Check out more of her work on her portfolio.įor over 20 years, the Campus Clipper has been offering awesome student discounts in NYC, from the East Side to Greenwich Village. Tricia Vuong is a publishing intern here at the Campus Clipper. She is currently studying Journalism + Design at Eugene Lang The New School for Liberal Arts with a minor in Global Studies. Golden Shopping Mall: 41-36 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355 New World Mall: 136-20 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 Sunshine: 7 Division St, New York, NY 10013 Sunshine in Chinatown, Manhattan and Asian Jewels in Flushing, Queens are the two tastiest Cantonese dim sum restaurants I’ve had here in New York. I’ve gone with a party of six and a party of just two and each time I hardly spend any more than $10. You don’t really know what each dish costs unless you ask, but at the very end of your meal the waiter will total everything up. Dishes are marked on your party’s stamp card in either the small, medium, or large section. Asian Jewels in Flushing meets both of these points to having a great dim sum experience while also remaining budget friendly. Jing Fong and Golden Unicorn in Manhattan’s Chinatown appeal to the traditional dim sum aesthetics but their quality in the actual dishes are lacking. Most dim sum restaurants are in large banquet-like rooms with white table cloths and red walls. Pork dumpling w/ chives, shrimp, eggs at Tianjin Handmade Dumplings $4/12pcs photo credit: Īs for dim sum in Flushing, Asian Jewels Seafood Restaurant offers tasty dishes and a great ambiance. Check out the food court in both the malls as they have a variety of options such as hand-pulled Shanghai noodles and dumplings. Both are within walking distance from the train stop. The New World Mall is a more Westernized experience while the Golden Mall is comprised of small hole in the wall shops. Flushing, Queens offers two Asian malls equipped with clothing and grocery stores along with a food court. There you will get off and be in the center of another Chinatown minus the tourists. Take the 7 train all the way to its last stop, Flushing Main Street. If you’re coming from Manhattan, hop on the 7 train from either Grand Central or Times Square. If you want to skip the hustle and bustle of vendors selling knock off bags in Chinatown Manhattan, try a different kind of chaotic experience in Flushing, Queens. Walking down Canal Street you pass numerous vendors that are trying to appeal to tourists. The ladies speak both Cantonese and Mandarin and although there can be a language barrier for those that do not know either, most of them usually show you what they have. Don’t be afraid to point and ask to see what the dishes are. Your party will get a complimentary pot of tea and the rest is up for you to decide what you want from the carts! There are a few vegetarian options but most of the dishes do contain meat so the dim sum experience isn’t for picky eaters. The best part about Sunshine is that you share a large table with other parties similar as how they do in Hong Kong. Har gow, shu mai, and braised chicken feet photo credit: Har gow is shrimp encased in a rice paper dumpling and shu mai is a pork dumpling. The most popular dim sum dishes are typically har gow and shu mai. As most dim sum restaurants, the ladies push carts around the room filled with different types of dishes. It is a smaller restaurant unlike the very extravagant experience you’ll receive at Jing Fong, but the dumplings are always fresh and fairly priced. After several trials to other dim sum restaurants in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Sunshine is the most authentic I’ve tasted. Skip the Yelp suggestions of Golden Unicorn, and Jing Fong and visit Sunshine on 27 Division Street. If you must settle for the Chinatown experience in Manhattan, there is one dim sum place I have been attending that has been able to avoid tourists and remain under $10. This chapter, I am writing about the best Chinese dim sum and dishes that remind me of my childhood. In the last chapter I wrote about the best taco spot I’ve found that tasted and cost as close to the tacos back home in Southern California. Similarly to my last chapter, there are several dishes that remind me of home here in New York. Dim sum was always a family event and the whole chaotic experience of ordering from the ladies pushing carts full of dumplings became familiar. My childhood memories are comprised of going to the Cleveland, Ohio’s Chinatown and eating dim sum on Sunday mornings. My first language was Cantonese and I grew up eating Chinese dishes. I am a first generation Asian-American being half Vietnamese and half Chinese.
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