I’m probably the only person to treat a Chinese restaurant as a gourmet experience. I mean really, that’s the only thing I can afford now-a-days. I consider actually eating in a Chinese restaurant to be a luxury, most of the time I just order in, from the Chinese food place that sometimes makes me sick.
Yet there are lots of really good Chinese restaurants in the city, I had a chance to experience one on the UWS a few days ago. It was quite cool. I loved people watching, I think that’s the best part of the experience actually, especially when it’s a good cheap restaurant, there are always so many people.
From nannies taking care of kids – to mothers taking out their kids and their kid’s friends while trying to be nice to their growing children, across from me is a guy tormenting his blackberry and another totally engrossed in the newspaper.
This restaurant also has a dim sum cart; a lady pushes it around and asks each person if they want dim sum. I impulse bought one, actually I asked the nice lady which was good, a question I ask lots of waiters, in this place, she cocked her head and looked at me funny, then pointed to the shrimp dim sum.
I got the idea for the post because of the gourmet construction of dim sum. I mean, it’s a paper dough skin, which is really hard to get write. I’ve also eaten my way through enough restaurants to taste when something is made in house. So yes, the dim sum was made in house and then each small dumpling was closed by hand. Truly a gourmet production. I wish more restaurants treated dumplings as serious as this restaurant does.
I also can’t help wondering if everyone in this place appreciates the food as much as I do. In any case. I like Chinese restaurants, especially good ones. Because I can get a good meal on the go for about ten bucks and I can be fabulous while eating it.
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