The people behind Chinatown Brasserie have opened a beautiful and modern dim sum house in the West Village. Red Farm is where you’ll want to go to get your Asian fusion fix in a hot spot designed like a chic farmhouse. The food here is pretty terrific and the eclectic menu includes an array of dim sum dumplings, appetizers and main courses meant to be shared with your best buds…the more the merrier as you’ll want to hit as many dishes as possible!
Smoked Salmon & Eggplant ‘Bruschetta’: Perfect finger food – tender smoked salmon and caviar mixed with creamy avocado and served on top of a tempura fried eggplant disk, a brilliant play with texture.
Kowloon Filet Mignon Tarts: Small pastry tart shells with a miso filling are topped with a super tender bite of sweet soy-glazed beef with slivers of blanched asparagus and sweet pickled ginger. You’ll want to eat the whole thing in one bite for the ultimate flavor combination and it’s a fantastic one!
Now this wins some major points for creativity and playful plating: ‘Pac Man’ Shrimp Dumplings are made to look like the game’s famous ghosts – a delight for the eyes as much as for the palate. No wonder this has become the restaurant’s signature dish since the pictures hit the internet! The four very tasty little shrimp dumplings each has a different flavor and are begging you to hurry up with their tiny sesame seeds eyes…
…before a carved-out fried sweet potato circle shaped like Pac-Man makes a feast! Seriously awesome.
Pork & Crab Soup Dumplings: Fatty and chewy with a red goji berry stuck in the chimney, the flavorful soup leaking out of your first bite will convince you these are some of the best soup dumplings in Manhattan.
Jasmine Tea Smoked Chicken: A house special, the whole chicken was very juicy and tender and you could definitely taste the delicate tea flavor, a nice ending to our meal.
The decor is fun and intimate with communal table seating, plants everywhere, exposed pipes used as hangers for the specials menus and more plants. The noise levels can be off the chart, but really with such good food you’ll probably be chewing happily for the most part.
There is something for everyone to enjoy, and the service is so friendly and helpful be sure to ask your server for the best and most popular dishes. With food so spectacular and a presentation so darn adorable, Red Farm is one of the best new restaurants to open this Fall. Even the ‘no reservation’ policy wouldn’t deter me in going back again and again…just be warned of the wait!
Red Farm 529 Hudson StNew York, NY 10014
T: 212-792-9700
