Here, the steamed rolls are filled with an assortment of vegetables, think veggie dumpling filling. Typically, bean curd rolls are filled with chicken or pork in addition to veggies. Juicy, not mushy, but they’re a little bland so you dip ‘me in some soy sauce. There’s plenty of BBQ sauce in there too.īuddha Bodai’s shark fin dumplings are filled with vegan imitation shark fin (bean noodles, I think) and veggies, nicely packaged up in a thin, yellow wrapper. Are you picking up on a pattern here? Buddha Bodai’s veganized pork buns are light, fluffy, and filled with mock pork. Steamed BBQ pork buns are another must order item when you’re doing dim sum, but I always found the pork to be too fatty. The ribs were juicy and tender with the right amount of chewiness. The mock meat ribs in black bean sauce was one of John’s picks. Real tasty with the dipping sauce, but a little more pan frying for a crisper exterior would be nice. I was never a fan of the fatty Chinese sausage in turnip cake, so this vegan version is basically my childhood dream come true. I guess I never grew up because this was still the first thing I ordered. Some of their dishes contain egg, so look out for that on the menu if you want vegan only dishes.Īs a kid, my go to dim sum dish was turnip cake. Six dishes plus dessert was plenty for two very hungry people. (To avoid confusion, someone needs to change their name!) Everything we ordered was $3 to $5 each. There is another unaffiliated Buddha Bodai at 77 Mulberry St, but in my opinion, the food at the Mott St location is better. This review is about the Buddha Bodai at 5 Mott St. Traditional dim sum is far from vegan-friendly (eek, chicken feet!), but thanks to places like Buddha Bodai, you can get your vegan, kosher dim sum on. Dim sum is basically the Chinese version of brunch, and for many families, a sacred weekend ritual. I had previously recommended Chinatown Brasserie (380 Lafayette) but unfortunately it closed in 2012.įind more ideas on ways to celebrate Chinese New Year.If you grew up in Asia, you know that dim sum is serious business. There are good vegetarian dim sum options and the food is less greasy overall. Rather than carts, you'll order by checking the dishes you want on a paper menu. When we aren't in the mood for the din of a large hall, we head to Dim Sum Go Go (5 East Broadway) a trendy place that serves dim sum all day. If you are with a small party during peak times you will be asked to share a table and both offer menus which can be handy to supplement the dim sum with a favorite dish. Both are huge and have a large variety of dishes brought around on carts, giving you an authentic Chinatown experience and the quality of food is great. Our favorite large hall restaurants are Golden Unicorn (18 East Broadway) and Jing Fong (20 Elizabeth St). The first choice you need to make when going out for dim sum is whether you want to go to a traditional large hall Chinatown dim sum restaurant where food is served from carts that are rolled table to table and you can just point and pick what you want or a more Americanized version that can be more family friendly. Here are my favorite dim sum restaurants: Sure, going out for dim sum might not be as easy as going to the corner diner for bacon and eggs, but if it was easy it wouldn't be an adventure.
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