Category Archives: Chinese
Bai Wei, Philadelphia
Bai Wei (previously Sakura Mandarin) has several things going for it during COVID times, it is spacious and airy and the tables are reasonably far apart, but the staff is lackadaisical about checking vaccination status. I have been there twice … Continue reading
Little Alley, Scallion Stuffed Pocket
Rating: Little Alley is a Taiwanese food company whose products are represented and distributed in the U.S. by the Well Luck Co. Inc. The Scallion Stuffed Pocket is the love child of a scallion pancake and a Hot Pocket. The … Continue reading
Big Catch Poke, Philadelphia PA
One thing I have noticed while walking around Philadelphia is that seemingly random restaurants sell Chinese Bao. A case in point is Big Catch Poke, which has an 8.5 by 11 piece of printer paper stuck to its front window … Continue reading
Baozza: Frozen Steamed Buns Filled with Pizza Toppings
Rating: I was not planning to buy this product and review it. But after I posted a picture to Insta of Baozza boxes in the local supermarket freezer case a friend chastised me for not reviewing them. So here we … Continue reading
Bao Nine, Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s Bao Nine is a newish venture from the team who developed the Sweet Charlie’s rolled ice cream chain. Bao Nine sells Taipei street-food style Gua Bao, which are flat steamed buns wrapped around a filling which is traditionally pork … Continue reading
Steamed Scallion Buns (Hua Juan) Recipe
The ill planned re-openings in Southern and Western states and the abdication of the federal government in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has undone the hard won gains of the State level stay at home orders of March to May, … Continue reading
The Tang, NY, NY
The options for eating excellent Chinese food around the Columbia University campus continue to expand. The Tang, which opened on the Upper West Side about 8 months age, bills itself as a noodle bar that serves contemporary Chinese food in … Continue reading
NY Times Article on the declining market share of Chinese restaurants
The NY Times published an interesting article on Chinese restaurant’s declining share of the restaurant market. The article frames the decline in terms of the immigrant journey of Chinese immigrants taking whatever jobs were available in the U.S., commonly in … Continue reading
Dim Sum Palace, New York, NY
To round out 2019 we at Dumpling Hunter had a blow out feast at Dim Sum Palace, a NYC mini-chain of family run dim sum restaurants. Dim Sum Palace has large dim sum menu and a large menu of American-Chinese … Continue reading
The search for the world's best dumplings 