Category Archives: Pan Fried

Peking Kitchen II, New York NY

Posted on September 17, 2014 by rundlea

I have reviewed dumpling spots in China and in China-towns, in Korea and in Korea-towns, in Little-Tokyos, in Italy, in Tibetan enclaves and in old school Eastern European neighborhoods. But I haven’t yet reviewed an old-school Ghetto Chinese restaurant, a … Continue reading →

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Sun Kim Bop, Seoul Street Food Truck, Amherst MA

Posted on September 8, 2014 by rundlea

The Sun Kim Bop food truck hit the streets in Western MA in winter 2013-2014 but I just spotted it this past weekend on the Amherst commons.  Despite its signage the Sun Kim Bop doesn’t really provide the full Seoul … Continue reading →

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Samurai Noodle, Seattle WA

Posted on September 2, 2014 by rundlea

Samurai Noodle is a Seattle based ramen bar mini-chain that serves fresh homemade noodles.  They have a ton of options for adding ingredients to the base broths and noodles and for the pork broth you can order extra pork fat … Continue reading →

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Jado Sushi Harlem, New York, NY

Posted on July 28, 2014 by rundlea

The wave of gentrification that has swept through South Harlem has brought luxury condos, interesting bistros and celebrity chefs. Unfortunately it has not added to the dumpling eating opportunities in Harlem.  Jado Sushi Harlem, is a case in point, it … Continue reading →

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Ping Pong Dim Sum, Washington, DC

Posted on June 16, 2014 by rundlea

I hear you can get excellent Asian food in the surrounding suburbs but in D.C. proper I have come to expect the worst, with the low point being the time I opened a dumpling steamer to find a cockroach stuck … Continue reading →

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Kung Fu Steamed Little Buns Ramen, New York, NY

Posted on June 9, 2014 by rundlea

As a huge fan of Kung Fu movies I was predisposed to like Kung Fu Steamed Little Buns Ramen just based on the name and before I ever read the strong review in the New York Times.  Thankfully all of my … Continue reading →

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Tea Magic, New York NY

Posted on May 27, 2014 by rundlea

Tea Magic provides the local bubble tea (boba milk tea) fix for Columbia University students.  They also sell steamed Chinese buns and have a cooler with cooked boiled dumplings and noodles in to-go containers.  They will microwave the dumplings for … Continue reading →

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XO Taste, New York NY

Posted on May 19, 2014 by rundlea

I previously reviewed XO Taste’s sister restaurant, XO Kitchen, which I like a lot.  The XO restaurants have such huge menus of Chinese Dim Sum dishes that I thought it was worth doing another review.  XO Taste has pretty much … Continue reading →

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Return to Upper West Side Legend, New York

Posted on September 16, 2013 by rundlea

Following up on my pledge to return to some of the dumpling houses where I had previously only reviewed the meat dumplings and instead to try the vegetable dumplings, I recently returned to Upper West Side Legend.

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Dumpling Crawl in London’s Chinatown

Posted on September 2, 2013 by rundlea

London’s Chinatown, which is mainly comprised of restaurants, two or three grocery stores and a few bakeries, is located just North of Leicester Square and next to Soho, and covers a 4 or 5 square block area. There are quite … Continue reading →

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