RedFarm (West Village)

Name: RedFarm (West Village)
Address: 529 Hudson St, New York, NY, 10014, US
Telephone: 212-792-9700
Price range: $$$

Contemporary Chinese$$$

Mon-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri 5pm-10:30pm, Sat 12pm-3:15pm & 5pm-10:30pm, Sun 12pm-3:15pm & 5pm-10pm

Dim Sum & Small Plates

Pac-Man Dumplings$21
- Signature
Whimsical shrimp dumplings sculpted to resemble Pac-Man and the four ghost characters, with black sesame-seed eyes; sweet potato tempura as Pac-Man
Pastrami Egg Rolls$15.00
- Signature
Crispy egg rolls filled with pastrami, served with lemongrass honey mustard
Vegetable and Peanut Dumplings$17
- Vegetarian
Crunchy vegetable and peanut dumplings
Pork and Crab Soup Dumplings$24.00
Soup dumplings filled with pork and crab (4 pieces)

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

Dim sum: The Cantonese tradition of small steamed, fried and baked plates (dumplings, buns, rice rolls, ribs) eaten with tea, usually from mid-morning to early afternoon. Dishes are priced by plate size (small, medium, large, special), so a table of four can try a dozen things for the cost of two entrées. On this menu as: Dim Sum & Small Plates.
Xiao long bao: Shanghai-style "soup dumplings": a thin pleated wrapper around seasoned pork and a cube of gelatinized stock that melts into hot broth as it steams. Eat them from a spoon: bite a corner, sip the soup, then finish the dumpling with a little black vinegar and ginger. On this menu as: Pork and Crab Soup Dumplings.
Peking duck: Beijing's showpiece: a whole duck air-dried and roasted until the skin is glass-crisp, carved at the table and wrapped in thin pancakes with scallion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce. Usually ordered ahead and priced whole or half. Cantonese roast duck is a different, marinated bird served chopped over rice. On this menu as: Peking Duck.
Egg roll: A fried cylinder of cabbage, pork or shrimp in a thick, blistered wheat wrapper: the American egg roll. Spring rolls are the slimmer Cantonese original with a thin, smooth, shatteringly crisp skin; fresh (unfried) spring rolls are Vietnamese, not Chinese. On this menu as: Pastrami Egg Rolls.