BRIAN'S 100 Best '17

100 BEST ’17: PIGGY EGG CUSTARD BUNS at JOY LUCK PALACE

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I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017…

SADLY, JOY LUCK PALACE IS NOW CLOSED.

Perhaps I fell for the cute, Instagram-friendly shape of these custard buns, but they were really my favorite thing at the dim sum meal I had at Joy Luck Palace. They are stuffed with a not-too-sweet egg custard and the pig faces themselves melt away into a texture somewhere between mochi and white bread. They’re both adorable and delicious.

JOY LUCK PALACE
98 Mott Street (between Canal and Hester Street),
Chinatown
(212) 219-2828
joyluckpalaceny.com/newyork

AboutBrian Hoffman

Brian Hoffman is a classically trained actor who is now a full-time tour guide, blogger, and food obsessive. He leads food and drink tours around New York City, which not only introduce tour-goers to delicious food, but gives them a historical context. He also writes food articles for Gothamist and Midtown Lunch in addition to overseeing this blog and a few food video series, including Eat This, Locals Know, and Around the World in One City.

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  1. As a vegetarian i believe all animal free animal motif foods are the very best kind of “animal ” to eat! And yes, these are really crazy delicious! (Unlike a lot of instagram sensation foods like basically everything rainbow)

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