T. Roots - Northampton

This review is for my second visit to T Roots. I only had boba tea before, three years ago. This time we sat down for lunch. The hostess/waitress was very friendly and attentive. We ordered the Chicken noodle soup. Unfortunately they didn't have radish dumplings. The flavor and the quality of the ingredients were all excellent. The blend of mushrooms and spices was just right. It was as good as my mom makes. I'm just sorry I didn't try T Roots sooner.

Food is great, the beef noodle soup is craveable and a must have. All the smaller dishes are nice, good variety good flavor. Prices are appropriate for the quality.Interior is a little cramped, and waitstaff is hit and miss. Have had good service, and also had service where waitstaff basically refused to acknowledge our existence, make eye contact, check on us, anything.Still, it’s central to downtown, and that five spice beef soup is just amazing, so we still go fairly regularly.

Northampton is full of over priced and over rated restaurants that serve low quality food for high prices. T roots is such a breath of fresh air. This is by far the best restaurant in Northampton by a long shot. Their sweet and spicy chicken wings are to die for, fried to perfect and doused in the the most amazing sauce. You have to try this place.

We got the scallion pancakes and the pork and pickled raddish soup, both were really good! specifically the scallion pancakes. wouldve liked the soup to have a little more protein in it, but great overall!

This place is just ridiculously good. And authentic! We 've been here like 4 times, driving over an hour to get here from Connecticut each time. Authentic, really good food. T. Roots is insanely popular and a tiny space, so be prepared to wait for a table if you want to eat in. From the looks of things, they do a banging takout business as well. You don 't come here for kid glove service, you come for the FOOD!! It gets pretty crazy at times.Some standouts: First of all, they have congee (like a rice porridge in a variety of different configurations (chicken and veggie, pork and duck egg soooo good. I was introduced to congee during an extended dive trip in Asia, and I would eat it every day for breakfast if I could (I certainly did there! . I usually get the chicken and veggie. The perfect comfort food. The pan fried pork dumplings, ohhhh my god! Tiny little pillows of deliciousness. Probably the best I 've had anywhere.The milk teas: try the oolong or matcha variety. Refreshing!The spicy cucumber salad: I had this for the first time the last time I was there; I saw the plate go by and asked the server what is that ? and had to have some. I think I inhaled it in like a minute. Just ridiculously good.Radish cake appetizer, unusual and yummy. Comes with a delectable dipping sauce.Soup dumplings, completely authentic. Squirty little blobs of yumminess.The pork and pickled radish soup: I ordered this the first time because it seemed like the weirdest thing on the menu, but it is soooo good. The broth must be bone broth or something; it has a umami that is hard to describe but I swooned from the first bite; the pork so tender, the crunch of the bok choy and the pickled radishes (also hard to describe but yummy! .The flounder filet dishes, one with simple veggies and one with spicy bean sauce (not super spicy . The fish is falling off the chopsticks succulent and tender.The food is so good here, and the drive so far, that I usually eat a meal in, and order another meal for the next day to go. That 's how good it is. I hope they stay in business a long long time. There are many more things on the menu I 'd like to try, if I can stay away from my favorites long enough (lookin ' at you, Moon Shrimp Pancake .