Category Archives: Vegetarian

May Wah Vegetarian Market Frozen Vegetable Buns

Posted on April 13, 2015 by rundlea

Rating:   If you have eaten fake meat in an Asian restaurant on the Eastern seaboard the chances are it was provided by May Way, the go-to place for fake meat products and vegan dry foods since 1994.  Their line … Continue reading →

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Wild Ginger, New York, NY

Posted on April 6, 2015 by rundlea

  Wild Ginger, also known as LuAnne’s Wild Ginger, bills itself as providing pan-Asian vegan specialties based on traditional Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, and South Asian cuisines.  They claim to make over two-dozen homemade sauces and to use local … Continue reading →

Posted in Gyoza, Shumai, Vegan, Vegetarian | 2 Comments

DumplingGo, NY, NY

Posted on March 30, 2015 by rundlea

  DumplingGo is a new fast-casual chain starting up in NYC with a focus on health conscious food and packing Asian and Western flavor profiles into dumpling wrappers.  They have taken the Chipotle approach to ordering with instructions hanging above … Continue reading →

Posted in Kimchi, New York City, Pork, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetarian | 1 Comment

Cana Korean Restaurant, Chicopee, MA

Posted on March 16, 2015 by rundlea

Cana Korean Restaurant is a great find in Western MA; two other local Korean restaurants recently closed and the other one I know of in the Pioneer Valley is terrible. So this is my new go-to place for Korean food, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gyoza, Kimchi, Korea, Vegetarian | 4 Comments

Mukeunji/Son Ja Jang/Conveyor belt sushi bar, New York, NY

Posted on February 16, 2015 by rundlea

Mukeunji//Son Ja Jang/Conveyor belt sushi bar is a odd New York City multi-restaurant venue. In addition to being a traditional Korean restaurant, Mukeunji also houses Son Ja Jang, a Chinese hand-pulled noodle restaurant, and in the back, houses a conveyor belt sushi … Continue reading →

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456 Shanghai Cuisine, New York, NY

Posted on February 9, 2015 by rundlea

456 Shanghai Cuisine is run by the grandson of the owner of the well regarded original 456 that was located in China Town’s Chatham Square in the 1970s. Forty years later the reborn 456 is an unassuming, plate glass fronted … Continue reading →

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Miss Korea BBQ, NY, NY

Posted on February 2, 2015 by rundlea

I have probably eaten at two thirds of the restaurants along Manhattan’s 32nd street Korea Town corridor and I have been trying to complete my tour, so for a recent lunch I stopped in at Miss Korea BBQ.  As its … Continue reading →

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Return to Xi’an Famous Foods, New York NY

Posted on January 12, 2015 by rundlea

Xi’an Famous Foods has seven locations in New York City, although the original spot in Flushing Queens and the spot in midtown don’t sell dumplings.  I previously tried the lamb dumplings at Xi’an Famous Foods and to balance out my meat … Continue reading →

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Ful Green Family, Kimchee Flavored Vegetable Frozen Dumplings

Posted on January 5, 2015 by rundlea

Rating:   There is almost nothing written on the web about these dumplings or this company.  A Swedish blog, Gastronomibloggen, has a review of their veggie dumplings and MyFitnessPal and FatSecret have the calorie and nutritional data for several of the … Continue reading →

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Mimi Cheng’s, New York City

Posted on December 8, 2014 by rundlea

Mimi Cheng’s is a relatively new joint on what is fast becoming the East Village dumpling row and has been getting a lot of good press lately. This dumpling house is named for the mother of the co-owners sisters Hannah … Continue reading →

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