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Jing Li with Dim Sum cart distributing food to customers in the dining room. China Gourmet, 2842 St. Vincent Street, Philadelphia on Friday, October 27, 2023.
Jing Li with Dim Sum cart distributing food to customers in the dining room. China Gourmet, 2842 St. Vincent Street, Philadelphia on Friday, October 27, 2023.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
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China Gourmet

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Northeast PhiladelphiaChinese, Cantonese, Dim Sum$$

A touchstone for Northeast Philly’s growing Chinese community, China Gourmet is Philadelphia’s preeminent Cantonese dim sum hall — perhaps in part because the cavernous space can seat 400 at its lazy Susan-topped round tables. Seven days a week, morning to afternoon, rolling carts crisscross the dining room to offer more than 50 types of dim sum, all prepared according to strict Cantonese culinary orthodoxy. The cha leung — rice rolls wrapped around crispy fried dough and drizzled with sweet soy sauce — is exemplary, while the peppers stuffed with fish cake is an only-in-Philly dish, incorporating that cherished local staple, the long hot.

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Restaurant Details

2842 St Vincent St, Philadelphia, PA , 19149
(215) 941-1898
https://phillychinagourmet.com
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