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Category Archives: New York City
Bites of Xi’an 56, NY NY
The NYC mini-chain, Bites of Xia’an, is one of the many Northern Chinese restaurants that launched after Xi’an Famous Foods captured the tastebuds of New Yorkers. Bites of Xi’an 56 is a small, low rent feeling, joint with an open … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Dipping Sauce, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Steamed
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Dim Sum Sam, Upper West Side, Manhattan
I will begin this review by saying that I did not enjoy my dumplings at the Upper West Side Dim Sum Sam. This location only recently opened and hopefully it is just a matter of the staff getting the initial … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Dim Sum, New York City, Pan Fried, Pea vine, Pork, Shrimp, Soup Dumpling, Steamed, Xiao Long Bao
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Tour of Cheap Dumpling Spots in Manhattan’s Chinatown
I recently Googled cheap dumplings in NYC Chinatown and put together a tour of dumpling spots for a friend and I to try out. The Google search returned a bunch of listicles on best dumpling eating in Chinatown and that … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Chive, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Soup Dumpling, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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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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Ramen Kuraku, New York, NY
Ramen Kuraku opened during the pandemic in a Columbia University building neat the 168th street medical center, making it one of the northern most ramen restaurants in Manhattan. The restaurant offers shio black, miso and shoyu ramen broths, served spicy … Continue reading
Posted in Gyoza, Japanese, New York City, Pork, Potsticker, Takoyaki
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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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The search for the world's best dumplings 