![]() i used to, but then i realized that since a dim sum dish of them only costs like $2, i could get them, gnaw off whatever i felt like gnawing off, and leave the rest without feeling guilty.Jane Guo and Jackson Fu, the mother and son duo behind one of Philadelphia's top dim sum restaurants, is headed to Northern Liberties later this year with a third location of Dim Sum House by Jane G's. I don't think chicken feet are too much work. someone we were with hadn't really been to dim sum before, and was asking about what was in each thing, and at one point we just told her to assume that everything was pork and/or shrimp unless we said otherwise. but i was on the side of the table away from the carts so i couldn't see everything. ![]() We had curried squid, but i didn't see octopus. As Diann said, it's pretty common in Cantonese cooking to just toss some shrimp into most anything, because, you know, it will be better! Usually, if I eat a dumpling with shrimp in it, I am not a happy camper, but maybe I got lucky and got a low-dose one. Those might have been pork, shrimp and watercress dumplings, I'm thinking watercress seems a more plausible flavor than cilantro in what we had. Yeah James, we noticed the clams too late too, and I swear I saw a guy eating curried octopus, but hey, next time! And all three of us were of the opinion that chicken feet are just too much work. They do the soft tofu in sugar syrup that the folks i go with always order and love, but i've never really seen the attraction of it-i mean, it's OK but kind of bland, and i'm not all that into sweets really.Īnyway, just like you guys, we also ordered too much too early and by the time the clam and snail cart came around, we were too full. They have a bun that they make with yellow bean paste and preserved egg in it, which i like a lot. ![]() they're kind of a lot of work though, as chicken feet always are. they're heavily scented with star anise and have a decent green chili bite to them. We always end up there, because our friend who has a standing monthly dim sum thing always has it there.Ī couple of things you missed: their braised chicken feet are addictive if you like chicken feet. I wouldn't be reluctant to come back here.Īny other current faves for places with carts? I think I might like many of the specific dishes better at Lakeside, but there's something fun and serendipitous about carts. It's certainly not world-class dim sum, maybe not even the "best" in town, but it was very good. Nothing was especially exemplary, nor was anything especially bad: I'd say it was a good solid dim sum experience. So, that was about 15 dishes, PLENTY of food for 3 of us. We thought they were Cilantro and Pork dumplings, but the didn't taste all that Cilantro-ish. We probably should have paced ourselves, because we saw a few good dishes roll by later, after we were over-full. It was busy, but not packed, so we didn't have to wait, and lingered at the table without feeling guilty, because there were always a few open.Īs always happens, we might have gotten a little over-exited early on, requesting one of almost everything that came by at first. Servers were friendly, and were pretty good about describing things in English if we needed. It's traditional cart service, with the expected offerings, and all in all we thought it was very good. ![]() In fact Hahn and Zhu are locals! (Has anyone out there heard the recent Mahler's 3rd symphony played by the Philadelphia Orchestra? Wow, that was also fantastic!)Ī hungry, if small, band of eGulleteers headed to Ocean City restaurant at 234 N 9th St in Chinatown for dim sum on sunday. I consider myself very lucky to live in Philadelphia, not only a top restaurant city, but a fantastic world class classical music city. I can't imagine Bach partitas played better than by Hilary Hahn and the two performed a knockout Mozart violin/piano sonata. On an unrelated note, after this feast, we all walked over to the Kimmel center to hear a spectacular recital by Hilary Hahn and Natalie Zhu. (I agree with Scoats that Joy Tsin Lao is not up to par.) I would certainly return to the Imperial Inn, but I would also like to try Lakeside, Ocean City, Ocean Harbor and Golden Pheonix as well, as per the suggestions on this thread. Less successful were platters of noodle dishes prepared to order. The Dim Sum plates - squid, all sorts of dumplings, sticky rice, crispy duck, and those buns stuffed with pork were all delicious. I have to admit that the food was really quite good. I hadn't been there in years (it was once a highly rated restaurant, but has not been talked about much for quite a while). ![]() It turns out that my guests had already decided on the Imperial Inn, a surprise to me, but they had made a prior visit to Philadelphia and had liked the Dim Sum offerings at Sunday lunchtime. ![]()
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