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Lam Zhou Handmade Noodle
Sometimes we have to stand up and apologize. Admit that we were wrong and try and make amends. Sometimes, we have to look in the mirror and then back out at all of you and just say “our bad.”
For years, we’ve been sending people lists of our favorite dumplings in New York – leading them to places like Prosperity Dumpling (RIP), Nan Xiang, White Bear, and Joe’s Shanghai. But we have to admit we f*cked up. Leaving Lam Zhou Hand Pulled Noodles off that list for so many years, depriving our dumpling-seeking friends of what are quite possibly Chinatown’s best dumplings – we are riddled with guilt.
We had reasons. We already had a couple Chinatown go-tos, and the hand pulled noodles – not the dumplings – were the reason we’d always come here. Dumplings don’t appear on the menu until #17 (and it only goes up to 21). But those are just excuses.
A recent trip back assured us the dumplings at Lam Zhou are f*cking royalty and should be celebrated as such. And at $2 for 6, $3 for 10, they might be the best value you can get in a neighborhood packed with great value. The fact that the hand pulled noodles are also incredible is a cherry on top, not a caveat.
We can’t change the past. But if we try, we can help fix the future. Or something. Just eat here, eat here now, and accept our sincerest apologies.