If you are in Chinatown and paying attention to restaurants, stores, and such, you may find many of them with mini shrines of Guan Yu similar to this: A typical Guan Yu shrine you may find in Chinatown all over Guan Yu was a real person that lives in the Three Kingdoms period of China, and due to his unerring sense of honor (and in the end, died for it), he became venerated for his various virtues, such as total honesty, martial prowess, brotherhood, and later, extended to other virtues such as justice, business integrity, and fortune. In fact, Guan Yu was so popular, that after his death in the 3rd century, he was eventually adopted by both Taoist and Buddhist as a minor deity. And there are temples worshipping his all over Asia, including Japan, Korea, and various places of Chinese Diaspora. In fact, in the Qing Dynasty (the final one), Guan Yu was raised to the status of "Saint of War" and equal to that of Confucius (who's "Saint of Culture") Guan Yu is also
As far as dimsum goes, New Moon offers nothing really special. It is a dimsum joint, similar to Yummy (reviewed earlier) that has a sorta buffet display up front, order what you want, pay first, and you can sit down inside. And they do have a more extensive menu. They are known for their fast service, with stuff often offered in pre-packed to-go boxes so you can grab one quickly for pretty reasonable prices (typically dimsum is about $1.00-2.00 per piece, depending on how specific items, no matter where you go in Chinatown). I needed some food to go, so I went inside and ordered a box that contained 3 daikon cakes 蘿蔔糕 and 3 shumai (they look pretty dark, so they're probably beef shumai) for $6.50. These shumai are regular sized, so price is about normal in Chinatown, maybe a LITTLE discounted, as they are a little colder than normal. They of course have a lot of other stuff available and some Chinese-only items (sorta secret menu). Worth trying? Sure, but as I said, nothing real