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I finally got a chance to ride over to Jin Mei to try their famous dumplings. At $5 for 15, these fried pork and chive dumplings are an absolute steal!
The skin is a little thick, but not super chewy or gummy. The crisp from the frying process adds great texture to the tasty and generous filling. I will definitely be back.
JIN MEI DUMPLINGS
25B Henry St.
New York, NY 10002
First, check out my episode of Around the Hood in 8 Minutes HERE:
We hit a bunch of places, so let me just get down to business!
First was Sun Hing Lung, which I already covered in a previous Ride & Review HERE, so check that out!
This time I added an egg to the Chinese sausage and mixed veggies roll. It was divine! Noodles here are always a bit mushy, but you really can’t beat it for the price. Adding all of the sauces is the right move (peanut, soy, hoisin and hot sauce).
Chang Lai Fishballs Noodles
They ran out of rice rolls by time we arrived here, but the curry fish balls mixed with pork skin was the best bite of the day, by far. Make sure you try that!
Yin Ji Chang Fen
This is where we really got our rice roll fix. We tried five or six different rice rolls, but the clear favorites were the truffle and mushroom, the fried dough, and the special dried shrimp and scallion rolls.
New Kam Hing Coffee Shop
The sponge cake here is famous, so we had to give it a try. I have to say it was really unique and tasty. Not really my thing, in general, but I can see the appeal.
Dumpling Story
This new spot was really nice inside. We tried four different dumpling items: truffle pork soup dumplings, spicy crab meat with pork soup dumplings, chicken pot stickers and fried pork soup dumplings. Of those, the crab and fried pork were probably tied for the best. The fried beef udon noodles were excellent! Great texture and flavor.
SUN HING LUNG
58 Henry St.
New York, NY 10002
CHANG LAI FISHBALLS NOODLES
55 Bayard St.
Store B
New York, NY 10013
YIN JI CHANG FEN
91 Bayard St.
New York, NY 10013
NEW KAM HING COFFEE SHOP
118 Baxter St.
New York, NY 10013
DUMPLING STORY
250 Grand St.
New York, NY 10002
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This was easily one of the best Szechaun means I’ve ever had. I think my favorites were the thrice cooked bacon, lamb ribs, beef cheek, wings and the dry pot pastrami, but the mapo tofu was one for the ages. Wait… was that everything? I can’t wait to go back!
MISSION CHINESE
43 Mott St
New York, NY 10013
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Sun Hing Lung is a little hole in the wall rice roll and dumpling spot on Henry Street in Chinatown. I walked by here once and made a mental note that I wanted to try it, but I was never able to find it again on all my walks and rides in the area. Fast Forward to last weekend, when my friend Peter suggested it as a spot to try for rice rolls. BOOM! It’s the spot I have been trying to re-find for almost two years!
After a skate park session, I rode over to pick some up. I took them home and devoured them all. Chinese sausage with mixed veggies, curry fish ball, and pork. All great. Hard to choose a favorite.
SUN HING LUNG
58 Henry St.
New York, NY 10002
This place was really good! I forgot my light, and I didn’t take a lot of pics, but this Michelin starred Chinese joint really delivered the flavor! My favorite was the crispy fish filets (last pic), but over all everything was high quality. I would definitely go back for more.
CAFE CHINA
59 W 37th St
New York, NY 10018
My wife and I finally got over here to try the noodles.
But first, we put down some pork dumplings.
Despite being a little bit soupy, the dry hand-pulled noodles were awesome. We tried the spicy chicken and spicy oxtail. I give the edge to the chicken, mainly because the oxtail wasnt stewed or slow cooked long enough. The bones were cut very thin so that they cook faster, but that unfortunately means the meat will be a bit less tender. Still great though.
Will definitely be back to try the lamb noodles.
NEW SPICY VILLAGE
118 Eldridge St
New York, NY 10002
The new Times Square location of Brooklyn Chop House delivers everything you know and love about the downtown location. As such, this review is really just a piggyback on that with the same scoring, showing the new stuff I tried below.
Nice crisp martini from the smallish (for the location) but well appointed bar.
Great seafood “pac man” dumplings.
Dough was a little too thick on these philly cheese dumplings:
Perfet “crispy” filet.
Whatever this new crispy preparation is on the menu – I like it. 9/10.
Bacon a little underwhelming for the price point, but tasty.
Nice aged rib eye on the bone. 8/10. Definitely some steak improvement over the one downtown.
The sizzling plates will literally splatter all over the table, so watch your clothing!
Lobster fried rice was low on both lobster and fry. More like a steamed rice. A bit mushy.
Ultra rich “double height” chocolate cake, served on it’s side.
This was a comped meal in exchange for some posting on social media, but this is what the bill would have been. Pricey steaks!
TOTAL SCORE 81/100
BROOKLYN CHOP HOUSE
253 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036
This is really just a photo dump of the dim sum I tried here at Dim Sum Palace. Over all this is pretty good quality stuff, and I’d definitely come back again. Only down side is that they were slammed, so service was a little bit spotty. I recommend going at an off hour (for example, not at noon on Saturday).
DIM SUM PALACE
59 2nd Ave
New York, NY 10003
Jing Fong on the upper west side might be my new favorite place for dim sum. Yes, it’s a bit more expensive than the old, storied downtown haunts, but the food is markedly better. In addition, while the classic dim sum joint will have rolling carts of tasty goodness meandering throughout the floor of the restaurant (which is a big part of the fun), those carts often smell like sterno, chemical flame or leaking natural gas. That smell always ruins the experience for me.
This place brings everything out that you order, sans carts. No smell. I liked that change-up, though admittedly there was a little less fun and intrigue to the experience. But over all, I really loved this place. Some favorites below:
Peking Duck Dumplings – probably one of the best dumplings I’ve had.
I usually hate these pork buns. Always too “bready” and almost always too sweet. Not the case here.
Take a peek inside the vagina slit below. Great ratio of bun to meat, and the meat wasn’t too sweet. Perfect.
Always important to eat your veggies:
Especially when there’s minced pork inside.
Very nice steamed rice rolls (though I wish they offered the ones with fried crullers inside too).
This crispy fried chicken with roasted garlic (entree dish, not dim sum obviously) was really nice too.
I’ll definitely be back here again.
JING FONG
380 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10024
I recently had a meal here when celebrating a friends birthday party. Here’s a quick rundown of everything I tried:
This chicken with peanuts dish was really tasty. Nicely fried morsels of dark meat.
These fried beef dumplings were better still. I could have eaten a dozen.
While I’m not a huge tofu guy, these fried cubes were pretty tasty. I’d eat them again, but definitely not over the other two apps above.
Next up, beef noodles. These were ultimately pretty middle-of-the-road. Nothing stand-out about them.
The star of the show, however, was this pork belly dish. So much nice quality belly, with some chiccharones and a great spicy bean curd dip to boot. Awesome.
The octopus was perfectly cooked and had a great crunchy texture on the outside, but there was just something about it that bugged me. It had a flavor that reminded me of the smell of dried fish food. Perhaps it was something added on top for seasoning.
Lastly, their pickles and kimchi items are superb here. Some of the best I’ve had.
I would definitely go back here again.
BARN JOO
35 Union Square W
New York, NY 10003
