What we ordered for two persons for lunch. This is not”dimsum-style restaurant” you typically imagine from Chinese towns in the US, lacks the variety and each dish is larger. But everything was very good for price, restaurant was clean, and servers were nice. One of the servers who spoke Korean recommended the steamed vegetarian dumpling stuffed with finely chopped mushrooms and pak choi, and it was my favorite. Crab roe and pork xiaolingbao was also impressive. Regular pork xiaolongbao is also good. A place I would recommend if you are nearby and craving for a plate of good xiaolongbaos and some more. If you have a vegetarian in your party and are a group of four or more, it’s...
Read moreVery pleasant staffs. Food came quickly after we placed order. A good alternative to the need-to-wait ding tai Feng (鼎泰豐). Do take note that, once a month, the restaurant closes about 1 hour earlier to sterilize kitchen & cutleries. 👍🏼
Chicken in shaoxing wine (紹興醉雞: I really like this. Able to taste the sweetness of both the chicken & wine. Good combination. Not too fatty.
Stir fry spinach (清炒空心菜): healthy. Not too salty or oily.
Fried rice with prawns (蝦仁炒飯): Was expecting it to be much better. Not impressive. Prawns were not crunchy. I feel they can do better.
Suggestion: to include cold desserts like wolfberry osmanthus jelly (桂花糕) mango...
Read moreOne of best Xiao long bao restaurant in town. I love their Xiao long bao much more than Din Tai Fung because they are cheaper, freash and more flavors. XO sauce is the best one in all of them I tried. Service was pretty good at this moment.
Other dishes like sour spicy soup, shrimp cabbage, fried dried tofu were also not bad except fried rice. It's not able to compare with Din Tai Fung. ( Not surprising, Fried rice is the best dish I like at Din. No others can compete.)
I will definitely come back if they keep offering gomaji discount and no long waiting line. ( They was very crowded before covid )
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