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Category Archives: Buns
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
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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
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Dim Sum, Duck, Fish, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Soup Dumpling, Xiao Long Bao
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Moon Kee, New York, NY
Moon Kee opened back in October of 2023 selling Cantonese style food and dim sum. The restaurant traces its origins to the owner’s father, who learned to cook in China in the 1950s and after moving to Hong Kong in … Continue reading
Posted in Buns, Chinese, Chive, Dim Sum, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Shrimp, Shumai, Soup Dumpling, Steamed, Sticky Rice, Xiao Long Bao
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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
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, New York City, Shanghai, Sheng Jian Bao, Shumai
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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
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Chive, Gyoza, New York City, Pork, Potsticker, Steamed
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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
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker, Rice Dumplings, Shanghai, Sheng Jian Bao, Shrimp, Shumai, Soup Dumpling, Sticky Rice
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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
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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
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Dim Sum Palace, Korea Town, NYC
Dim Sum Palace is a New York City mini-chain of Cantonese dim sum houses with seven locations and a planned eight location in Chinatown that will seat 200 people and stay open to 4am. Back in 2019 I tried the … Continue reading
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Grand Palace Seafood Restaurant, Philadelphia
Grand Palace Restaurant is an old school dim sum palace that can seat 700 people across three dining rooms. Dim sum is served from a fleet of roving push carts that patrol the dining rooms and when you request a … Continue reading