Stop at an ATM beforehand it’s cash only. Some Mary Chung signature dishes are also available: fresh dun dun noodles in a sauce of peanut butter, sugar, sesame and chile oils and her famed szechwan suan la chow show steamed ravioli on bean sprouts under a ladle of peppery vinegar-chile sauce. Don’t pass up Taiwanese-style fried rice noodles – slender vermicelli tossed with soy, pork and veggies. ![]() Among the highlights: Grandma’s pie, a chewy pastry patty stuffed with pork and shredded preserved vegetables, tempura-light fried eggplant, fried tofu stuffed with slivered ginger sauce and flaky “chive pie” turnovers, bursting with Chinese chives and egg. The venerable Central Square eatery turns out Taiwanese and szechwan dim sum every weekend. Mary Chung Restaurant: 464 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge 61. They look like hard-boiled eggs but have sugary, vanilla-custard centers. Be sure to save room for steamed custard cream buns. To that list, add pan-fried chicken dumplings of pulled chicken and cabbage and gorgeously simple rainbow clear noodles, pan-fried with red onion, shiitakes, green pepper and ham. ![]() Cognoscenti correctly praise melt-in-your-mouth, fried taro spring rolls, cubes of stir-fried daikon cake tossed with salty XO sauce and tater tot-esque sweet potato puffs. Laing turn out some of the most beautiful – and delish – Cantonese dim sum around. It’s all dim sum day and night at this Allston hole-in-the-wall where former cabbie Kenny “Gitlo” Liu and his pastry chef cousin Deng J. Gitlo’s Dim Sum Bakery: 164 Brighton Ave., Allston 61. Tennis ball-sized, pork-filled, pan-fried buns with crunchy bottoms are a must! Regulars wax poetic about the fried and steamed pork spare ribs on cubed sweet potatoes, and cinnamon-scented spicy beef noodle soup. And shredded pig ear salad, like chewy angel hair pasta dressed in chile oil, sesame and soy. Crunchy shao bing flatbread stuffed with thin slices of 5-star spice flavored beef. They come for giant fried dough “crullers” you dunk into sweetened soy milk. How popular is the Taiwanese and Northern Chinese dim sum at this small restaurant, several blocks over the bridge from Watertown Square? Patrons begin lining up a half hour before the doors open. Dim sum Saturdays and Sundays, 11:30 a.m. ![]() Chung Shin Yuan: 183 California St., Newton 61.
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