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| - There's always a long line around lunch time, so I don't come here too often. However it is Father's Day after all, so we made it a point to got up early. Arrived around 10:45am, right before the rush - people after us had to queue up for a table.
Items I like today:
- Ma lai go ??? - Cantonese sponge cake: texture similar to angel food cake, it is a steamed cake made of sugar, egg, and flour. They don't always serve this item.
- Sticky rice bowl - ???? it came in a bowl. looks like fried rice.
- Fried eggplant with embedded shrimp
- Egg tarts
- Turnip cake
- fried sticky rice ball with pork inside
Things I'm doubtful today:
- Soup dumplings ???: I was so excited to discover that they will make this for you upon request, thanks to yelper Keven C.'s tips. When I bit into the dumplings, something doesn't taste right. Maybe it's related to the ground meat they use today. See my next entry.
- beef meat balls: we ordered this often. There's usually no problem. But today I taste chemical in the the meat, similar to the meat in soup dumplings. I want to say chlorine...can't really tell.
- char siu - the red bbq pork is a bit dry and stiff today. It didn't give me the impression that they made this today or this morning.
When we were leaving, I saw they just started to serve pig feet ?? - so maybe it's worth it to come later for more varieties?
When I went to use restroom, the floor was wet. Turned out one toilet was clogged or something, so I decided not to stink up my maxi dress by avoiding using it here altogether.
This is a fun place to take friends who's never tried dim sum before. If they had experienced it in Boston, San Francisco or Asian countries, skip Li wah and take them somewhere else more CLE-centric.
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