Category Archives: Shumai

Return to XO Taste

Posted on October 28, 2019 by

XO Taste and its sister restaurant XO Kitchen are two of my favorite restaurants in Manhattan’s Chinatown (reviewed here and here).  I am not sure is XO refers directly to XO Cognac or to XO Sauce, which itself refers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Chive, Dim Sum, New York City, Noodles, Pan Fried, Pork, Shrimp, Shumai, Soup, Soup Dumpling, Wontons, Xiao Long Bao | Leave a comment

Return to Bund Shanghai Restaurant and a Shout Out to Yuet Lee

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

The Bund is one of the few restaurants in San Francisco’s old Chinatown neighborhood specializing in Shanghainese food. Most of the city’s Shanghainese restaurants are in the newer Chinatowns in the Sunset and Richmond neighborhoods.  I previously reviewed their Steamed … Continue reading →

Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Dipping Sauce, Pork, San Francisco, Shanghai, Shrimp, Shumai, Soup Dumpling, Xiao Long Bao | Leave a comment

Spicy Moon, NY, NY

Posted on September 30, 2019 by

Spicy Moon is a relatively new, vegan Sichuan style Chinese restaurant in New York’s East Village neighborhood, that is sensational.  It is a small, ex-ramen joint that has seating for maybe a dozen people and modern interior design sense. You … Continue reading →

Posted in New York City, Shumai, Sichuan Dumplings, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings, Wontons | Leave a comment

Tim Ho Wan, New York, NY

Posted on August 5, 2019 by

Billing itself as the world’s cheapest Michelin Starred restaurant, Tim Ho Wan is an international chain of dim sum restaurants.  The first location in Hong Kong earned a star in 2010 and has kept it for the pas 9 years, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Crystal Shrimp, Dim Sum, Har Gou, New York City, Pork, Shrimp, Shumai, Steamed | Leave a comment

Little Alley, New York, NY

Posted on June 17, 2019 by

Little Alley, takes its name from the Shanghai “Long Tang” neighborhoods of Chef Yuchun Cheung’s youth, and is dedicated to the cuisine of Shanghai.  Long Tang are narrow, interconnected mazes of alleyways that form neighborhoods unique to old Shanghai, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Crab, New York City, Pan Fried, Pork, Potsticker, Shanghai, Sheng Jian Bao, Shumai, Soup Dumpling, Vegetarian, Xiao Long Bao | Leave a comment

Izakaya Ida Closed

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

After a roughly one and half year run it appears that Izakaya Ida has closed.  I discovered Ida a year ago and really enjoyed there entrees, but at that first visit their dumplings offerings were restricted to Takoyaki, but man … Continue reading →

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Izakaya Ida Mini Review

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

I originally tried Izakaya Ida a little while after it opened and at the time the only dumplings they had were Takoyaki, which were excellent.  I recently returned and discovered that they had added pork gyoza and shrimp shumai to the … Continue reading →

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Jane G’s Dim Sum House, Philadelphia PA

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

I went to a large group lunch at Jane G’s Dim Sum House where many dishes were ordered.  I didn’t get to try all the dishes that came to our tables, so this review will be just a sample of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bao, Buns, Chinese, Crystal Shrimp, Dim Sum, Har Gou, Philadelphia, Pork, Sheng Jian Bao, Shumai, Xiao Long Bao | Leave a comment

Din Tai Fun, Seattle, WA

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

The third floor food court of downtown Seattle’s Pacific Place mall hosts an outpost of the Taiwanese soup dumpling chain Din Tai Fun.  The entrance to the restaurant features a wall of windows that look in on the dumpling production line. … Continue reading →

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Return to Jing Fong, Upper West Side, Manhattan

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

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 →

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