Nom Wah Tea Parlor

Nom Wah Tea Parlor
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Restaurant information
Established1920 (1920)
Owner(s)Wilson Tang
Food typeDim sum
Street address13 Doyers St
CityNew York
StateNY
Postal/ZIP Code10013
Coordinates40°42′52″N 73°59′53″W / 40.71449°N 73.99819°W / 40.71449; -73.99819
Websitehttps://nomwah.com/

Nom Wah Tea Parlor (Chinese: 南華茶室; Cantonese Yale: Nàahm Wàh Chàhsāt; lit. 'South China Tea House'), opened in 1920, is the oldest continuously running restaurant in the Chinatown of Manhattan in New York City.[1] The restaurant serves Hong Kong style dim-sum and is currently located at 13 Doyers Street in Manhattan.[2]

History

The restaurant first opened in Manhattan, Chinatown at 15 Doyers Street and moved to 13 Doyers in 1968.[3] The original owners of Nom Wah are unknown. Starting in the 1940s Nom Wah was operated by Ed and May Choy who primarily ran the business as a bakery. In 1950 the Choy's 16-year old nephew, Wally Tang, immigrated to New York and began working at the bakery. In 1976, Wally Tang purchased the restaurant.[4] In 2010 the restaurant was purchased by Wilson Tang, a former investment banker and Wally Tang's nephew.[5] Wilson Tang transitioned the restaurant from a traditional dim sum restaurant utilizing metal carts to a made-to-order style with a menu.[3]

The restaurant was featured as a location of a scene in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. [6]

In 2015 the Met Gala pre-party was held at the restaurant.[7]

In 2017, the baogel, a hybrid between a bagel and a cha siu bao was created at Nom Wah Tea Parlor.[8]

Nom Wah also has locations in Philadelphia, Shenzhen, China and Nolita.[9]

In October 2020, Wilson Tang published 'The Nom Wah Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from 100 Years at New York City's Iconic Dim Sum Restaurant'. [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lohman, Sarah (6 December 2016). Eight flavors : the untold story of American cuisine (First Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York, London. ISBN 978-1-4767-5395-9. OCLC 944380367.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ 莊布忠(CH’NG Poh Tiong) (2019). 100 Top Chinese Restaurants of the World. THE WINE REVIEW. p. 201. ISBN 9789811407277.
  3. ^ a b Mishan, Ligaya (2011-04-12). "Nom Wah Tea Parlor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. ^ Brienza, Laura, 1988- (September 2016). New York's historic restaurants, inns & taverns : storied establishments from the City to the Hudson Valley. Guilford, CT. ISBN 978-1-4930-2435-3. OCLC 948670590.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Goldfield, Hannah (2020-03-20). "The Oldest Restaurant in Manhattan's Chinatown Faces the Coronavirus Shutdown". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  6. ^ Solomon, Serena (2013-02-26). "'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Set to Film at Chinatown's Nom Wah Tea Parlor". dnainfo. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  7. ^ "Ringing In the Met Gala in Cinematic Fashion". Vogue. 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. ^ Morgan, Richard (2017-10-31). "Two NYC restaurants have combined bao and bagels to make a glorious new sandwich". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  9. ^ "Nom Wah Tea Parlor". Pace Magazine. Fall 2019. p. 25. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Issuu.
  10. ^ Fabricant, Florence (2020-11-16). "A Cookbook From the Heart of Manhattan's Chinatown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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