Best place for Dim Sum?

[swjackson]

Will be in Manhattan for a couple of days. Where is the place for Dim Sum?

[Chandavkl]

If food quality is your primary consideration, indeed skip Manhattan and head to Flushing. If you're looking for atmosphere (i.e., a large, bustling cart serving restaurant that has the feel of being in Hong Kong), then you could go to Jing Fong.

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Jing Fong
18 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10013

[AubWah]

or royal seafood have you tried them?

[Chandavkl]

Not for dim sum. Just for dinner.

[AubWah]

my dai lo loves their dim sum. what did you think of dinner

[Chandavkl]

For Manhattan Chinatown, pretty good.

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Royal Seafood Restaurant
103 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[AubWah]

im interested how it compares to 22 elizabeth

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South China Garden
22 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10013

[Chandavkl]

Didn't seem to be in the same league.

[TheDescendedLefticleOfAramis]

Check th3 OB board for the dim sum.

[beaulieu]

I'm no dim sum expert, but we have certainly enjoyed the dim sum at Oriental Garden in Chinatown.

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Oriental Garden
14 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10013

[pastryboy]

My fave's-

Traditional cart service- Golden Unicorn

A la carte service- Red Egg

Both excellent depending on the style of service that you are looking for. I think that Red Egg makes the best tasting dim sum I have had in NY (Although I have not ventured outside Manhattan for dim sum yet) and very consistant.

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Golden Unicorn
18 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002

Red Egg
202 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013

[scoopG]

These threads might help:

Chinatown Brassiere:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/482497

Red Egg:
http://www.chow.com/manhattan_digest/6625?tag=search_results;results_list
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/610102?tag=main_body;topic-610102
http://www.redeggnyc.com/

Dim Sum

Here’s three more recent threads:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/759355
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/711481
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/695803

And older threads:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/481518?tag=search_results;results_list
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/592222?tag=search_results;results_list
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/596924?tag=search_results;results_list
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/509122
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/545785
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/502934

[InfoMofo]

The conventional wisdom answer is- not manhattan.

However, if you are craving it and are here, I like Golden Unicorn and East Market. I have had too inconsistent product at Jing Fong and Ping's to recommend them.

Dim Sum Go Go is good too, but they don't have carts- just menu ordering. I have heard good things on the CH boards about Nom Wah and Red Egg, but I have not been yet.

For an upscale, pricey, somewhat inauthentic but not bad interpretation of Dim Sum, I also don't mind Chinatown Brasserie.

Sorry none of my recommendations are that enthusiastic. It's just that what you'll find in Manhattan doesn't compare to what you can find in Queens.

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Dim Sum Go Go
5 E Broadway, New York, NY 10038

Chinatown Brasserie
380 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012

Ping's
22 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Golden Unicorn
18 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002

Jing Fong
18 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10013

Nom Wah Tea Parlor
13 Doyers St, New York, NY 10013

Red Egg
202 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013

East Market
75 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002

[swjackson]

Thanks. If Queens is that much better, can you recommend some places there?

[InfoMofo]

So there's a separate board for outer boroughs questions. I have had a number of good experiences in Flushing- I liked a place called Gala Manor which I believe is now called Jade and is still getting good reviews:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7258...

I would try the search tool on the outer boroughs forum, there are tons of threads on it.

[Chandavkl]

Actually Gala Manor became New East Cuisine and apparently isn't very good. But you're right that Jade Asian, which used to be Gum Fung, is a good choice.

[InfoMofo]

Thanks for clearing that up! I will definitely try that next time I make it out there.