Category Archives: Chinese

Mr Robot’s Bo Hai Dumpling Town, New York City, NY

Posted on August 17, 2016 by rundlea

The USA TV show Mr. Robot has built a hardcore fan base that obsesses on Reddit about all the details embedded in the show.  The main character, Elliot Alderson, lives in the Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan above Bo Hai Dumpling Town.  Several … Continue reading →

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Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, Florence MA

Posted on July 5, 2016 by rundlea

The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant in Florence, MA is a mom and pop Chinese restaurant that has a strong local reputation for its food and is one of the few places in Western MA that has a Saturday Dim Sum … Continue reading →

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China Chilcano, Washington, DC

Posted on May 30, 2016 by rundlea

China Chilcano is part of celebrity chef Jose Andres’ ever expanding empire of restaurants.  Andres is credited with popularizing small plate tapas-style eating in the U.S. and, with the opening of the original and excellent Jaleo in 1993, transforming the Penn … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrity Chef, Chinese, D.C., Dim Sum, Gyoza, Japanese, Lamb, Pork, Potsticker, Shrimp, Shumai, Washington, Wontons | Leave a comment

Return to The Real Le Anh Chinese Food Cart, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on May 9, 2016 by rundlea

Since my last trip to Philly the diverse ecosystem of food carts and trucks around the University of Pennsylvania seems to have contracted some.  The number of carts has gone down and the diversity has diminished, and worse of all … Continue reading →

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Return to Kung Fu Steamed Little Buns Ramen, New York, NY

Posted on April 25, 2016 by rundlea

Kung Fu Steamed Little Buns Ramen has probably got the best name in the dumpling making game.  I previously reviewed Kung Fu back in June 2014, but one and even two reviews are not enough to cover all of the … Continue reading →

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Shanghai Restaurant, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

Posted on January 18, 2016 by rundlea

The mom, pop and son restaurant Shanghai Restaurant pioneered Chinese food in the late 90’s in Mexico’s Playa Del Carmen.  The food is essentially mom’s home cooking with dad cranking out dumpling wrappers and noodles on an old school hand cranked pasta … Continue reading →

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Winsor Dim Sum Cafe and China Pearl, Boston MA

Posted on December 31, 2015 by rundlea

I have previously given Boston’s top two rated dim sum houses, China Pearl and Winsor Dim Sum Cafe, pretty mediocre reviews.   But after a long night of celebrating the holidays in Boston some dumplings seemed like just the thing to … Continue reading →

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Dumplings & Things, Brooklyn, NY

Posted on September 14, 2015 by rundlea

I have been eating a lot of vegetarian dumplings lately and felt like re-embracing the pork.  The guys from East Wind Snack Shop have been messaging me through Instagram to come check out their place and based on their Instagram feed … Continue reading →

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Cheap Dumpling Battle: Tasty Dumpling vs. Fried Dumplings

Posted on August 3, 2015 by rundlea

Located around the corner from each other Tasty Dumpling and Fried Dumpling are two stalwarts of the Chinatown cheap dumpling scene. Recently I had a work meeting on the edge of Chinatown and decided to do a post meeting, head-to-head … Continue reading →

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Peacefood Cafe, New York, NY

Posted on May 18, 2015 by rundlea

Peacefood Cafe serves vegan fair that comes very close to the border that separates tasty vegan food from bad hippie food.  The Boca Burger style burger comes topped with a weirdly mashed avocado and is then piled way too high … Continue reading →

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