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| - Ordered takeout the other day.
Had:
Steamed Soup Dumplings w/ Pork Filling (6 for $5.99) - surprisingly good, considering they came in a foil container topped with a cardboard lid. After a 15 minute car ride home, all six were still in pristine condition (meaning the soup in them was still inside of them, and the xiao long baos had not popped). They're quite delicious, and there is quite obviously soup (broth) in them. That being said, I was not sent reeling. I just came back from Shanghai and it's quite hard to compare this to what I had there (in both price and taste). I'm thankful they included the red vinegar dipping sauce with slivers of ginger. Some places do not give you sauces when you order takeout, and that bothers me.
Green Onion Pancake ($3.75) - four decent sized slices. This is the flat kind of green onion pancake, and not the one that is rolled up and looks like a snail. I prefer this flat kind, but this one did not have enough green onions in it. It was crispy though!
Minced Beef Pie (3 for $5.99) - I don't know why my father ordered these, as we have never had them before, but I am quite glad he did. Let me try to describe what minced beef pies are. They have the circumference of a tennis ball, but resemble a flattened, pan-fried steam bun. Upon opening the container, I was quite apprehensive. Pan-fried steam buns tend to be a disappointment because the bun to filling ratio tends to suck. There is usually a whole lot of bun and very little filling. I am glad to say that these had a very good ratio of bun to filling. The bun was not super thin, but it was just enough to hold the filling, and the soupy broth the filling released when cooked. The filling was lovely and savory, and I enjoy finding soupy liquid in all my dumplings (when the soup does not spill out unintentionally), so that broth was a plus. For the price, I don't know if I can justify getting these all the time (I'm cheap), but they're definitely a nice treat.
Stew pork & Preserved Vegetable w/ Steamed Rice (Soup & Marinated Egg Included) ($7.99) - The name is a tad misleading. It's pork belly with preserved veggies (Cantonese Romanization: mui choy kuw yook). There were about four slices of pork belly. I had one. It was not as flavorful as I would have liked, but it was more tender than I am accustomed to having this dish, which is a good thing. Being slightly health-conscious, I remove the fat before eating this kind of pork belly. Unfortunately, this often has the side effect of me eating a very dry piece of pork belly meat. This piece, as mentioned before, did not have that problem. It was not the most succulent piece of pork I've ever had, but it was by no means dry. The preserved veggies were not in the chopped up bits I'm used to. They were slightly larger pieces and resembled actual leafy greens. They were also not as salty as I'm used to. The soup was corn and egg drop. It was decent, but not particularly noteworthy other than that the soup being corn and egg drop, and not the standard pork bone, carrot and turnip soup that usually comes with authentic Chinese takeout was a nice surprise. I cannot comment on the marinated egg, as I believe we have yet to eat it. All in all, if you want what seems like a slightly more health-conscious version of this dish, this is the one for you.
The food here is quite good. I only wish the prices were a tad lower.
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