Joe’s Shanghai

One chilly December evening, DLS told me he wanted to go to Chinatown for dinner and suggested a couple of places.  Since I usually am the one to give suggestions (read: pick where we eat), I really wanted to be open to his list, but one place was the recipient of a rare “not recommended” rating from me, and the other was… Joe’s Shanghai.  Pardon me while I laugh into my sleeve; while I KNOW for sure that Joe’s Shanghai had its hey-day, I was not one of those who frequented the place.  Partially because I could never get past [...]

Tuesdays with TT: Royal Seafood

The day after our feast at Maialino with our parents, we met up with our FBM friends for dim sum to celebrate TC’s birthday. As you know, we at Feisty Foodie LOVE dim sum. Since our friend Hungry, from Tasty Eating, was organizing, we went to her favorite place, Royal Seafood. CT and I have read some of Hungry’s great accounts of her experiences here and have had it on “The List” for a long time now. Hungry told us that we should meet at 10:30 the latest. I found this strange as most dim sum places don’t get busy [...]

Shanghai Cafe Deluxe

After ramen, naps, and then a long, winding walk down to Chinatown, DLS and I found ourselves outside Shanghai Cafe Deluxe, where TT and Hungry went a few weeks prior.  Reading that post made me really want soup dumplings (xiao long bao), so at the first opportunity to get them, I jumped.  Surprisingly, there was a wait for a table at 8:30 on the night before Thanksgiving – Chinatown usually seems so empty that late at night! – but we stuck it out and got a table within 10 minutes, though there was a minute I almost threw down because [...]

Tuesdays with TT: Cafe China

Due to CT’s new job, we weren’t able to make it to New Jersey to celebrate Diwali with her family like we did last year. As such, we celebrated on our own by checking out the recently opened Cafe China close to our apartment. It has gotten brief mentions by the New York Times and Grub Street, so we knew we had to try it eventually. The restaurant is on an odd block in Murray Hill, but pretty close to favorites Szechuan Gourmet and Lan Sheng. The owners made the restaurant into a 1930’s Shanghai theme with a variety of [...]

Shanghai Cafe Deluxe

A couple weeks ago, I published a post about getting dim sum at Nom Wah Tea Parlor. One of the dishes we ate were soup dumplings. They were small and disappointing. I remarked that I never had soup dumplings before, so it was not a good first experience. My friend, Hungry, chimed in that I had to go to her favorite soup dumpling place, Shanghai Cafe, to get the best soup dumplings in Manhattan. So I met up with her the next day to try them. Did I mention how much I love living in NYC? It is so easy [...]

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