The moment I spied "Deep Fried Bitter Melon Ball" on the menu at Chinese Cuisine, a modest dim sum parlor behind Sinh Sinh on Bellaire Boulevard, I knew I'd be back. But that simple plan turned out to ...

Any kitchen work is physically taxing, but dim sum in particular requires fine handiwork and nimble fingers. The caliber of a dim sum chef is often judged by their har gow, a dumpling with paper-thin ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When you come to Chinatown, I hope you're hungry. "There's vegetarian food in Chinatown, Malaysian, there's Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese," said cookbook author Grace Young. "When you ...

It may not be on the same level of popularity as sushi -- at least on this side of the world -- but dim sum has its fair share of fanatics. Think of dim sum as light appetizers that are steamed, baked ...

One of our favorite spots in Chicago (when the pressure of even being in the immediate vicinity of the Reg is too much to bear) is Chinatown. Since it’s a simple matter of jumping on the Red Line, ...