The Char Sui Bau (BBQ Pork Bun) was equally superb. The formal name for this is “fung jau” which means Phoenix Claws. Some told me that there is no meat in it but I think its the thought of chicken feet walking around chicken shit that really puts people off.įor the Chinese, they don’t call this chicken feet. Until today, I am trying to fully figure out why chicken feet puts people off.

But seriously, it is really good and we always order this for dim sum. He he he … I know almost all my whites friends do not touch it. We were pleasantly surprised how authentic the dim sum was.īraised Chicken Feet … we love it. The Baked Char Siu Bun were great … soft and fluffy with moist sweet BBQ pork in it. We like the courteous and prompt service. It was very early on a weekday when we were there and there were only two tables taken. We hardly had such a huge dim sum place in Vancouver and yet the one we went to is so big. The interior was cavernous which surprised us. The awards (for best chinese, best dim sum, etc) were all plastered all over a wall near the entrance. The House of Hong had won a lot of awards over the years. As it turned out, it was a good thing we came here. So, we ended up going to this place called the House of Hong. Alright, I admit, we are stingy especially for things that is supposed to be free! Well, we could find pay parking but we did not want to pay for parking. As it turned out, we could not find parking. It was recommended by Jeniffer who also recommended Cedar’s to us. We had wanted to go to a place called the Jade Garden and Hongkong Restaurant. We had expected that the dim sums here would be Americanized … you know … serve things like chop suey, beef & broccoli, fortune cookies and such. It’s Day 5 and we decided that we go to Chinatown and check out the dim sum in an American city. As good as our Chinese food is here, Vancouver's selection (particularly in the Richmond area very close to the US border) is much, much better and more authentic.This is our last post on our quick vacation to Seattle. :(ĮDIT: I'm also going to echo tikitoker's idea of eating in Vancouver. Carts come around very rarely, so the experience becomes more about trying to get food rather than eating it. Most of their food is quite spicy though!įinally, I've found that Koi's in Bellevue has great-tasting dim sum, but their service lately has consistently been horrible. They're the only place in the area that does Beijing Dry Pot, to the best of my knowledge. Some folks I know from Chengdu are fairly obsessed with a place called Spiced, just across the street from Crossroads Mall.

The owner is really friendly and makes you feel as though you're eating in his home. If your family doesn't care too much about atmosphere, Yang's Dumpling House is a small and hidden gem that does one thing and does it very well. However, they don't take reservations and they get quite a big crowd around 6:30-7, so you may want to pick an atypical time or plan for a 30-45 minute wait. In terms of authentic Chinese food in general, a few recommendations come to mind:ĭin Tai Fung is, according to Taiwanese friends of mine, extremely consistent in their food (the xiao long bao supposedly weigh and taste exactly the same as they would in Taiwan). All my recommendations are out East because I live in Bellevue.įor dim sum, I would recommend Imperial Garden (near Ranch 99 in Kent), or Top Gun in Factoria (only go to Top Gun for dim sum because dinner there is terrible).

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