Gothamist: A Taste of . . . Chinatown Brasserie

Anthony Townsend

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:00:50 -0500

omg this place is so ridiculously overpriced and mediocre i cant wait until they inevitably fail.

Brian

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:11:06 -0500

If you want good dumplings, go to Dim Sum A Go Go-it's the only place worth it in the city. The above restaurant is appalling as well.

gieger counter

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:30:57 -0500

Those green walking balls of slime scare me. They're looking at me!

matty

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:53:18 -0500

I've never heard of 6-15 dollar dim sum. That's really high.

Angry Asian

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:10:47 -0500

Dumpling House dumpling owns Brasserie's any day of the week. The cheap hole-in-wall places will always have better food than these overpriced americanized yuppie restaurants.

Lilitu

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:30:40 -0500

Those dumplings are creeping. me. out. They look like slimy, half-melted peeps, but with scary eyes.

grace

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:53:19 -0500

New York does a lot of things well. Dumplings are not one of them unfortunately. I'll save my spare case until I'm in San Fran again.

DontGo

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:45:05 -0500

We went for dinner, and it was so dark we couldn't even see the dumplings. I know they were going for a trendy look but a big part of eating food like this is about admiring the handiwork. As for the taste, they were yummy but we all agreed dim sum in chinatown is better (and 1/10 the price!). The other dishes were good, but you can find General Tso's chicken for a lot less elsewhere...

Hayley

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:11:42 -0500

But you really have to stick to the (incredibly overpriced) dumplings. We have been several times and made the mistake last time of branching out. We had Peking Duck ($48), a filet mignon dish ($29) and something called crispy chicken and each was worse than the next. I mean anybody's local Chinese joint is superior to this and half the price! We were very disappointed. And, in fact, the soup dumplings weren't as good as Grand Sichuan so...

sally

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:08:52 -0500

Can you stop sucking this restaurants dick