Category Archives: Pork
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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Ba Le Bakery, Philadelphia, PA
There seem to be several Ba Le Bakery stores around the U.S. – California, Dorchester, Falls Church, Chicago and the one I hit in Philadelphia. It is unclear whether they are related to one another. The website for the Ba … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Bao Battle, Philadelphia, Pork, Steamed, Vietnamese
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BB Tee House, Philadelphia PA
BB Tee House is a new Vietnamese café in South Philly specializing in bubble tea and Banh Mi sandwiches. They also sell Vietnamese coffee, prepared foods, frozen foods and Vietnamese pantry staples. They have excellent Banh Mi sandwiches and Bao … Continue reading
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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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Ninja Bao, Philadelphia
Ninja Bao is a small kiosk sized restaurant in the underground concourse of Philly’s Suburban Station. They have an extensive menu that serves bao, gyoza, buns, wontons, sheng jian bao, and ramen. Ninja Bao is counter service and has seating … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Philadelphia, Pork, Sheng Jian Bao, Soup Dumpling, Wontons
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Lisa’s Dumplings, New York, NY
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
Posted in Chinese, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker
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Corey’s Crafty Vietnamese Cuisine, Philadelphia
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
Posted in Dipping Sauce, Pan Fried, Pork, Shrimp, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vietnamese
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Dim Sum Garden, Philadelphia
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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