![]() To see what we ate please launch the slideshow below. The food came out at a steady clip and it was a quick tasty meal, as dim sum should be. With the exception of the steamed eggplant stuffed with shrimp paste nothing really jumped out but nothing was close to bad either (though the execution on one order of pan-fried dumplings was not great). We ordered a range of steamed and fried dishes and found it all to be decent enough. But there was enough there to make us happy. We asked if they had any congee and they said no, only what’s on the dim sum menu. They don’t offer anything that is not on that dim sum menu, by the way. While they may have a more extensive selection on weekends, the weekday dim sum menu is mostly a list of standard dishes. We got a booth for four and got settled in quickly. Kitchen turnover is high and as a plus they feature not carts but a la carte ordering, which always means fresher, better dim sum. ![]() The dining room is not tiny but it’s not over-large either-which means it was quite full even around noon on a weekday. Its decor and design-which includes counter seating-seem to nod in the direction of contemporary trends. Nom Wah, situated on a funky street (Doyers), is apparently the oldest dim sum parlor in Manhattan (in all of New York?) but I’m guessing it has received a refurb somewhat recently. ![]() ![]() And so when it came to pass that we were going to be in the vicinity of Chinatown for lunch one day we were only too happy to stop in at Nom Wah Tea Parlor, which had been recommended by a few people. On this trip, however, our focus was on eating not the best possible versions of the things we were interested in but the best possible versions of the things we were interested in that were also within easy reach of other places we were going to be visiting. Now, the best dim sum, or for that matter the best Chinese food in New York, is said to be not in Manhattan but in Queens. Since our most recent dim sum meal had been so dire-at Mandarin Kitchen in Bloomington, MN in July-I’d asked for recommendations on Mouthfuls for dim sum parlors in Manhattan. ![]()
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