We're big fans of dim sum at Serious Eats and Nom Wah Tea Parlor, on Doyer Street in Manhattan's Chinatown,
does not disappoint. Nom Wah has been serving up dim sum since the early 1920s, and many of the chefs working in the kitchen have been there for 30 years—they're masters at what they do. We spent a few hours in the kitchen with all the chefs to see how some of our favorite dim sum dishes were made.
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Having grown up hitting the cart-based gigantic Chinese palaces of New York and Boston's Chinatowns for my dim sum fix, I've never really considered menu-based dim sum as a viable dining option. Somehow, checking off boxes and waiting for your food to come is just not quite as fun as pointing at what you want from a stack of steamers. But the truth of the matter is, the quality of the food you get at check-the-box-and-wait establishments is often much higher than at the cart-based operations. And
Red Egg is a great example of that.
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Tucked away in the corner of Doyer Street,
Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been in business in Chinatown since the early '20s and had just recently undergone renovations, which jazzed up the space with the charming vintage look of an old Hong Kong diner. But it's the dim sum that makes it worth a return trip.
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Dim sum turned out to be an excellent family-friendly dining experience, as variety, portion size, restaurant setup, entertainment, and cost all combine to make parents and children happy.
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Editor's note: What's the best way to dine at New York's finest restaurants on the cheap? Book a table for lunch. Our man about town, Nick Solares, will be checking out some of the city's finest fine dining lunch deals....
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[Photographs: Robyn Lee] A display case of almond cookies may not seem all that notable, but let me set up the scene for you....
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[Photos: Robyn Lee] Chinese malls teeming with eateries and snack shops, Chinese grocery stores within blocks of Korean markets—Flushing, Queens is a go-to area for Asian food. A trip to Flushing wouldn't be complete without eating dim sum at...
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The Examiner.com's ethnic eats blogger Laurel Fantauzzo has come up with a trio of interesting, inexpensive, and hopefully seriously delicious Brooklyn Easter Meal restaurant possibilities: Pacificana, a dim sum parlor in Sunset Park, 718-871-2880 Caribbean Soule Restaurant in Fort Greene,...
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Photograph from jasonlam on Flickr Jason Lam of food blog Me So Hungry came across this vibrantly colored flowery lotus bean paste-filled dessert during dim sum at East Market Restaurant in Manhattan's Chinatown. It probably looks more interesting than...
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My most recent dim sum experience last weekend was marred by a stuffy nose, a woozy head, a sore throat, and lethargy. Why didn't I just stay home and recover? Because the pull of dim sum (and seeing dim...
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