of the style at Joy Luck Place or Koi Palace (vs. the delicacy of Harbor Village or Hong Kong Flower Lounge). Then we ordered the foie gras and sharkfin siu mai. A thin disk of foie is a lid on the usual pork and shrimp-filled siu...

Some time before I was born, Dim Sum achieved cult status in San Francisco. Dumplings became part of SF pop culture. And as it did to the native—culture killed dimsum. As a result of its iconizaiton, dim sum quality became...

As I foretold to the crowd at LyLy/Mai at lunch yesterday, I went to Sichuan Village with some non-Chowhound friends tonight, and as promised, here is my review: When you arrive at the restaurant, which is quite a bit larger than...

with tapioca was one of the best deserts I have ever had. Chiang Mai: I would have to say the food at the markets were really good. We ate at the restaurant in the Tamarind Village hotel, which had a fantastic ambience and the...

Dim Sum is my favorite food genre. I can not be considered a conoissore though, since I steer far clear of the chicken feet, hate the aftertaste of the beefball, and wouldnt touch tripe with chopsticks. What I like is the har...

Hi, I just moved from chelsea to the west village this week, so I now need some simple take out suggestions around Hudson and Morton. Chinese thai sandwich italian etc I don’t need a pizza, cuz that’s pretty obvious...lots...

I’ll be spending a week in Manhattan in late March, staying in the Meatpacking District — Hotel Gansevoort. I’m looking for chowhound recommendations for great places to eat in the immediate neighborhood and...

I wanted for lunch. Italian? Chinese? Wonton noodles? When he suggested dim sum at Harbor Village so that I could compare it to Yank Sing this Chowhound jumped at the idea. Maybe it wasn’t that I didn’t know what I...

at Tribeca Grand so anything around Tribeca, Soho and Village are all options...we eat early b/c of the baby so getting tables is usually hard...finding “cool” places that allows kids is.... any thoughts?

Does anyone have any recommendations for thai takeout in the Bloor West Village area? I’ve never had much success finding anything special.

The buzz on an Asian-centric message board has Harbor Village planning to close in October 2005. Has anybody heard more on this? Link: http://www.eatingchinese.org

I’ll be staying in the LES/East Village area for 24 hours ... thurs afternoon to friday afternoon. I’m looking for best options in walking distance for: — falafel — dim sum (serving on a friday) — wine...

Can anyone recommend good Chinese takeout or delivery in the West Village? Unfortunately Grand Sichuan on 9th Avenue doesn’t deliver to us!

As tanspace notes, shui mai are indeed on the list: they are the pork dumplings the size and shape of a large marshmallow, with a thin yellow wrapper cupped around them. The shui mai at Harbor Village are among the best we tested:...

Good luck. There are only a handful of good Chinese or Vietnamese noodle places in the San Fernando valley, and none that I know of are even in the west valley. I know of one good Asian noodle restaurant in Ventura County....