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Category Archives: Wontons
Big Wong, New York City
Big Wong (sometimes referred to as Big Wong King) has been a fixture in New York City’s Chinatown for decades (a picture here from 1978) and has been racking up good reviews the whole time (GrubStreet, SeriousEats, NY Times, Eater). … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, New York City, Noodles, Pork, Shrimp, Soup, Steamed, Wontons
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Return to Shanghai Asian Cuisine, NYC
In a prior review (5 years ago) I harshed on Chinatown’s Shanghai Asian Cuisine for shorting us on our change, but I did point out that their dumplings were amazing. When it was operating under a prior name, this was … Continue reading
Posted in Bao, Buns, Crab, New York City, Pan Fried, Pea vine, Pork, Potsticker, Sheng Jian Bao, Shrimp, Sichuan Dumplings, Soup Dumpling, Steamed, Wontons, Xiao Long Bao
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Excellent Dumpling House, New York, NY
Excellent Dumpling House opened in 1983 on the corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street and served up dumplings there for 35 years, making CNN Travel’s list of 50 best Chinese restaurants in America. In 2017 it moved to its … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Dim Sum, New York City, Pork, Sesame Sauce, Shrimp, Soup Dumpling, Steamed, Wontons, Xiao Long Bao
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Sixth Anniversary
A few weeks belated, but after 349 posts and 54,625 visitors this is the sixth anniversary of Dumpling Hunter. The very first post was was about my visit to Nan Xiang Xiolong Mantou in Shanghai. My trip to that restaurant to … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Best of, Chinese, Dim Sum, Frozen Dumpling Review, Girasoli, Japanese, Lamb, New York City, Shanghai, Soup Dumpling, Wontons, Xiao Long Bao
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Yu Kitchen, New York, NY
The recently opened, Yu Kitchen is clearly catering to the cravings of Columbia University’s international students for home style Chinese food, rather than to the old school Upper West Side residents who grew up on the American-Chinese food that used … Continue reading
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Vegan Italian Sausage and Pesto Ravioli Recipe
Beyond Meat has hit it out of the park with their new vegan Italian sausages, the flavor and texture are spot on. Technically, Whole Foods carries them but the demand is crazy and they are out of stock more often … Continue reading
Posted in Pork, Ravioli, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings, Wontons
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Din Tai Fun, Seattle, WA
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
Posted in Chinese, Seattle, Shumai, Sichuan Dumplings, Soup Dumpling, Wontons, Xiao Long Bao
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China Wok Express, Northampton MA
China Wok Express is a classic American-Chinese take-out joint incongruously housed in a building with a Swiss red roof chalet type thing going on. I was there at lunch time and the place was jammed with people waiting for take-out or … Continue reading
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Han Dynasty, New York NY
Han Dynasty is a mini-chain of Szechuan restaurants based in Philadelphia that has two outposts in Manhattan. The first location opened in the East Village to multiple good reviews, as did the second on the Upper West Side. But after … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, New York City, Sichuan Dumplings, Wontons
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Lucky Pickle, New York, NY
The Upper West Side of Manhattan is experiencing a Chinese food renaissance and the dumpling competition has become fierce. Jacob’s Pickle has a great reputation for pickles and built upon that reputation by opening Maison Pickle. With the new Lucky … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, Pork, Soup, Vegetarian, Veggie Dumplings, Wontons
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