4/5 Jay S. 7 months ago on Google
This
time
in
Chicago
I
have
decided
to
try
a
new
place
for
dim
sum
after
a
friend's
recommendation
to
Triple
Crown
and
overall
was
not
disappointed.
My
friends
and
I
had
a
reduced
menu
for
some
reason
so
it
had
fewer
items
than
the
one
shown
online.
All
of
the
congee
and
the
vegetables
were
missing.
I
do
not
know
if
it
is
because
we
were
there
for
dinner,
but
that
was
okay
because
what
the
menu
contained
was
more
than
enough.
We
ordered
what
we
could
and
it
satisfied
my
friends'
cravings
as
most
of
them
fulfilled
their
very
first
dim
sum
experience.
My
favorite
was
the
liquid
custard
bun
(流沙包),
the
triple
crown
shrimp
dumpling
(大三元虾饺),
the
shrimp
&
chive
dumpling
(鲜虾韭菜饺),
and
the
pan
fried
turnip
cake
(香煎萝卜糕).
One
thing
I
say
about
dim
sum
is
that
when
one
has
it,
there's
not
really
a
place
where
dim
sum
is
going
to
be
spectacularly
good,
because
one
would
expect
it
to
taste
like
what
it
is
supposed
to
taste
like.
Only
when
it
is
bad
that
one
would
be
able
to
tell
right
away.
So
the
items
I
mentioned,
they
tasted
like
what
they
were
supposed
to
taste
like,
and
that
was
definitely
a
good
thing.
Not
saying
the
rest
didn't,
though,
as
many
other
items
were
good
as
well,
such
as
the
scallop
dumpling
(带子饺),
the
fried
sesame
ball
(黄金煎堆仔),
the
stuffed
sticky
rice
(珍珠糯米鸡),
and
so
on.
A
few
items
did
not
taste
as
good
as
I
had
expected,
but
were
still
good
enough
and
would
not
ruin
my
experience
at
all.
We
ordered
twelve
different
kinds
of
dim
sum
and
were
overall
satisfied.
My
friends
who
were
not
Chinese
had
a
wonderful
time
with
their
first
dim
sum
experience.
It
would
have
been
nice
if
some
items
like
the
pineapple
top
BBQ
pork
bun
(叉烧菠萝包),
the
Chinese
broccoli
with
oyster
sauce
(蚝油芥蓝),
the
puffy
egg
custard
tart
(酥皮蛋挞),
etc.
were
on
the
menu
that
we
were
given.
But
if
the
reduced
menu
was
a
dinner
thing,
then
so
be
it.
I
still
thought
whatever
they
had
would
be
able
to
give
people
a
pleasant
experience.
They
also
had
other
menus
with
non-dim
sum
items.
I
took
a
look
but
didn't
pay
much
attention.
The
photos
looked
appealing,
though.
I
just
don't
know
if
I
would
return
to
this
place
to
order
items
that
were
not
dim
sim
simply
because
a
lot
of
the
dishes
I
have
had
while
at
home
in
China
and
grew
up
eating
them
(but
not
necessarily
dim
sum).
But
I
still
encourage
others
to
give
them
a
shot.
In
conclusion,
great
food!
A
lot
of
other
factors
ranging
from
courtesy
to
sanitation
(bathrooms)
can
be
better,
but
I
understand
how
Chinese
restaurants
here
in
the
United
States
typically
run
their
businesses
and
I
am
not
picky
about
it.
It
just
means
the
food
is
reliably
good
as
it
has
the
heaviest
emphasis.