red egg

new york, ny

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a great dim sum place that jinny found (i love having foodie friends). no carts, which means two things: (a) the food is fresher and (b) it is more difficult to gauge how much food you're ordering. you fill out an order form by placing numbers next to each item you want. and it's very easy to write 1s and 2s without realizing that you're ordering enough food to feed a small army.

i love their pork and chive dumplings. the stuffing is juicy and tastes almost as good as my mom's. the dumplings are overstuffed so that the thin wrappers look like they're going to burst at any moment. steamed or pan-fried, i usually eat a plate of these by myself. the buddha's roll was surprisingly good. everything else is typical dim sum fare. i like this place because it's spacious and easy to make reservations, as opposed to other chinatown dim sum places where you probably have to wait a while for a table.

1/26/2010 - reposted with better photo