Category Archives: Pork
Omni Plant-Based Pork Teriyaki Bao, a frozen dumpling review
I have made a bunch of dumplings using Omni’s Pork-Style ground plant-based meat, and it has become my go to for making vegan dumplings. But it is increasingly hard to find this product, and the pork strips and luncheon slices, … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Frozen Dumpling Review, Pork, Vegan, Vegetarian
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Return to Pasta B Jinghua, Milan, Italy
I originally tried Milan’s Pasta B Jinghua during a work trip in 2023 and had to go back there again during a recent trip to Italy. It seems like the word is out on how good this place is, it … Continue reading
Posted in Gyoza, Noodles, Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker, Shrimp
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Dim Sum Time, Florence, Italy
Dim Sum Time is a narrow, brightly lit restaurant in Florence’s historic district, a few minutes walk from the Uffizi museum and the Piazza Della Signora. Much of the vegan food in Florence was not to my friend’s taste and … Continue reading
Posted in Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker, Shrimp, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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Pike Place Chinese Cuisine, Seattle, WA
Pike Place Market’s Pike Place Chinese Cuisine, and its sibling store Mee Sung Pastry, hold a special place in my heart. When I moved to Seattle in 1992 and lived at the youth hostel in Pike Place Market for a … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Pan Fried, Piroshky, Pork, Potsticker, Seattle
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Furama, Philadelphia, PA
Furama is a new Dim Sum palace style restaurant in South Philadelphia where dim sum is served from carts that roam the dining room. I am conflicted about dim sum served from carts. I enjoy the tension/surprise of spotting a … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Chinese, Chive, Crystal Shrimp, Dim Sum, Pea vine, Philadelphia, Pork, Shrimp, Shumai, Steamed
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Quick Reviews: London, Edinburgh and Glasgow
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
Posted in Korean, Pan Fried, Pasty, Pork, Travel, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
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Ray’s Café and Tea House, Philadelphia, PA
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
Posted in Chinese, Pan Fried, Philadelphia, Pork, Potsticker, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings
Tagged Chinese, chinese-food, Dim Sum, dumplings, food
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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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