Siu Mai Guy is my wonderful boyfriend/partner-in-dine who I share most of my dim sum adventures with. Having a penchant for pork and slight fear of sticky-rice, our differing dim sum preferences are perfect for building an excellent dim sum spread. In the past I would completely forgo siu mai in favor of saving room for more shrimp dumplings, but Siu Mai Guy has slowly showed me how delicious siu mai can be by pointing out who serves up some of the best (Hong Kong Lounge I is the current blue-ribbon holder).
One day, before setting out on a morning jog, I asked Siu Mai Guy if he felt like trying a new spot for dim sum and busted out my Yelp app with his consent. There was one place in the top 10 search results that I had not yet tried: Delicious Dim Sum, so we set that as the destination and jogged on down to Chinatown. Everyone on Yelp was raving about the har gow, so we asked for 1 order of those, 1 order of xiao long bao, and 1 order of shrimp and cilantro dumplings and took a seat at the solo table in the back.
After our first bites of har gow Siu Mai Guy and I were completely floored! It was perfection! The "clear" wrapper had an unparalleled thinness that was just barely thick enough to contain the plump shrimp filling and both the wrapper and filling were incredibly tasty and fresh. As a kid, I gravitated toward har gow because I loved the taste and look of those "clear" wrappers so this dumpling really made me happy. :) After eating that har gow I became determined to find out which dim sum spots really excelled at certain items and ultimately build the best dim sum plate in Chinatown! It's a tough undertaking but my allies and I are ready to stomach it. (Heh heh...)
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