How This NYC Restaurant Makes 20,000 Dumplings A Week
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Before the pandemic, Nom Wah Tea Parlor had two-hour wait times and lines out the door. But come 2020, on its 100th anniversary, the oldest dim sum restaurant in NYC's Chinatown temporarily closed and lost 80% of its business. To survive the pandemic, the team had to get creative. They pivoted to making and delivering frozen dumplings. Today, chefs make 20,000 dumplings a week that are frozen for delivery or pickup or served fresh for takeout. Business Insider visited the historic dumpling spot to see how these pivots have helped save Nom Wah.
Editor's note: At 0:57, the orange chicken is labeled incorrectly. The dish on the far left is chicken feet.
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How This NYC Restaurant Makes 20,000 Dumplings A Week
Shoutout to the owner. Not taking a salary in hard times. Leader
But I don't get it. He makes 20,000 of them and doesn't get a penny?
@@josephchapa9085 Good question. I guess doing that business is tough
@@josephchapa9085 profit and salary are different. Maybe he makes profits but doesn’t take salary. For example, if there are 5 partners and have $10K net profits/month. It doesn’t make sense for each of them to each take $2k salary and make $0 profit bc they’d obviously need to make at least $6-7k each. Plus they have to invest in all the additional expenses like outdoor tables and umbrella to stay in operation. Instead, they take $0 salary and make $2k in profit each. During normal times, they might have made $7K in salary each plus $3K in profits each so that makes $10k in income each month per partner.
Ada Yarungsee wow
Ada Yarungsee I like your funny words magic man
modern problems require modern solutions
Adapt or die.
Big true
😊
True word👍🏾
i like his nose, aircon. spit type
Crazy. My friend’s dad was actually involved in the creation of a new Nom Wah location and unfortunately it was cancelled because corona. Nice to see them doing well now
🧢
The intro music is literally the Licc on a loop how has this not been discovered yet
You know you are a GREAT restaurant when you can adapt like that.. and I don’t mean “oh I hope your having a great day” (I do hope your day is great) I mean sincere greatness. Reaching for the next level. Grit. Hats off to you guys!
And that last tid bit, “If we can’t survive, no one can.” Quite the eye opener as you remember just 6 months ago they had a 2 hour wait on the weekends...
I wish for the best like these restaurants. It’s hard for me to survive without good food
It's businesses like this that are innovative and can adapt quickly to a new way of doing business that will survive covid in the long run. My heart goes out to business owners that can't operate during covid lockdowns and are unable, through no fault of their own, to make changes in how they do business. I admire the hard work and ingenuity and I wish the owners and staff all the best. Xx
I'm pleased that they found a way to adapt. I hope it's enough to get them through the worst of this mess.
They're so awesome with this 👏🏽 they literally adapted to everything with ease
Their creativity has saved them! Kudos
This is Absolutely Wonderful
Business Insider, awesome video! Enjoy your Sunday!💯🙏👐
They're pricey but it looks good and its NYC too so it seems reasonable. I wish them the best of luck.
I went there in 2017. I’m glad they’re hanging on
They are very admirable, fair play, these are rough times :c
Awesome to see the clip that was filmed by the Hungry Black Panda. Great story about the sacrifices restaurants are making. This is great.
It’s the lick in an endless loop
Props for pivoting to ensure you survive.
I just got finished making dumplings when I got notified of this video
In this point you can see how much they love their product : 02:34 . The bag is fastened with a belt :D
That’s bcoz in case of a hard brake, the dumplings could get all mixed and ruined, or even worse- spill inside the car
This is what you call hard work
Thank for that
I’m in Utah, gonna order their dumplings now!
I haven't wanted to order Goldbelly in forvever! Now i will ASAP and support nom wah.
Oooh I want some. I still haven’t found Dumplings better that Din Tai Fung in Los Angeles or this other place in Philadelphia so I’d be excited to give them a try.
Love how restaurants in the UK had indoors dining as soon as they reopened lol
TY 😃
The whole background of the song in the beginning is the lick.
I noticed that too lol
Yet again United by TH-cam recommendations.
OMG the new place is next to me.
These guys are genius
watching food videos while eating>>
Best wishes from greece
🤤 Rice rolls! Wish we had good dim sum in North Carolina
You can.
It's called Google? Lol
He said they will ship if you are willing to cough up the dough! lol
Try making your own. There's something called youtube and recipes 😉
$19 for a bag like that is expensive af
curious: if there were 24 dumplings for $15, would you consider that reasonable?
Manythanks
@@williamkang1481 , that would be more than reasonable. 😊
@@duets1370 My wife and I are thinking of starting our own business in the future. Homemade Korean Dumplings
@@williamkang1481 how that go respectfully?
Very simple: Hire Santa's elves who want a better way of life...
🤗👊🤗
so true💚
😊
Kudos to them for improvisation to the current state of the world. 👍
Dam, I need to get some frozen dim sum tomorrow after watching this!😋
That food looks bomb
MAN THAT HOW YOU DUMP IN THE DOUGH!!💯💯💯💯💯
Good
Yessssss
1:41 ignoring the delicious dumplings it kinda looks like a robot pooping
Tried frozen dimsum this year due to covid. Steamed them before eating of course. Not too bad. Ready to eat meals have come a long way
And very expensive to DYI...but still fun
Aaaa I’m buying some I neeeed these omg
Yummy
Would love their orange chicken and lo mein
No they aren’t the masterminds behind frozen dumplings...there are hundreds of stores small private own dumpling shops in flushing and Chinatown New York that have been doing this for the past 20 past years
88 Lan Zhou in China town is selling 50 pieces for $16. Nomwah is selling 21 pieces for $60.
@@reinventingada damn! Nomwah is crazy or what?
@@ernestkj 88 lan zhou is closing at the end of this month before they can't afford it. the math makes sense.
@@reinventingada yea. I saw it on their Instagram! Kinda hope some kind soul/investor would help these small affordable eateries to survive thru!
@@ernestkj nom wah is a hipster spot.
That's a lot of dumplings I can order
Are these packed and sold cooked or uncooked? Did the costomers have to just warm and eat or first cook and eat? 🤔
Constant theme: it's tough out there. Constant observation by me: very busy and at 20,000 dumplings a week, that is around $120,000 per month retail sales. There's something wrong there.
Maybe just me but i think the shop makes 20,000 but they unable to sell all of them.
@@kattyhoho3371 if the dumplings are frozen they can be stored for months and still be good. They'd only make 20k a month if they were selling most of them.
Yoo it’s The Lick!
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT 😂
00:01 Am I being trolled? T H E L I C C
Where can I buy this machine?
they had a *bruh* moment
Might as well go to the market
Dumplings/gyoza/potstickers whatever you call is just as good if you cook it from frozen as fresh. You just have to cook it correctly
I want to look back 2-15 years from now how they manage.
extensive
Its MO:MO 🇳🇵
u know this restrant is good when they make 20k dumplings everyday
That means they spend less time on food quality
I love Tibetan dumpling
Gloves!!!
Travis, show them what's dumpling...Tai ho sik la..
I feel like having some 小笼包 now lol
A bit pricey but the idea is good. We'll done for not taking a salary for 6 months, true boss!
Idk how these are but frozen dimsums can be fire bro. We got this company in india who sells them, theyre lowkey better than fresh
I respect this place since it's the oldest Dim Sum place in the US, but since I've been born, I've only eaten here about 5 or 6 times. Last year (ALMOST TO THE DAY), I had a great meal, but yes, it was quite expensive for the same meal I could get in New Jersey for 1/2 the cost. I just hope this place never closes, because of the history and what it stands for, for us Chinese-Americans, when most other places have already shut their doors on that same street.
NGL, 19 dollars a bag is kind of expensive for Chinatown prices. I don't think the locals really buy from them seems likely most single millennials.
Too expensive.
I agree. There are other Chinese restaurants in NYC that are doing frozen foods to keep afloat and offering them at more reasonable prices. But Nom Wah's base is mostly hipsters and tourists that are ok with paying for something that's not worth the price. It's their choice though. Everyone's trying to wait out COVID restrictions.
it's so sad because he says they're not really making a profit with this pricing, too :[
@Mike Airborne lmao, who said I can’t afford. Also everyone, even the wealthy know that you should seek out the best deal and I’m just saying their prices aren’t the best deal and there are a lot more other stores in the neighborhood that offer similar products for a better price.
@Mike Airborne projecting much??
Whats the diffrent of shumai and shomai
Google it, duh! Lol!
$19 for 1.5 lbs. of frozen dumplings. At my Asian grocer in South Florida I pay $6 - 9 for a 1.5 lb. bag, depending on type. So I guess fresh frozen in NYC is not crazy. They deliver for no fee.
I eat 20,000 dumplings a week. How bout’ that!
WHERE ARE THE FOOD HANDLING GLOVES?
BRILLIANT BUSINESS SURVIVAL STRATEGY.
Here in nepal we have been selling frozen dumpling in packaging 🤣 years ago.
@@J__C_ why you even telling me that.
Do you use machine to make dumplings?
@@tnello31 yes by machine.
Shu Mai!
Oh wow, so sorry for them, but love their fighting spirit. They will survive because of their willingness to dust themselves off and keep going.
Pull those bootstraps back on and giddy-up! Right??
@@majoroldladyakamom6948 Yes! A metaphor for life.
3:27 Respect the dumping #SafetyFirst #SeatBelt
2:56
Try airlines
Wish I was a local lol
I read dumpings my gosh, time for bed...
i’m getting hungry
The owner not taking the salary is definitely some Park Saeroyi type shit
Food
Yessss......2999
Those machines are being sold on AliBaba. $19 for machine made is a clear rip-off
lmao she really said “shooo mai”
lol that's how you pronounce it in Cantonese. Canton (now Guangdong province) is where the dish originated from. More like "siu-mai" though.
pog, in mandarin it’s “shao mai”. i’ve never heard of the cantonese one tho😳
People won’t want to eat indoors for years? Where I live we’ve been eating indoors for months with distanced seating
Maybe not for years, but I for one won’t feel comfortable eating inside a restaurant until the pandemic is over. Everyone has a different comfort level 🤷
In the big cities and states usually, the ones on the coast have started outdoor seating and delivery has gone up a lot. People are getting comfortable with delivery and starting to like outdoor seating so it will take time for things to go back to exactly how they were.
What he really meant was no one will be wanting to eat at a Chinese restaurant for years. My uncle owned a restaurant in Montana pre pandemic for 2 years serving Chinese food. The population there is mostly white. My family has been experiencing some racist people during this pandemic. He cut his losses and moved back to CA.
We need to go back to normal now. Democrat politicians are making everything worse.
@@pyrogun1839 It’s not a matter of political opinion dude.... sadly it will still be a few more months before it’s possible to go back to normal.
Nan Xiang I believe tastes better
They are not dumplings send uncle ranger here yo
9k dumplings in a day handmade. 8 people. Momoman, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
I’m sorry to make this comment but I guess i have to say it. I took my mom to this place maybe 2-3 years ago and the waitress over there not only brought the wrong order, she also insisted to overcharge us. She was very rude. That did upset my mom a lot. I used to go to this place here and there but since then, never again.
Gordan Ramsay punching the air rn
$19 dumpling??? Maybe I'm just frugal, but there is no way I would pay that much for some dumplings.
ik i was so shocked $19 for dumpling that will last me for like a day. nah sis
tourist pricing
How much for your freezer? I wouldn't mind sitting through the pandemic with that freezer full of dumplings daaaaaayum
My dad was right....he used to say he would never want to be in a business where you'd have to wait for people to come to you. Here's a perfect example.
What business your dad do now ?
so they're selling 20,000 dumplings a week at $19 a bag and they are still not profitable??? how???
Likely because of rent. (+ ingredients, bills, and staff salaries). There was a large (now closed) dim sum/restaurant called "Grand Harmony" that had it's monthly rent of $39,000 from 2008-2015. It closed in 2015 b/c they couldn't pay rent, owed like 200k, and couldn't renegotiate to renew their lease because of it. Who knows how much their rent is but if its half as expensive as Grand Harmony + 8 months of being down 80% ... they have a lot of rent to eventually pay back.
🤔🤔
Lol you know that new york have a high rent percentage right? Now add employee and other utility costs like the ingredients or power used to produce the food. It may look like big money but that is small change to keep the engine running
You are naive my pal
@HyperPickle yea my g
Why does she put the bag in the front seat with the seatbelt around it lmaooo a simple delivery bag to keep the food warm/cold would do
I'm walking blindfolded
Completely automatic
All of my systems are down
Down, down, down
Automatic (automatic)
Automatic (automatic)
What is this madness
That makes my motor run
And my legs too weak to stand
Oh my, that's *over nine thousand*