Category Archives: Chinese
Because I Don’t Only Eat Dumplings: A Review of Lay’s Chinese Potato Chips
I spend a lot of time in Asian grocery stores picking out frozen dumplings to try. I am also fascinated by the packaged snack aisle, especially the huge variety of Lay’s Potato Chips from all over Asia. Why do we … Continue reading
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Din Tai Fung, Santa Monica, CA
Continuing my tour of U.S. Din Tai Fung locations, on a recent trip to LA I checked out the Santa Monica location. I have long argued that Din Tai Fung’s Xiao Long Bao are over-rated and Santa Monica reinforced my … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Gyoza, Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker, Shanghai, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings, Xiao Long Bao
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Mr. Paik’s Noodles, Grenada Hills, CA
I have been a fan of Baek Jong-won (aka Mr. Paik) since becoming addicted to his show Delicious Rendezvous during the pandemic. The Korean food documentaries that he co-hosts on Netflix are also excellent (the KFood Show A Nation of … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Gyoza, Jjampppong, Korean, Los Angeles, Mandoo, Noodles, Pan Fried, Potsticker
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DD Soup Dumplings & Hibachi
I generally avoid the Times Square area in NYC, but I needed to get A to the train after a session at Local 42, a great dive bar on 9th ave, and ended up walking along 42nd street. Thankfully I … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Dim Sum, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Sheng Jian Bao, Soup Dumpling, Steamed, Xiao Long Bao
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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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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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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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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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