Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. On the oft-overlooked food ...

And then, there’s one more notable point of difference: the dim sum at Morning Nights…is vegan. Traditionally, dim sum dumplings are built around pork, beef, chicken, shrimp…and more pork.

From fast-casual burger joints to top-notch dim sum, there’s something for everyone at these knockout vegan and vegetarian restaurants.

Helmed by a veteran dim sum chef, Veggie Kingdom makes fresh vegan dishes using traditional cooking techniques. Specially-treated vegetable oil is used to replace lard and butter, which are often ...

If you are having friends over, try this Shrimp and Kaffir Lime Dim Sums starter. Literally flavour bombs of shrimps, kaffir lime leaves, galangal and oyster sauce, they explode in your mouth.

There may be a few veggie options among the many, many small dishes that comprise dim sum, but it’s a decidedly shrimp- and pork-driven genre. I’d never seen a vegan take. When I tracked Nom ...