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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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Day Lee Pride, Frozen Vegetable Dumplings
For my frozen dumpling reviews I have decided to adopt a star rating system with dumplings rated on a zero to five scale. Within this rubric the first frozen dumpling I profiled, Whole Foods’ vegetable dumpling, got zero stars. Day … Continue reading
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Frozen Dumplings Review: Whole Foods Vegetable Potstickers.
For the New Year I am starting a new feature for Dumpling Hunter, reviews of store bought frozen dumplings. I have had a wide range of experiences with store bought frozen dumplings, from excellent to horrifying. I’ll sort it out … Continue reading
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China Blue, Tribeca, NY
China Blue is the new three-week-old venture from the owner of the Michelin starred Cafe China (I just re-read my review of China Cafe which was a little harsh, I must have been cranky when I wrote it, I have … Continue reading
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Bamboo House, Springfield, MA
Springfield MA has a small cluster of Vietnamese restaurants, including a deli that sells awesome Banh Mi sandwiches. Pho Saigon usually wins the local “Best of…” awards in the Vietnamese Restaurant category and as a result is usually packed with … Continue reading
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Tofu, Garlic Chives and Kimchee Dumplings
Over Thanksgiving we tried to whip up a new vegan dumpling recipe and came up with Tofu, Garlic Chives and Kimchee dumplings, which worked out really well. Ingredients One block firm tofu One bunch garlic chives Nappa cabbage Kimchee 1 … Continue reading
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Where and When to Eat Xiao Long Bao in L.A.
The L.A. Weekly blog just published an awesome flow chart on where and when to eat Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings) in L.A. The flow chart includes decision points for wrapper thickness, dinner vs lunch, whether you what dumplings with … Continue reading
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In New Orleans, not hunting dumplings
I spent four days in New Orleans recently and got distracted from eating dumplings by all the other great food available to me. Here is a run down on my experiences eating in New Orleans. Acme Oyster House – Acme … Continue reading
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Pierogi Love at Sky Mall
While crammed into a US Airways flight waiting for the plane to reach cruising altitude and the “OK” to use my laptop, I spotted pierogi based Christmas decorations amongst the weird and random offerings in the Sky Mall catalog. Sky … Continue reading
The search for the world's best dumplings 