Wu Liang Ye

While I’ve posted about Wu Liang Ye in the past, I really enjoy the food there and thought I’d share one more meal there. Razor clams make me think of one person in this world: my dad. It’s more fully fleshed out here, but I’ll let you decide whether or not you want to read it instead of repeating that story here. In any case, when DLS told me he’d had razor clams at Wu Liang Ye, I decided I had to get them. And look at that presentation! My dad would have been proud had he created such a [...]

Joe’s Shanghai (Flushing)

As I mentioned in my post about Joe’s Shanghai in Chinatown, DLS had remarked that he’d liked the soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai in Flushing.  For completeness’ sake, I decided to visit the one in Flushing and compare myself.  Unfortunately, due to schedules being what they are, I had to visit alone – and therefore only ordered the soup dumplings.  At least they look okay, unlike the ones at Joe’s Shanghai in Chinatown.  Unfortunately, though these were marginally better than Joe’s Shanghai in Chinatown, they still weren’t all that good.  Gummy, thick, and not quite as flavorful soup as one [...]

456 Shanghai Cuisine

Directly after eating at Joe’s Ginger, we walked over to 456 Shanghai after a tip from a food blogger who will remain anonymous lest he comment here telling me that I’m wrong for no longer trusting his food opinions after he gave us this suggestion… Deviating from our normal Shanghainese order, I chose to start with what I thought would be light – cold sesame noodles.  I actually thought this was a fake Chinese dish, but StB informed us that it was actually authentic – I confessed my first time having this dish was at Ollie’s and that got a [...]

Joe’s Ginger

Continuing our quest for soup dumpling nirvana, DLS and I hit up Joe’s Ginger after a long debate about its location and affiliation with Joe’s Shanghai.  StB joined us, but she stuck with vegetarian dumplings (that I didn’t try or photograph).  Since we planned on hitting two different places, we only ordered a steamer tray of dumplings at Joe’s.  Though they took a bit to come out, immediately I was happy that they didn’t look as ugly as the soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai had.  I was surprised by the distinct difference in quality from Joe’s Shanghai to Joe’s Ginger, [...]

Manna Cafe

After Nan Xiang, I kept mumbling “I want tong yuan I want tong yuan I want tong yuan.”  This loosely translates to “I want sugar balls I want sugar balls I want sugar balls” or more accurately, in my case, I wanted mochi (rice flour dumplings) filled with black sesame paste.  It’s a treat I had occasionally while growing up – some of us were lucky enough to have parents who made them from scratch, but I’m pretty sure my mom just bought the frozen kind.  In any case, DLS was game, and Noah joined us to wander around to [...]

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