Food: ☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆☆

Ambiance: ☆☆ ½

Cost: $$$

Must try: Rice-noodle rolls, Shrimp and Chive Dumpling

 Nom Wah Tea Parlor is a New York icon in its own right. It first opened in 1920 on Doyers street as a bakery and a tea parlor and slowly evolved over the decades into a full-fledged dimsum house. It is probably the longest-surviving place for dim sum in Chinatown.

 

 

 I love the original old world charm that the current owner Wilson Tang has retained at Nom Wah. The environs are a modest nod to all the history that has transpired in and around here.

What I love most about Nom Wah is that you can order dim sum a la carte all day long! Though the dimsum carts have their own charm, most of the time I just want what I want and don’t want to sitting around waiting for my favorite dishes to be rolled around.

 

 

The dimsum, though not the best I’ve had, is still pretty darned good. My personal favorites were the “Rice Noodle Rolls” and the “Shrimp and Chive Dumpling”.

I think that Chinatown’s first dimsum has all the charm and good food it needs to make it worth a try.

 Here is some of what we ate:

 

Chrysanthemum Tea

 

The Original Egg Roll

 

Shiu Mai

 

Slippery Cheong Fun 

 

 

Shrimp and Chive Dumpling

 

Char Siu Bao

 

Shrimp & Snow-Pea-Leaf Dumplings

 

 

House Special Pan Fried Dumpling