New York City has one of the best China Towns in the US, and no China Town is complete without killer Chinese food. But it has always been hard to find vegetarian Chinese food that hasn't been tainted with fish sauce.
Vegetarian Dim Sum House was visited on 12-27-14
Service: We were greeted by staff who weren't that friendly, and there was a wait for about 15 minutes.
Food:
I have never seen a Chinese restaurant with such an extensive menu. We ordered the fried noodles with mixed vegetables, crispy banana rolls, deep fried vegetarian crescents, spinach dumplings, pineapple ice, and mango boba juice. Fried noodles are actually deep fried rice noodles that have a clear sauce on the bottom and have mixed vegetables on the top, so there's layers of softened noodles,crunchy veggies, and the crispy noodles on the top. It was really good. The banana rolls were crispy wontons with a sweet mashed filling of bananas and topped with honey and sesame seeds. It gave a nice break from all of the starchy fillings in the other two dumplings. My favorite were the crescent rolls. They had a mixture of turnips, potatoes, carrots and some other veggies. They were crispy and had a velvety filling inside so I enjoyed them very much. The one thing I disliked however, and so did my family on the whole, were the spinach dumplings. They were steamed and kind of fell apart when you tried to pick them up with chopsticks. The filling was okay, though. The drinks were really interesting; my dad had the pineapple ice, which was water with pineapple pieces frozen in ice. My mom and I had a mango boba juice, which was fresh mango juice and tapioca pearls inside. Normally really big, boba pearls get stuck in the straw and take a whopping long time to chew. These smaller pearls slid down easily and didn't take a long time to chew.
Price:
We paid a total of $40, which for a dim sum place is quite expensive.
Overall:
I'm going to give Vegetarian Dim Sum House a 87% because of their spinach dumplings, long wait time, and prices. It still was a great place for vegetarians like us.
Vegetarian Dim Sum House was visited on 12-27-14
Service: We were greeted by staff who weren't that friendly, and there was a wait for about 15 minutes.
Food:
I have never seen a Chinese restaurant with such an extensive menu. We ordered the fried noodles with mixed vegetables, crispy banana rolls, deep fried vegetarian crescents, spinach dumplings, pineapple ice, and mango boba juice. Fried noodles are actually deep fried rice noodles that have a clear sauce on the bottom and have mixed vegetables on the top, so there's layers of softened noodles,crunchy veggies, and the crispy noodles on the top. It was really good. The banana rolls were crispy wontons with a sweet mashed filling of bananas and topped with honey and sesame seeds. It gave a nice break from all of the starchy fillings in the other two dumplings. My favorite were the crescent rolls. They had a mixture of turnips, potatoes, carrots and some other veggies. They were crispy and had a velvety filling inside so I enjoyed them very much. The one thing I disliked however, and so did my family on the whole, were the spinach dumplings. They were steamed and kind of fell apart when you tried to pick them up with chopsticks. The filling was okay, though. The drinks were really interesting; my dad had the pineapple ice, which was water with pineapple pieces frozen in ice. My mom and I had a mango boba juice, which was fresh mango juice and tapioca pearls inside. Normally really big, boba pearls get stuck in the straw and take a whopping long time to chew. These smaller pearls slid down easily and didn't take a long time to chew.
Price:
We paid a total of $40, which for a dim sum place is quite expensive.
Overall:
I'm going to give Vegetarian Dim Sum House a 87% because of their spinach dumplings, long wait time, and prices. It still was a great place for vegetarians like us.
Address: 24 Pell Street #1, New York, NY 10013
Phone:(212) 577-7176
Link: http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/vegetarian-dim-sum-house/menu
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