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,... More
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... More
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... More
Our pal Zach passionately declares: "World Tong is the best dim sum in New York City. And it’s not in Manhattan’s Chinatown, or Flushing or even in Sunset Park, Brooklyn’s under-appreciated Chinatown. It’s in Bensonhurst, and despite being an overly... More
Perfect Team Corporation, located on the second floor of a nondescript building in downtown Flushing, is easily the best name I've ever come across for a dim sum restaurant. Hell, make that any restaurant. What does it have to... More
When dim sum lover Zach Brooks recommended World Tong in Bensonhurst, he warned that it was popular and gets crowded early. How did my friends and I get a table so easily? We went at 10:30 a.m. on a... More
We love dim sum at Serious Eats, but don't eat it as much as we'd like to. Although eating dim sum is a casual affair, it takes more planning than a typical brunch; preferably, you'd have a group of... More
Ain't nothing like eating under the harsh glow of bright blue and fluorescent pink lights. People frequently ask me, "What's the best dim sum in New York City?" My answer is always the same: "I don't know." Unfortunately, my... More
The best thing about dim sum is that you needn't have dessert last. Nibbled at in the middle of a meal, between bites of marinated tripe, steamed sticky rice with lup cheong, or taro, there is no "right or... More
Traditional dim sum is awesome, unless you're a vegetarian. Thankfully, Chinatown has Vegetarian Dim Sum House where omnivores and vegetarians can eat dim sum in harmony at any time of the day. Although you wouldn't mistaken the "roast pork"... More
