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Category Archives: Pork
Daa! Dumpling, New York, NY
The TurnStyles underground shopping and food arcade at Columbus Circle has blossomed into a hopping venue that reminds me of the great underground arcades attached to subway stations in Seoul and Tokyo. There are several options for dumplings in the … Continue reading
Posted in Boiled, New York City, Pelmeni, Pierogi, Pork, Varenyky
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Lucky Pickle, New York, NY
The Upper West Side of Manhattan is experiencing a Chinese food renaissance and the dumpling competition has become fierce. Jacob’s Pickle has a great reputation for pickles and built upon that reputation by opening Maison Pickle. With the new Lucky … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, Pork, Soup, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings, Wontons
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Grain House, New York, NY
Last month the weird and excellent Coffee Break (aka Ten Ming Gong Zhe) closed and was replaced by an outpost of Queens’ Grain House. Coffee Break served some of the best Sheng Jian Bao in the City and also had a spectacular … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Shrimp, New York City, Pork, Potsticker, Wontons
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Dim Sum VIP, New York, NY
The chefs at Dim Sum VIP have over 30 years of dim sum making experience in restaurants from Hong Kong to New York. Their restaurant is a narrow, bare bones storefront joint, seating maybe 50 people at small tables and a counter. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Dim Sum, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker, Shrimp, Sichuan Dumplings, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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Return to Jing Fong, Upper West Side, Manhattan
On my first trip to Jing Fong I intended to focus on vegetable dumplings but wasn’t particularly successful, it turns out they have stopped serving steamed vegetable buns and only have one vegetable dumpling. Meat filled dumplings seem to be … Continue reading
Posted in Duck, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Shumai
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Manhattan Valley Dumpling Tour
The Manhattan Valley neighborhood is situated between the Upper West Side and Columbia University’s Morningside Heights neighborhoods. The neighborhood has perennially been on the edge of booming or gentrifying or becoming at hot residential neighborhood, with articles going back to … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Gyoza, Japanese, Korean, Map, New York City, Pork, Potsticker, Shanghai, Sheng Jian Bao, Shumai, Sichuan Dumplings, Soup Dumpling, Takoyaki, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings, Wontons, Xiao Long Bao
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Panda Garden, Williamsburg, MA
I am always skeptical of Chinese restaurants that have Panda or Wok in their name. But Williamsburg, MA’s Panda Garden had been strongly recommended to me and the online menu listed some interesting sounding dishes, like Twice Cooked Pork and … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Pan Fried, Pork, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wontons
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Ocean City Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
Dim sum after a night of drinking too much and dancing at a Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ show has become a tradition. This summer I hit the show in Philadelphia and luckily Philly has a Chinatown. It is centered around Vine … Continue reading
Posted in Dim Sum, How Gar, Philadelphia, Pork, Shrimp, Shumai
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Telegraph Street Area, Berkeley, CA
Telegraph Street is the main commercial strip abutting the UC Berkeley campus with lots of Korean, Japanese, Chinese and fusion joints catering to UC Berkeley’s students. I expected that this would be a good restaurant row to spend an afternoon … Continue reading
Posted in Buns, Pork, Potsticker, San Francisco
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Dumpling Strikeouts in San Francisco
I took a business trip to San Francisco and took some time out to sample dumplings. I hit my favorite spots in Chinatown first, but struck out on the dumpling front. Yuet Lee Seafood Restaurant is a San Francisco institution … Continue reading
Posted in Pork, Potsticker, San Francisco
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