Chinese American History Meets Foodie Culture at Nom Wah Tea Parlor

The story of Nom Wah Tea Parlor in New York’s China Town neighborhood is very much a history of the city itself. Opened in the early 1900s on Doyers Street, Nom Wah sits on one of the first blocks of the then-newly-emerging Chinese community in Manhattan. In its 90-year history as New York’s oldest dim sum restaurant, Nom Wah has moved from local meeting place to storied eatery. Today, Wilson Tang, the latest generation of the family that has operated Nom Wah since the 1970s has kept the business growing by keeping it simple and staying true to the restaurant's traditional roots.