Dim Sum

Oriental Garden
14 Elizabeth St (btw Canal & Bayard)
Phone: 212.619.0085
Cash only for dim sum

Best quality we have found in Chinatown - go early on the weekends, otherwise be prepared to wait! They do not take reservations for dimsum. Favorites here: Char Siew Sou (sweet barbecued pork puff pastry), Lotus Leaf Wrapped Glutinous Rice, Char Siew Pau (steamed white buns with sweet barbecued pork filling), Har Gau (shrimp dumplings in translucent skin), Cheong Fun (flat rice noodles with shrimp, beef or scallop filling), Goon Tong Gau (giant dumpling in clear soup), Pan-fried Turnip Cake, Egg Tarts.

Dim Sum Go Go
5 E Broadway (btw Chatham Sq & St James Pl)
Phone: 212.732.0796

Very good quality as well - but always too crowded for my liking. Dumplings are super-fresh and delicious.