I decided to take my parents out for Dim Sum, and my dad wanted to go to this random place that I never heard of called Ho Won. I was super stoked for a new Yelp adventure.
When I got there, 95% of the patrons were senior citizens, and all but two people were Chinese. Must be a hidden gem that no one has heard of, right? Wrong. It turns out that there are already 7 reviews on Yelp. Sigh.
To start things off, the service was pretty slow. It took a while before the food carts came over to our table, so my impatient mother decided to go to them to get something. We had BBQ pork pastries, honeycomb tripe, homemade giant fish balls, shrimp paste stuffed eggplant thing (can't you tell I'm white-washed?), more cow organs, shrimp dumplings, siu mai, shrimp and chive dumplings, jin deui, pea shoots, beef rice noodle rolls, and broth. What sets this place apart from others are the portion sizes and how everything seemed to be homemade (AKA kitchen made). I liked how this place had some unique dishes to choose from that I've never tried before. However, the siu mai smelled a little foul and the rice noodle rolls had too much rice noodle for the amount of beef.
Overall, the dim sum here is better than most places, but I didn't see those crispy deep fried taro root balls that I love. I think I still like Central Landmark better, but this place is not too shabby!