Vegetarian Dim Sum House
Restaurant, Coffee/Tea/Juice
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$ - inexpensive
Dim Sum
Delicious all vegan dim sum in the heart of Chinatown.
This place is ridiculous (ly good). For those of us veggies who once tasted dim sum but never got to return to this realm of delight because of its unavoidable meaty potential, this is your dream come true. Great prices. Astoundingly yummy selections. If you choose to order from the non-dim sum menu, this will do you well, too. My favorite: Treasure Balls. (Don't ask, don't tell.)
Please note it is CASH ONLY
- Large Group-Friendly
Added by Karrin Cheifetz on Apr 1 03 (updated Jun 10 06)
Reviews
Delicious! Absolutely worth the winding trip around Chinatown.
The pork buns and shrimp rolls are delicious!
The sweet and pungent pork is amazing!
Every chicken dish I've had there tasted sort of like the skin of the chicken at KFC (which sort of sounds odd, but its a mixed blessing when you're a meat-lovin vegan)!
It's addictive. Turnip cakes (fried or steamed!), Half Moon Pockets, Sesame Paste Buns (got them steamed, and they were uber rich) and Vegetarian Mock Roast Pork Buns. Also enjoy rice rolls with Kale. We go here once a week. Extremely inexpensive: you could eat to bursting on only dimsum for under $7 a person.
Stick to the tea and canned drinks. They do have fresh juices, with caveats. I once got the pineapple ice water, which was laughably enough, a few chunks of canned pineapple in a cup of ice water! Mango juice had too much fibrous pulp in it, making it unpleasant to drink.
The clientele is very mixed these days. You will see students, chinese families, and buddhist monks all chowing on dim sum. The food's gotten better and better! The last two times, we have had to wait for a table. This has never happened before. Despite the popularity, the food is still good. They are proving to be very consistent.
For those wondering, this place was highly recommended by Jeff Steingarten (food writer) in his book "It Must've Been Something I Ate" for having the world's best turnip cakes.
Oh my, this place is soooo good. This was the top place to eat on my list when I visited NY last week and am I glad I went. Every city needs one of these.
The food was excellent, especially the Spinach Dumplings recommended by the waiter. I could live on these things. And the Treasure Balls, a complete treat. Everything the waiter recommended was excellent as was the service and the price. Plus, I was there alone and felt very welcomed and comfortable. I could have stayed all day!
Check this place out, you won't be sorry! Can't wait to visit NY again and eat here again.
Many Chinese vegetarian restaurants have a similarly bland "Buddhist" style. But this one tastes like regular Chinese dim sum, without the meat. Plus the prices are very cheap.
fabulous! such a treat for vegetarians to enjoy Dim Sum again without worrying about whether the waiter understood what you mean by "no meat!".
The Kale in rice flour is exotic. treasure balls, yes!
The entrees are also great: sesame "chicken" yum yum!
faux duck skin, etc. Also check out the affiliated Vegetarian Kitchen on Mott a couple blocks away.
Wow, this place rocks. The dim sum are really wonderful, and they also have a full menu of entrees. The turnip cakes are the best I've ever had, and everything we tried there was delicious.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, so good! It is wonderful to eat Dim Sum again. And its good. And its priced right (Five of us went for dinner and ate A LOT and it came to just $27.) And NYC Chinatown is so cool. Def, I recommend. I wanna go back!
This place is amazing. All the food is really good and the dim sum is cheap. Their regular menu items are fairly pricey, but most of the dim sum is around $3 an item and you can fill up on 3 or 4 if you're pretty hungry. The turnip cakes are definitely my favorite.
My friends and I went on Chinese New Year and it was exceedingly busy. Fortunately, one friend was Cantonese and ordered us some traditional Chinese New Year foods that they had specially prepared that day.