Credit: Photo by David Brendan Hall

The kitchen at Wu Chow serves up some of the city’s most consistently inventive dim sum. You might miss the chaotic jostle of carts, but inventive takes on dishes like hot & sour soup with wood ear mushrooms, or crispy soft turnip cakes studded with sausage, bring the excitement straight to your plate.

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