Category Archives: Bao
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
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
Dim Sum Bloom, (ne Shun Lee Cafe, and Shun Lee 98th), New York, NY
The food at Upper West Side’s Dim Sum Bloom was meh when I ate there, but the back story of the restaurant is interesting. It originally opened, to great anticipation, as “Shun Lee Cafe” and then later changed its name … Continue reading
3 Times, New York, NY
The origin story of 3 Times, a local NYC mini-chain of dumpling joints, is that an expat from Nanjing who was working as a tour guide in New York wanted a good Chinese restaurant to take his groups to. He … Continue reading
Ba Le Bakery, Philadelphia, PA
There seem to be several Ba Le Bakery stores around the U.S. – California, Dorchester, Falls Church, Chicago and the one I hit in Philadelphia. It is unclear whether they are related to one another. The website for the Ba … Continue reading
BB Tee House, Philadelphia PA
BB Tee House is a new Vietnamese café in South Philly specializing in bubble tea and Banh Mi sandwiches. They also sell Vietnamese coffee, prepared foods, frozen foods and Vietnamese pantry staples. They have excellent Banh Mi sandwiches and Bao … Continue reading
Stick to My Pot Potstickers
Stick to My Pot, Potstickers is a small dumpling restaurant on West 35th street near Penn Station. The restaurant has a long wooden counter, with metal stools, along one side of the space, and counter service at the back, where … Continue reading
Shanghai Time, Manhattan, New York
Shanghai Time had me at “it our mission to introduce the traditional Shanghainese Shengjianbao to the New York City culinary community”, I love Sheng Jian Bao and great ones are hard to find in the U.S. I first tried this … Continue reading
Ninja Bao, Philadelphia
Ninja Bao is a small kiosk sized restaurant in the underground concourse of Philly’s Suburban Station. They have an extensive menu that serves bao, gyoza, buns, wontons, sheng jian bao, and ramen. Ninja Bao is counter service and has seating … Continue reading
Dim Sum Garden, Philadelphia
The owner of Dim Sum Garden claims to be the 5th generation descendent of the Chef who invented Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings). This is obviously hard to verify, but online reviews are consistent in praising the soup dumplings. When … Continue reading
The search for the world's best dumplings 