Comments on: Weekend Lunch: Dim Sum at World Tong in Brooklyn

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:56:07 +0000

Wonders- not sure what they charged you the last time you went but our meal for 6 (healthy eaters) was $72. As far as I’m concerned that’s pretty cheap for a hearty meal.
I’ve paid far more than that in Manhattan chinatown.

By: Eric R.

Eric R. — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:19:40 +0000

I’ve been going to World Tong ever since it first appeared in the Voice and in CH; the food remains fresh, inventive, and diverse. Beyond that the staff has always been very helpful; they even made room for me to bring a collection of 12 10th graders for their first dim sum experience.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:16:50 +0000

I’m drooling!

By: Steve R.

Steve R. — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:55:24 +0000

Wayne: I’m the last one to argue that the signal to noise ratio on CH is very poor. Dont open those threads… they’re obviously not worth it. Instead, focus on the threads with potential, especially when posted by those with good reputations. For example, the long threads on the Flushing food stalls inside the 2 malls yielded 7-10 places that were unbelievably good and completely unknown to me. “Surly” or one of the others posting even drew a map & included a basement floor of stalls I didnt know was there. The thread by Peter Cherches (who has a good food blog himself) has gotten me to Florence’s, a family run Ghanian place in Harlem.. incredible home cooking of authentic ethnic food & is getting me to Maytex, another Ghanian place, this time off Flatbush Ave in Bklyn. I’m not trying to sell the site… I’ve been there since before it was well known and before Perlow, Plotnicki and many of my friends at mouthfulsfood broke away. I just think there’s more there than the crap you’re accurately describing.

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:35:03 +0000

Here are the top 3 “Outer Boroughs” entries on Chowhound right now:

Sripraphai First Timer 26
Lunetta – What Happened? 2
Di Fara’s: How much is the best NY slice of pizza worth? 91

I dunno about you, but 91 people blabbing about how much a Difara’s slice is worth just screams “WASTE OF BLOODY TIME” at me. Not worth reading to find the very few gems with so many other good food sites out there… like MIDTOWN LUNCH!

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:33:59 +0000

Man, I need to jump on the N train… You are totally spot on with the chicken feet thing. Dim sum is totally for chicken feet eaters, and there definitely has to be carts. The other day I went to eat dim sum and the tale next to me ordered FRIED RICE off of the menu. Might as well burn a hole in my heart. fried rice at dim sum.

I second the suggestions of turnip cake and tripe at any dim sum place. There is also this fried taro thing that has ground pork in the middle.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:31:44 +0000

I feel like we really need to talk a little bit more about the roast pork in the puff pastry… that was magic in my mouth. I dreamt about them last night.

Them pork with cracklins were no joke either!!!!

By: Steve R.

Steve R. — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:57:55 +0000

I live in Bklyn and have been there several times recently. A group of us from mouthfulsfood.com (with some chowhound overlap) went this Saturday as well after I mentioned that World Tong is serving some fresh, innovative dim sum right now. We had a similar experience… excellent offerings, large variety, many dishes I’ve never had before. They may well have someone as good as Ng (or better) in the kitchen… I’d recommend going asap before another changeover occurs. Although they do seem to keep up a high level regardless.

By the way, the CH “outer boroughs” board is still reasonably viable for ferreting out some good food. Besides World Tong, there’s a Szech. place on 5th Ave (& 87th St in Bay Ridge) that I found thru a posting and it’s been great the 4 times I’ve been there so far. I think Wayne’s painting with a little too broad a brush.

By: SMDNY

SMDNY — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:09:02 +0000

Zach, I think you’ve convinced me to be more adventurous when I go for dim sum. Thanks

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:32:25 +0000

Rudy, spot on as usual – Jason Perlow has lost it but will always get respect for slamming Jim Leff & the Chowhound idiots for being the addled hippy beatnik fukwits that they are. Like you said – started great, now completely disposable. Even Ed Levine is a shadow of his former self. Keep your copy of his NY Eats bible, it blows away his current rants on whatever diet he’s blowing now.