Category Archives: Vegetarian

Oriental Flavor, Amherst MA: Best Chinese restaurant in the Pioneer Valley

Posted on September 7, 2013 by rundlea

Oriental Flavor is a Dim Sum restaurant that was recently opened by a waiter and a chef from the previously great, but now sadly fading Amherst Chinese.  As a true Dim Sum restaurant, Oriental Flavor opens for breakfast and serves congee. … Continue reading →

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Vegan Pho Soup Dumpling Recipe

Posted on August 12, 2013 by rundlea

These dumplings are a vegetable soup dumpling designed to mimic the flavors of Vietnamese Pho.  The filling could be made of any of the ingredients you often find in Pho, but I used spinach, tofu, carrots and scallions.  Bean sprouts … Continue reading →

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Piroshky Piroshky, Seattle, WA

Posted on August 5, 2013 by rundlea

My wife has been telling me that products like Piroshkies, Empanadas, Pasties and Samosas do not count as dumplings, but are in fact, hand held pies.  For me a dumpling is a dough pocket that fully encloses a filling and … Continue reading →

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Pu Pu Hot Pot replaced by The Dumpling Room, Cambridge, MA

Posted on August 3, 2013 by rundlea

I periodically visit Cambridge, MA and stay at a hotel across the street from the restaurant Pu Pu Hot Pot, seeing the sign always causes me to flash back to Beavis and Butthead. On my most recent trip Pu Pu … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, Chinese, Kimchi, Pan Fried, Pork, Vegan, Vegetarian | 1 Comment

Ping’s Dumpling House and Market

Posted on July 22, 2013 by rundlea

On past trips to Seattle I had read several good reviews of Ping’s on Yelp and in the Seattle Times and decided to try the spot on my next trip.  Ping’s started out as a market with a small dumpling … Continue reading →

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Return to P.F. Chang’s

Posted on July 10, 2013 by rundlea

Sometimes you just can’t avoid going to the mall and, as I noted recently, P.F. Chang’s is a bright spot in the food desert that is the typical American mall. In its favor it has vegan and gluten free meal … Continue reading →

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Buddha’s Belly, Santa Monica

Posted on July 3, 2013 by rundlea

I was in Santa Monica for work recently and spent an evening walking along the beach and through the 3rd Street Promenade.  I ended up stopping in at the Buddha’s Belly, an Asian-Fusion joint.  Usually I try and avoid Fusion … Continue reading →

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Din Tai Fung in Arcadia, CA

Posted on June 26, 2013 by rundlea

Finally, on my fourth attempt, twice in Seoul and once before in Arcadia, I finally ate at Din Tai Fung. I feel like a heretic writing this, but I was underwhelmed by the soup dumplings and, especially after all the … Continue reading →

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Vegan Mandoo Fund Raiser for CARE (S. Korea)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by rundlea

Saw this on my Facebook feed from the Seoul Veggie Club.  They are selling vegan mandoo, delivery only in Korea, to raise money for CARE, the largest animal care organization in Korea that doesn’t use euthanasia. The ingredients are: whole … Continue reading →

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Varenyky & Pierogi at Ukrainian East Village Restaurant

Posted on June 19, 2013 by rundlea

The Ukrainian East Village Restaurant is housed at the Ukrainian National Home, a community, social and cultural center in New York City’s East Village. The ‘Ukie Nat’, as it is known by long time residents of the neighborhood, has been … Continue reading →

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