# Recommend Good Dim Sum in NYC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817 "2010-12-11T22:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/1 "2010-12-11T22:16:19Z")
I’m going into NYC on Wednesday with my bestest friend to see the Tut Exhibit. While there, we thought we’d hit Chinatown for Dim Sum. On the web, we’ve found a restaurant that looks good called Jing Fong, but I was wondering if any of the native Dopers have recommendations. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/2 "2010-12-11T23:32:29Z")
A lot of people like Golden Unicorn (Dim sum palace atmosphere) and Joe’s Shanghai (for the soup dumplings), although I’ve never been to either. I go to [Jade Asian](http://www.yelp.com/biz/jade-asian-restaurant-and-caterer-flushing) in Flushing, but that’s a hell of a schlep for a non-New Yorker. You take the 7-train to Flushing- Main St, the last stop, and walk from there, a couple blocks. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/3 "2010-12-11T23:37:11Z")
I haven’t been to Chinatown in years, but my family swears by Dim Sum Go Go, though I’ve never gone. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/4 "2010-12-12T00:35:33Z")
Well, of course Jade Asian in Flushing is great. My problem is that I don’t know the actual name of my favorite dim sum joint. You go down Elizabeth street from Canal, and it’s about 100 yards down on the left. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/5 "2010-12-12T14:25:24Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Well, of course Jade Asian in Flushing is great. My problem is that I don’t know the actual name of my favorite dim sum joint. You go down Elizabeth street from Canal, and it’s about 100 yards down on the left. Is it [Penang](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=elizabeth+and+canal+nyc&sll=33.614611,-111.951851&sspn=0.26647,0.391045&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Canal+St+%26+Elizabeth+St,+New+York,+10013&ll=40.716977,-73.996707&spn=0.001895,0.003055&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.716899,-73.996755&panoid=yaGh__c0zcZHbMxr9pq9xA&cbp=12,291.97,,1,3.56)? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/6 "2010-12-12T15:08:11Z")
My fave dim sum joint is in the exterior of the elbow of Doyers street. Don’t know the name, never spoke a word to anyone who works there, never even saw a menu, just pointed at the tray of dumplings when they came around. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/7 "2010-12-13T00:06:28Z")
I do believe it is Penang. It’s got these kick-ass ice-fruit drinks, too. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/8 "2010-12-13T01:26:41Z")
Penang is a Malaysian restaurant. I don’t think they have dim sum. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/9 "2010-12-13T01:39:33Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > A lot of people like Golden Unicorn (Dim sum palace atmosphere) and Joe’s Shanghai (for the soup dumplings), although I’ve never been to either. My wife confirms Golden Unicorn (18 E Broadway) and Joe’s Shanghai (9 Pell) are both good and popular. Her favorite is Ping’s Seafood (22 Mott St). ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-dim-sum-in-nyc/563817/10 "2010-12-13T03:59:51Z")
In that case, maybe a little further down. I think it’s on a corner. It looks like Penang. I dunno. After examining Google Maps: What the hell? There was a Police Precinct there and now it’s gone. What happened? And those two subterranian malls that used to have the best anime bootlegs are gone, and that store up where the import video games are is gone too. Either I’m on completely the wrong street or there’s been a lot of construction.