Who knew a hole in the wall would have such tasty food!
VENUE
I think I just walked into Tian Jin! I was with a friend and we were looking for a place to eat. My friend is from Tian Jin so of course we had to stop and try this place when we saw it. The place looked very bare and had all your plastic utensils stacked nicely at each table. There was a huge menu on the wall and they had the English translations (score!).
FOOD
We had dumplings, wonton soup, pancakes and peanuts/seaweed/potatoes. It came out to $15, which was pretty cheap. The wonton soup was delicious. It had such a specific taste and was filled with wontons. My friend said the pancakes tasted exactly how they do in China so that's always good. The steamed buns were fairly big and they didn't skimp on meat or seafood.
They didn't give us any tea until we asked. I'm pretty sure they gave us their personal tea pot and gave us a couple of bowls to drink from which gave us a chuckle. They didn't give us any napkins.
I wanted some vinegar and ginger but they had no place to pour it so I could dip my buns.
WAIT STAFF
No English what so ever.
TRAFFIC
It was dead when we went in. One woman did come to order takeout so this is probably a takeout business. It makes sense place doesn't have the pristine clean feel.
All in all, great small business with excellent prices. I'd suggest to get takeout.