"Hang Ah Tea Room in Chinatown is America’s first-ever dim sum spot. But tourist trap, this is not. While it's undergone various owner changes since opening in 1920, we can still rely on them for quick, satisfying dim sum in a low-key space. The ceilings are low, the walls are orange-tinted, and there’s even a random Captain America poster by the bathroom. Pop down an alley across from the Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground, and be rewarded with plump shrimp dumplings, chili wontons that get every last one of your spice receptors firing, and xiao long bao with sip-worthy broth." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, ricky rodriguez
Lani Conway