From: lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba)
Subject: DimSum Articles from Last Discussion
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 13:45:46 GMT

From: mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros)

Well...of course, you want to go to Chinatown.  Don't bother anywhere else.

My faves, roughly in order:

	China Pearl		Tyler Street
	New House of Toy	Hudson Street
	Golden Palace		Tyler Street
	Dynasty			Just outside the Chinatown Gate

I'd skip the Imperial Teahouse.  They don't have enough carts.
China Pearl has probably the best selection and most number of carts, 
and it's always good.  They have good clams if you like clams.  
All the places I mentioned have good steamed buns.  The shao mai 
(steamed shrimp dumplings) at China Pearl are particularly good.  
Both China Pearl and Dynasty make a fried-crab thing that comes
with a piece of sugarcane sticking out of it, that I get when I'm
feeling really indulgent.  Also there is a really nice dim sum 
that's made with a funny sort of slippery noodle...kind of like a 
wonton wrapper, only it isn't egg dough, folded lengthwise 
over (usually) a shrimp.  These are delicious.  Anyway...just go, 
and try whatever looks good.  If you don't like it, it's not much
of a waste anyway.

From: "Scott M. Aldort" <saldort@Jade.Tufts.EDU>

I'd be interested in the replies you get via private email.... The
discussion about it kind of passed me by the last time it happened. So
if there's one or two places that really seem to stand out, can you let
me know? (restaurants in the downtown area, preferably)

From: wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David Wald)

Dynasty is convenient, large, and has a pretty good variety.
Golden Palace is more like what I grew up with: crowded, active and
    noisy.  Unfortunately, at non-prime times the carts don't go
    around quite as often as I'd like.  The food is good, though, and
    they have a real mix of the ordinary dumplings and the assorted
    dishes that I can't get any of my friends to try.
There's a place opposite Golden Palace that's come highly recommended
    to me, but I forget then name.  I'll check on it.
House of Toy is a must-miss.  I've gone through entire meals and seen
    nothing but boring, fried things.  (If you're wondering why I went
    through more than one, it's because I had a housemate who loved
    the place for some reason I can't figure out.)

Maybe we should try for a rec.arts.comics dim sum trip one of these
mornings.

From: dfinkel@oak.WPI.EDU (David Finkel)

Here is a concatination of some old articles that I saved from ne.food
on the subject of dim sum in Boston.
----------------------------

Article: 798 of ne.food
From: malis@star-trek.bbn.com (Andy Malis)

gc03@gte.com (George Cross) writes:
>Any suggestions on dim sum in Boston for a newcomer?  Post today or email
>please.  Thanks.

This seems to come up every six months or so.  There are a
host of places, and many opinions.  My favorites are:

Southern (Cantonese) style, in Chinatown: The Golden Palace has
the best quality and selection.  They do dim sum every day from 9
AM (or perhaps earlier) to about 3 PM.  This is where I head if I
happen to be downtown during lunchtime.  It can be VERY crowded
on weekends, so go early.  My favorite dish there is the sticky
rice (flavored rice and chicken steamed in a lotus leaf).  This
is the type of place with the carts.

Northern (Peking) style: Go to Peking Gardens, in Lexington
Center, or the Great Wall, in Bedford Center.  Both have similar
menus, and are of similar quality.  Both open at 11:30 on
Saturday and Sunday, but Peking Gardens is busier, and a bit less
expensive.  No carts - you order off a menu.

If you go to Peking Gardens, order the hot&sour soup (it isn't on
the dim sum menu, but you can order it anyway) and then use it
for dipping your cruller (#2 on the menu).  Also order #12 (the
Yangchow steamed buns).  Both are out of this world!

Article: 796 of ne.food
From: Lee Ridgway

China Pearl, in Chinatown, has a wonderful dim sum lunch. I've only been there
on weekends, but I think they do it weekdays also, but probably on a smaller
scale. The Sat/Sun dim sum presents a great variety of dishes, and they are
quite tasty.


Article: 799 of ne.food
From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee)

> China Pearl,in Chinatown, has a wonderful dim sum lunch. I've only been there
> on weekends, but I think they do it weekdays also, but probably on a smaller
> scale. The Sat/Sun dim sum presents a great variety of dishes, and they are
> quite tasty.

	The Golden Palace (also on Taylor St), and the Imperial Tea House
	(on Beach St. near the gate) are also very good.

	o	Golden Palace has a great variety (about as good as China
		Pearl).

	o	The Imperial Tea House has really good food and (usually) a
		shorter line.

	o	The New House of Toy is also very good but is a little bit
		more expensive.

	BTW: Avoid the Dynasty Restaurant.  The management there has a bad
	reputation of taking advantage of the workers (ie. paid less than
	minmum wage, etc).  They also screwed up my Chinese wedding buffet
	:-( there, so I'm a bit bias.



Article: 801 of ne.food
From: haydens@natasha.juliet.ll.mit.edu (Hayden Schultz x3685 g42)

I like the Golden Palace in Chinatown. When I first moved to Boston, I
went to the Imperial Tea House. A friend of mine from Taiwan laughed
at me and said, looking down her nose at me, that it was very
americanized and her children liked it. She recommended the Golden
Palace, and said that Dynasty also had an interesting dim sum.

Dynasty was having problems resulting from unfair labor practices.
Their employees claimed something like that they used immigrant labor
without any salary except tips. I heard something about their labor
problems being resolved. Anyone else heard this?

Article: 803 of ne.food
From: karla@Shiva.COM (Karla Shapiro)

In article <HAYDENS.91Dec6090007@natasha.juliet.ll.mit.edu> haydens@juliet.ll.mit.edu writes:
>Dynasty was having problems resulting from unfair labor practices.
>Their employees claimed something like that they used immigrant labor
>without any salary except tips. I heard something about their labor
>problems being resolved. Anyone else heard this?

A little history:  Dynasty would use immigrant help without permits
 (illegal help) and then not pay them.  In fact, they had to pay
 Dynasty a portion of their tips for the privilege of working there.
 This is according to a flyer handed to us one Sunday morning in Chinatown
 when we went down for dim sum.  About a month ago, I heard something
 on BUR about the court finding in favor of the workers & ordering
 Dynasty to pay them fair compensation and clean up their act in
 general or else.

I personally prefer China Pearl.  One of my husband's friends is Chinese
 and when we go to dim sum with Amy, that's where she always takes us.
 I also like the place across the street from China Pearl (can't remember
 the name right now).

I've noticed that foods change during the year and various celebrations.
 I've never ordered from a menu, just kind of pointed at what I want
 from the carts.

Article: 804 of ne.food
From: rick.menaul@channel1.com (rick menaul)

Two places that I know, both in Chinatown and just around the corner
from each other:

1.) Golden Palace, 14-20 Tyler Street.  This place seems to be the most
popular.  Very crowded on Sundays.  Serves dim sum daily, 9-3.

2.) Imperial Teahouse, 70 Beach Street.  Not as big, but not as crowded.
I ate here today and enjoyed it very much! Also serves daily 9-3.

From: tying@mitre.org (Tin Yau Ying)

Hi, 

The only 2 cantonese style dim sum restaurants in Boston worth going to is
China Pearl and Imperial (I am not 100% sure of the English name) but they a
are both on the same street.  Dynasty's dim sum is not even on the same 
level as these two.  For cantonese dim sum, the "must have" are the "ha
gar" (steamed shrimp dumpling) and "chun fun" (steamed rice noodle stuffed
with choice of shrimp, beef or roast pork).  Other things to try are 
steamed sticky rice in lotus leaf, beef ball, steamed bun of all sorts, and 
chicken feet (for the adventureous).

For northern style dim sum, a number of Chinese restaurants serve them
on Saturday and Sunday only.  I like The Great Wall in Bedford, MA the
best.  

Hope this helps.

Tin

From: wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David Wald)
>	The best in Chinatown are Golden Palace and China Pearl
>	both on Tyler St.

I'll second that.  China Pearl is the one I was trying to remember.

From: llew@wpi.WPI.EDU (Lew Yan Voon)

i'm not an expert since i've only been 3 times. the last one
(last month) was at china pearl and it's pretty good.
one trick is to look for the crowds, but on a sunday that means
you might have to wait for > 30 mins. the other good thing
about that place was that the estimate i's given (for waiting)
was quite accurate (15 mins in my case).

as for good dishes, that's a tough one since i don't know
the strict names! i suggest trying some rice soup - congee -
e.g. the beef one. if you like peanuts, you can try the fish one.
the clam was excellent. spare ribs. spring roll. we ate a lot
and ended up paying $40 for 3 - a bit high for dim sum but we're
full and had some expensive dishes.

if you try one let me know about it!

cheerio,
lok

From: jm13@gte.com (Joseph D. Morrison)

In article <lis.708260690@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba) writes:
> I know this was hashed out before, but I'm seeking a good dim sum
> place.  Restaurant recommendations and food recommendations would be
> greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

My favourite so far is Dynasty, in Chinatown. Does anyone know of any
comparable places (lots of seating, good variety of dishes) outside of
downtown Boston? Preferably north of Boston (I live in New Hampshire)
but close to 128 would be OK too...

        Joe Morrison
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Waltham, Massachusetts, 02254

From: fgz@ddxrus.enet.dec.com (Federico Genoese-Zerbi)


I agree with the choice of Dinasty....

But if you don't want to go into the city, I have had good luck with
the Dim Sum at Peking Garden in Lexington.  The service is
non-existent, and forget abou the carts.  They sit you down and
hand you a menu, and a pad of paper with a pencil.  You write
down what you want, the waitron takes your order and soon
the food arrives.

The shrimp wonton soup is good, the yangchow steamed buns are
the best I've had in the area, the steamed buns are very good, and
the rest of the food is above average.  The only disappointment
were the scallion pies -- not that flaky.

Warning:  I found that at non dim sum times, this restaurant
is mediocre at best.

F.

From: merritt@macro.bu.edu (Sean Merritt)

In article <JM13.92Jun11090035@bermuda.gte.com> jm13@gte.com (Joseph D. Morrison) writes:
>In article <lis.708260690@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba) writes:
>> I know this was hashed out before, but I'm seeking a good dim sum
>> place.  Restaurant recommendations and food recommendations would be
>> greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
>My favourite so far is Dynasty, in Chinatown. Does anyone know of any
	NOT


	The best in Chinatown are Golden Palace and China Pearl
	both on Tyler St.








-- 
Sean J. Merritt		         |      Nietzsche che dice?
Dept of Physics Boston University| 	       Boh!	
merritt@budoe.bu.edu		 | 

From: manes@bass.bu.edu (Michelle Manes)

Dynasty?!
Surely you jest!

According to my Chinese friend, the best Dim Sum
in town is at his house.  But -- since you all don't
know where he lives -- he recommends China Pearl
and Golden Palace, both in Chinatown.

China Pearl
9 Tyler 
Boston, MA

Golden Palace
14 Tyler
Boston, MA

You may have to share a table if you have a small party,
but the selection is better.

If you want a smaller place with less of a wait,
New House of Toy is good too.  (Don't have the address, sorry.
In Chinatown too.  Less variety, but has classic dishes.)

FYI the owner of Dynasty was cited for not paying his
staff.  He's not the kind of owner I want to support,
even if there weren't better choices.
--
Michelle Manes		|	"What should I be when I grow up?"
manes@bass.bu.edu	|	"Honest."
			|	-Robert M. Pirsig


From: hen@csa.bu.edu (Wm. H. Henneman)