"A visit to Ping’s is incomplete without an order of the bounciest, most racket sport-ready crispy shrimp balls we’ve ever had. The dim sum carts at this Hong Kong-style seafood spot only rattle along during the day, but you can get their silken and chewy har gow, savory rolled rice noodles with vegetables, and turnip cakes all day, as well as some good things at night like sweet walnut shrimp, or stirfried manila clams in black pepper sauce. It feels like the kind of place that families have been going to twice a year (at minimum) since it opened in 1998, and is absolutely worthy of a new family tradition." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, neha talreja, will hartman