Category Archives: Pan Fried

Quick Reviews: London, Edinburgh and Glasgow

Posted on October 8, 2024 by rundlea

Itadakizen London. Near King’s Cross St. Pancras train station, Itadakizen is a plant based Japanese restaurant that serves deep fried vegan gyoza. The gyoza were excellent as was the Goma-Q, the vegan Karage and the Shoyu Ramen. I recommend this … Continue reading →

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Ray’s Café and Tea House, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on September 28, 2024 by rundlea

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 →

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Dim Sum Bloom, (ne Shun Lee Cafe, and Shun Lee 98th), New York, NY

Posted on June 23, 2024 by rundlea

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 →

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Moon Kee, New York, NY

Posted on May 30, 2024 by rundlea

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 →

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Shanghai Time, Manhattan, New York

Posted on December 18, 2023 by rundlea

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 →

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Lisa’s Dumplings, New York, NY

Posted on September 30, 2023 by rundlea

Lisa’s Dumplings is in the Turnstyle Underground Market, one of the NYC MTA’s attempts at an Asian style underground shopping arcade.  Lisa’s has an open kitchen concept where the dumpling wrappers are rolled out on a counter in front of … Continue reading →

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Corey’s Crafty Vietnamese Cuisine, Philadelphia

Posted on September 4, 2023 by rundlea

Corey’s Crafty Vietnamese Cuisine has been criminally overlooked by the Philly food press. As of 9/4/2023 it has 100% five-star reviews (on 129 reviews) on Google, but no articles have been written about the restaurant by the local papers, online … Continue reading →

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Dim Sum Garden, Philadelphia

Posted on June 12, 2023 by rundlea

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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Pasta B Jinghua, Milan. Italy

Posted on April 28, 2023 by rundlea

Milan’s Pasta B Jinghua is the Italian outlet of Singapore’s well regarded Jing Hua Xiao Chi, which is known for its home-style Chinese cooking. Pasta B Jinghua’s first floor is dominated by an open kitchen that looks out onto the … Continue reading →

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Dim Sum Palace, Korea Town, NYC

Posted on April 3, 2023 by rundlea

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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