Joy East INC. Harmony Palace - New York

We visit a dim sum place in the south regularly that all our Asian friends (specifically, Taiwanese- and Chinese-born) recommended to us ten years ago. Therefore, we had certain expectations as to how things were done. Observations are as follows: 1. The service for refilling water and other beverages is not 'automatic, ' in that one must request for these things to occur. This might be a cultural thing in Cantonese/Asian dining, as I had the same experience when in southeast Asia before. This is different than when we go to our normal 'hang. ' 2. The food is rock-star, but the language deficiency made it difficult to understand their 'Cantonized ' pronunciation of one- or two-word titles of dishes. This might have been charming. My verdict is still out. 3. The decorated mung bean dessert dumplings were a surprise, but be prepared, non-Cantonese folk dining with children, for your children to not be enthused about them. They are good, but it took me a few tries to grow a fondness for this style of dessert. 4. The place is loud and overwhelmingly packed with people. Large parties will have a hard time getting seated, so get there early. Smaller parties are seated quicker. HOWEVER, SMALLER PARTIES, you might be seated with another smaller party at a table, and it 's likely that you will not be able to communicate with the other party if you don 't speak Mandarin or Cantonese. Overall, a great place. The food is delicious, and it 's a great value. Our three had seven or eight servings of dumplings, and we got out under $40 with tip. Not bad in NYC.

We loved it! The shrimp dim sum were delicious. Our sons loved the crab. Service was great, our waiter was very nice and accomodating. We will definitely be back.

Had a wonderful experience, highly recommended. This place won't disappoint you :

Kinda hard to fine I was expecting a bit more of a store front but as anything in China Town the best restaurants are sometimes the hardest to find.

Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles is a cheap eats joint known for their noodle bowls and dumplings.