Comments on Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome: jing fong {dim sum in nyc}

Mmmmmm Jing Fong. I was born and raised in NYC and...

2012-01-16T14:26:04.393+01:00

Mmmmmm Jing Fong. I was born and raised in NYC and I think this is still the best dim sum place (with dim sum in Flushing coming in a close second!!).

When I was younger the huge escalator seemed soooo big.

@Michelle: I love this part of NYC, since I guess ...

2012-01-11T07:34:36.493+01:00

@Michelle: I love this part of NYC, since I guess it feels most like 'home' (i.e. Rome)
@Josehpine: I know! Love they had to cross it out from 800!
@Jake: Wow, would love to have the full tour - all six floors - one day. Or not?
@Steve: We always mean to get out to Queens, but never seem to find the time during the week we are there.

Now I'm craving dim sum!!! I'm feeling ...

2012-01-11T03:48:25.541+01:00

Now I'm craving dim sum!!!

I'm feeling a trek to NYC is in order. Glad you had a nice visit!

Nicely done. Although I eat most of my Asian food...

2012-01-11T01:29:48.122+01:00

Nicely done. Although I eat most of my Asian food in Flushing, Queens these days, Jing Fong is where I mostly recommend that out of town friends or locals who want a guaranteed upbeat meal go for dim sum. The overall experience is well worth it and the great variety of freshly prepared food beats almost any other place in NYC. I love it, escalator and all.

I'm in the airport lounge at LAX at the moment...

2012-01-10T20:37:33.808+01:00

I'm in the airport lounge at LAX at the moment, heading for NYC. I'll make this a trip from mid-town. Thank you!

Will you please stop posting on NYC soon, Elizabet...

2012-01-10T20:34:26.106+01:00

Will you please stop posting on NYC soon, Elizabeth? This is torture, torture I tell you! :) Truly, my little face is practically pressed up against the screen.

We happened to sit at the same table as one of the...

2012-01-10T20:17:28.498+01:00

We happened to sit at the same table as one of the owners of Jing Fong last time we were there. Fascinating! Underneath the seeming disorder of the place, there is science. Everything is worked out perfectly. I think he said they serve 7,000 people per Sunday. My wife has a theory that no matter how much dim sum we eat, the bill is always $13 per person. And he said that their goal was $15. So about right. They have one whole floor that does nothing but dishwashing. Then there is a prep floor, a cooking floor, and a couple others. 6 floors total I think. A real palace of dim sum.

I love the Occupancy sign!

2012-01-10T18:02:17.217+01:00

I love the Occupancy sign!

I had to laugh when I saw this Elizabeth. This res...

2012-01-10T16:11:09.749+01:00

I had to laugh when I saw this Elizabeth. This restaurant is two blocks away from the infamous "Mulburry Bend" -- the center of Little Italy around the turn of the century. (Jacab Riis, the Danish Journalist turned social reformer, has a picture of Mulburry Bend in his book "How the Other Half Lives".) This area was home-base to most Southern Italians who passed through Ellis Island. (The old "Hewbrew Quarter" started at Baynard St.) Now, most of the area is "China Town". Lower Manhattan is such an interesting place!

Mmmm... I want to go back.

2012-01-10T12:49:19.874+01:00

Mmmm... I want to go back.