Dim Dim — Restaurant in Chicago

Neat and small restaurant. Seated by ourselves per the hostess/ cashier and served with hot tea. I have to flagged to order. But Floor staffs were nice. Food arrived shortly after we placed. Classic, Tender, beef stew with rice noodle was savory. crunchy and crispy fried dough, plain unsalted congee was smooth and semi thick. Crispy fried shrimp rolls was good flavor. Creamy, mild sweet egg custard with flaky pastry. shrimp dumplings with 2 shrimps was cooked perfectly. Mild Hint of sesame paste cake served pipping hot. daikon cake was a little doughy, but you can taste small bites of daikon. Steamed bean curd rolls were a little too much celery for me. Steamed shrimp and peanut dumplings were ok. Beef tripes were crisp, not chewy. You have to ask for hot sauce. Take out: Baked bbq pork buns were too doughy, not much flavor of bbq pork. Pork floss was good with mayonnaise. Winter melon cakes were a little too doughy with mild sweetness. But the paper cupcakes were really good with...

Great tasty food at affordable prices. Although this time the egg sweet buns came deformed and had paper stuck at the bottom of the buns. The waitress did not mention this and just dropped it off to the table— which she had first delivered it to the wrong table. The waitress seemed to have a bad attitude on her and does not care about my complaints. She pass on the hurry up non verbal attitude as of if I was a burden. She didn’t bring the Siracha sauce out. When I asked her for it, she went to another table to grab the siracha sauce and squeezed it right on to be existing plate with noodles already on them which i immediately responded with “what the hell are you doing??” She did apologize and grab another plate for me. The food is good and I want to give better reviews but this is exactly what happened. I hope the owner reads this and make some improvements to their...

Overall Thoughts: This is a solid dim sum option on the outskirts of Chinatown, about a 20 minute walk from central Chinatown. As such, it’s a lot less crowded than the other dim sum spots in Chicago and was relatively empty when we went on a Sunday. It was also cheaper than other Chicago dim sum spots I’ve been to— it was just under $16 per person + tip for a group of 10. Overall, the food is good and tasty. They have all/most of the classics as well as a few unique items that I haven’t seen at other dim sum spots in Chicago, like the pork floss egg sandwich, which I really liked. Some of the dishes were a little cold though and they also forgot 1-2 of our orders, but it was fine; we were pretty stuffed anyways. Otherwise, the service was quick and efficient. —

Price (relative to peers): 4.8/5 Food: 4.3/5 Ambience: 4.4/5 Service: 4.3/5 Overall...