Bing Bing Dim Sum

Located on South Philadelphia’s popular East Passyunk Avenue, Bing Bing Dim Sum is a hot new restaurant from the chef behind the city’s creative Cheu Noodle Bar, serving delicious Asian street food. I visited the spot shortly after it opened this year, excited to check out its funky décor and try some dim sum, and again a few months later to try more options.

Located in a unique triangular space on the neighborhood’s restaurant row, Bing Bing offers around 50 seats indoors and about 35 outdoors. The menu is full of imaginative Asian-inspired options I enjoyed on both visits, like pan-fried bao buns filled with pastrami and Swiss cheese, jade dumplings featuring shrimp and leeks and sweet turnip cake with fried egg and maple. My favorites off the menu are the pac-man buns, filled with very yummy scrapple and a quail egg, and the spicy sesame noodles with pea leaves and perfectly cooked tofu.

To complement the dishes, my group and I opted to try the recommended No Sleep ‘Til Shanghai option from the extensive drink menu on my first visit. Served in a large pitcher, the fruity drink is made with vodka and moscato as well as grapefruit, pomegranate and Thai basil flavors. The concoction was refreshing, but the mixture of alcohols left me with a nasty headache the next morning. Bing Bing also offers a great craft beer list with choices from renowned breweries across the country.

The popular restaurant recently announced it now delivers its dumplings, bao buns and noodle dishes to lucky Philadelphia residents and features happy hour deals including $5 snacks and many drink deals from 5–7 p.m. during the week and from 11 p.m.–midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

Bing Bing Dim Sum

1648 E Passyunk Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19148

215 279 7702

bingbingdimsum.com