![]() Side note: My parents and I went to this great place for dim sum in Cupertino, CA, last weekend (I was hungover! I could eat dim sum every weekend, no joke), called Dynasty. ![]() It’s so easy and a great excuse to explore! The next time you NYers are planning on dim sum, I HIGHLY recommend skipping out on Manhattan, and taking the 7 or the convenient shuttle to Flushing. I’m serious, there is nothing like a Tsing Tao and a char siu bao to make the night before go away. Dim sum is perfect for big groups (you would have a tough time getting the bill to go over $15 per person), and for when you have a hangover. So there it is, our meal in pictures– Ocean Jewel was fantastic, Wayne was spot on. Ain’t she a beaut? And these had something magical inside along with the shrimp (they are usually just shrimp)– celery! GENIUS! Now, I really am not a fan of celery (it’s one of two things that I never eat voluntarily), but they added just the perfect crunch with the shrimp. Har gow are little shrimp filled jewel pieces. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves– let the droolfest begin! ![]() Take my word for it when I say that the Flushing Chinatown is FAR superior to its Manhattan cousin: it is more spacious less inundated with people, hence it is actually bearable and the dim sum was the best I have had in all of NYC (In Manhattan, I generally go to Sweet ‘n Tart and Ping’s on Mott and Golden Bridge on the Bowery). With my fellow UMers, Troy Division and Tmonkey in tow (Hamamama, my Queensgirl, couldn’t make it), we set out for what was to be an awesome experience, from start to finish. Nothing more real than word of mouth, wouldn’t you say? After some hard-core research, I finally decided on Ocean Jewel Restaurant, a place highly recommended to me by my co-worker Wayne, who grew up on the streets of Flushing. In the five years I have lived in NY, I had never gone to Chinatown in Flushing, Queens, so a dim sum adventure seemed like the perfect choice. The idea is to get people in the area, UM contributors and local eaters, to travel far and wide (an outer borough, OH MY!) for infamous eats. If you want a more meaningful dim sum experience with carts and table cloths, this place fits the bill as long as you know you may have to wait.A few weeks ago, we ventured on our first official Umami Mart field trip, which I hope we can organize once a month. ![]() If you want just dim sum cheap, go to one of the smaller family run joints. The steamed, roasted, and boiled dumplings were decent sized and quite standard for dim sum eateries around town. For our party of 4, where we ordered no soups or chow mein or chow foon dishes, we paid over $80 for about 25 plates of dim sum. The baos, egg tarts, and other sweet pastries were bite size and costs just as much as going to one of the neighborhood bakeries. I think the prices are high for NYC but the quality was pretty good. The dim sum carts are plentiful and the variety was excellent. This is a large dim sum palace with a main dining area and several smaller ones on the side. On Saturdays and Sundays after noon, the lines are ridiculous to get in. We went there last week for dim sum early so that we didnt have to wait too long.
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