

I am busy writing up some posts from my trip to San Francisco but in the mean time check out Andrea Nguyen’s recent post over at Viet Word Kitchen. She compares Shenzhen Southseas Grains Industries “Special Dumpling Flour” to unbleached Gold … Continue reading

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Makana Hawaiian and Japanese BBQ, NY, NY

Just a quick review before I head out on a business trip to San Francisco.  As its name suggests Makana serves Hawaiian and Japanese BBQ. The Hawaiian BBQ is served “lunch plate” style with sides of rice, mac and cheese, and … Continue reading

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Moshi Moshi, Northampton, MA

Moshi Moshi is one of my favorite restaurants in Western Massachusett’s Pioneer Valley and is the best sushi restaurant on the Northampton-Amherst axis.   Sam, the owner and head sushi chef, knows all his regulars by name and often gives out … Continue reading

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Sriracha Taste Test

The guy’s gear and gadget blog, Cool Materials, just did a Sriracha taste testing, that’s right Huy Fong is not the only game in town.  Although the much discussed “Greta Huy Fong Sriracha Shortage of 2014” never really happened it … Continue reading

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Return to China Blue for Veggie Dumplings

China Blue has a pretty wide selection of dumplings so I on my first visit I only tried the pork filled ones. I recently went back to try the vegetable potstickers and the steamed vegetable dumplings.  It turned however that … Continue reading

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Lunar New Year

The Lunar New year is Friday the 31st and traditionally New Year’s eve celebrations involve making dumplings.  Eating dumplings for the New Year is thought to bring good fortune – the shape of the dumpling is said to resemble that … Continue reading

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Sake Bar Hagi, New York, NY

Sake Bar Hagi is an excellent Izakaya (Japanese Pub) housed in a basement space in mid-town Manhattan.  The place is almost always packed after about 6:30 and it doesn’t take reservations; once all the seats are taken you have to sign up … Continue reading

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