This is a post all about the glorious dim sum. I should have made a NYE resolution to get dim sum with friends once a month. I like to think of them as the Asian version of a tapa. Which came first? Tapa or dim sum? I’m not really sure but both are fantastic and right up my alley for a variety of tastes that I really cannot replicate in my own kitchen. Plus they are both social!
A group of ten of us dined at the elusive Jade Garden in the International District for a reservation at noon on Sunday (a dim sum place that takes reservations is a plus!). We were all given our special little tea cups, a refillable pot of jasmine herbal tea, a table with a Lazy Susan, a pad of paper to mark what we ordered, chopsticks, chili oil sauce, and soy sauce and left to dine away. For nearly two hours we ate, talked, and ate some more. I was in dumpling heaven! I still can’t get enough of Jade’s shrimp stuffed eggplant dish in garlic sauce, pork shumai, and the super simple yet tasty Chinese broccoli in oyster saue. But I could eat dumplings and potstickers for days, and I did, and the bill was still only $12 +tip. Holy heaven!!!
I leave you with pictures.
Chelsea
Evolving in the Emerald City 