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| - To my Asian friends, both Yelp and un-yelp alike, before I continue with this review I want to clarify that I do not pretend to be a great aficionado in the Dim Sum category. In fact as I clearly discovered today... I can't even say I know what the heck I am doing without supervision - please make sure I never enter a place like this without a special helmet on and someone holding my hand.
I was sooooooo lost today. Like,.....sooooo lost!
I haven't been for proper Dim Sum in probably 5-6 years, and the last time I can remember having it, I was with a Dim Sum vet who ordered for us and I just sat there happily filling my gullet with tray after tray of steamed dumpling goodness.
But darn it, I'm an adventurous kinda fella, so when my good buddy asked me to brunch today, I said...sheeeettttttt, I'm a Yelp CM, I know what I'm talking about..."Let's go for Dim Sum, YO!".......NAY NAY.....I soon realized I know.....NOTHING!
We entered into Regal Palace amidst a literal sea of people waiting for their fix, you need to be aggressive here and push to the front to ensure your spot in the queue is secure otherwise you may never get a seat. We had a solid 20-25 minute wait for a seat but other patrons took the time to explain the numbered seating process and what number in the queue we were - thanks friend!
Upon being seated we were presented with the menu, and for my fellow white brethren, don't be confused while viewing their menu... each item comes with a S, M or L before the writing and each of those letter denote a different price per dish
S = $2.95
M = $4.20
L= $5.XX (Can't remember exact price)
Going back to my inexperience, I honest couldn't remember what I liked at Dim Sum, I was trying to order from meal descriptions and from memory (and by looking at what those around us were ordering) "OH, that looks good, I'll have one of those!" FAIL.
I felt like the kid who couldn't read in a grade 2 class and I seriously would have benefited from a picture book to order. However, after many broken English Q&A's with my server (who I have to give so much love to for being patient with me and walking me through the menu) my friend and I pulled together a Dim Sum meal for the White and DUM (aka me) ha ha ha ha.
While I can't remember the names of what we had here is a brief description of the items and my thoughts:
1) Pork and Shrimp Dumpling
- UNREAL (ordered it twice b/c it was so nice) **CAUTION: HOT**
2) Pork Dumpling
- Loved it
3) Deep fried Pork Dumpling
- Didn't like these as much as they dough was kind of sticky and chewy
4) BBQ Pork Bun
- Deadly, so delicious
5) Vegetarian Spring Roll
- Nicely cooked
6) Sticky rice with pork and some sweet seasoning in it all wrapped in a banana leaf
- This was a huge mound on our plate and we cut at it and liked the sweet break
7) We also had what I can only describe as long flat wide noodles with folded over 3 times with shrimp on the inside (2-3 shrimp) served with Soy sauce on the side - Yummy
I apologize for my ignorant descriptions in advance folks, I'm trying! I seriously need to put my Dim Sum training wheels back on and have others come with me to show me the ropes.
All that being said, the busy spot bread slightly longer waits between courses but at the end of the meal we were both satisfied and enjoyed our excursion into the Dum Sum World WAA (Without Asian Assistance).
Next time I go Im bringing experienced Dim Summers along for the ride.
Can't wait!!
8/30
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