HK Dim Sum — Restaurant in Seattle

My wife, who lived in Hong Kong for twenty years, rattes HK Dim Sum among the top three in Seattle. Believe me, we have eaten at many, many of them. I am just not a fan of dim sum nor what passes for table service among the Chinese. HK Dim Sum had music blasting way too loud the first time we were there, but no music this time, thank goodness.

There was nothing wrong with the food, although to me it seemed greasy or oily, but i think it is supposed to be that way. The tea was good, only seventy-five cents each. OUr total bill was $37.65 and my wife had a light dinner of leftovers to take out after we ate.

The roast duck was good. For me, the Asian way of chopping it with bone in is not as easy to manage as the way Westerners butcher a fowl with legs, thighs and breast intact. I always have to separate meat from bone in my mouth and spit out the bone. She said, "Use your fingers," but I don't want to get greasy fingers.

She loves the chick pea vine, which I found difficult to chew. It tastes good though.

She loves the chicken feet, which I find to be more trouble eating than it's worth.

The fish stuffed egg plant was good, though I couldn't really identify any morsels of fish in it -- there was something in there . . .

Some deep fried tofu was called shrimp tofu. If there was shrimp in there, as my wife said there was, I couldn't find it. Maybe it was chopped shrimp.

She also adores the fried wide noodles with sprouts and spring onion. They are kind of sweet, rice noodles. Again to me, they were greasy.

It is the Chinese way to put the food down and leave you alone, but to their credit the staff members did check back every so often.

Unfortunately, they delivered a dish that we had not ordered and wanted to charge us for it. After three or four people had gotten involved and walked away with the dish without giving us a resolution, a half hour later we flagged down someone who said that it had been removed from the computer. She took the bill for the kitchen item away at that time.

By then, my wife was snapping at me, which totally ruined my appetite. Boy, at an American restaurant, that would have been resolved instantly.

It may sound like prejudice in this writing , but I am not. We have had some wonderful dinners and Dim Sums at Joyale in the Central District. The service there is about the same as at HK Dim Sum, maybe even less.

Our all time favorite for Dim Sum is Bamboo Village on Stone Way near Green Lake. IN fact, I imagine that we will return to HK Dim Sum. My wife introduced her co-workers to it and they love it.

There is a lot of free parking and there are many other stores in the same parking area, quite a variety of them, especially Asian restaurants.

The restroom, shared by several businesses on the premise, as usual was poorly kept with water splashed all over the counter, paper on the floor, no paper towels and a hand blow dryer that was out of order. I found toilet seat paper covers to dry my hands, but they just shredded and made a mess. Oh well, a happy wife is worth more trouble than this was. So I'm...

Extremely Disappointed – Misleading “All You Can Eat” Hot Pot

I’ve been a loyal customer of this restaurant for many years and have always enjoyed their dim sum and stir-fried Cantonese dishes. But their newly added “coconut chicken hot pot” is a total scam and a huge disappointment.

The menu clearly advertised it as all you can eat, but that’s not what we got. We wanted to order pea shoots and beef balls—both listed—but as soon as we said we’d go with the hot pot, the server went straight to the kitchen without taking our order. He came back with two massive plates of mushrooms and Chinese cabbage (the cheapest ingredients possible), along with some spam and fish balls. We didn’t even get the chance to ask for what we actually wanted.

Of course, we never got the pea shoots or beef balls—probably because they’re among the more expensive items. And once we were stuck with all that cheap filler, we couldn’t finish it, which meant we couldn’t ask for anything else.

Worse yet, the chicken itself was poor quality. The server stood next to us the entire time, closely watching, and urged us to put the chicken into the pot immediately. As soon as the soup started boiling, he pressured us to take it all out, insisting it was ready. Only after we removed every piece did he finally leave. Some pieces were still raw inside. I’ve had authentic coconut chicken hot pot many times in China—I know how to cook it properly. This was not it.

They also brought out a plate of beef slices without asking, and it was so fatty it was barely edible. You can see it in the attached photo.

I genuinely don’t understand why this restaurant is trying to expand into Szechuan and Hainanese dishes when their strength has always been Cantonese food. These new “fancy” items are poorly executed and misleading. I used to recommend this place, but after this experience, I’m seriously reconsidering whether...

We went here for dinner today after a pleasant walking around Greenlake and were famished. We've been coming here for dim sum for a while now and it always hits the spot! This isn't the best dim sum restaurant in the greater Seattle area but it will satisfy your cravings. Actually, my two favorite restaurants are both located in the International District Chinatown (IDC), which are Jade Garden, and House of Hong. If you want a better experience, go there.

It's hard to find a decent dim sum restaurant north of the IDC. If you live up north in Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds and don't want to make the drive all the way down to the IDC, you don't have to. Well, there's also the T&T Restaurant in Edmonds but it's not as good.

This place offers pretty much all the popular and common dishes that a typical dim sum restaurant offers. You can also order entrees from the menu for lunch or dinner as well. Their dim sum dishes are all tasty. My favorites includes: steamed pork ribs with black beans & squash, phoenix claws, stuffed eggplants, taro cake, turnip cake, Chinese broccoli, sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves, honey walnut shrimp, and egg tart. They also serve jasmine tea with your meal and bring you water without asking. I like that! Most Chinese restaurant you have to request it. They have radish cake instead of turnip cake and it doesn't taste as good as turnip cake.

Having a great tasting chili paste is a must for me when eating dim sum as it adds flavor and just the right amount of spicy on each bite. Believe me, it makes a world of difference and just wouldn't be the same without it. Sad to say, this restaurant doesn't have a very good chili paste. It just okay. Other than that, the is a good place to satisfy your hankering for dim sum.

If you're ever around this area or live up north and don't want to drive all the way down to the IDC, you...