Both versions are delicious all the same! The ones I have at home are usually made of shortcrust pastry and have a firmer custard filling. These tarts had flaky pastry and quite soft custard. Who knew doors could be shaved? All in all, a relaxing and enjoyable day.īack home, the same shop which sells siew pau also sells these egg custard tarts and I would often be quite conflicted over which to eat. I plied her for specifics of her furnishings for when I eventually do get a place of my own. We then made a visit to her newly bought flat to hang out for the rest of the afternoon. Lunch was followed by a nice walk across town doing some shopping (and burning calories!). Mandarin is by far the best Chinese restaurant in town and serves a decent dim sum menu. Great family restaurant.Yesterday we had a lovely dim sum lunch at Mandarin restaurant with my ex-flatmate whom we hadn’t seen in months. This restaurant opens at 9:30 AM, on weekends. Although the parking lot is large, it is barely adequate for the dim sum crowd, on the weekends. Well worth the price for what you get and where you get it - considering that this restaurant seems to have a monopoly on traditional dim sum in the Twin Cities, as far as I know, and it is located in a calm, serene neighborhood. Bring cash, otherwise there is a 4 percent surcharge for credit cards. Once you know exactly what you want, two can eat very well for $60. Bring at least $80 for two people to eat very well, and take home leftovers. The sweet rice cake was also fine for dessert. My wife said she liked the steamed pork char siu bao because it reminded her of what she ate while she was living in Hawaii, a few decades ago. I expect small chunks of juicy, savory pork and scallions in my baked or steamed char siu bao. I wish it was traditionally savory Also, the pork filling and the sauce was very plain, with no scallions, too sweet, and too stringy Same for the filling in the steamed pork char siu bao. The baked version had a sweet topping on the bun part, like a pork dessert. My only real disappointment was the pork char siu bao, both the baked and the steamed versions were unauthentic and Americanized. Their tea is delicious, and their teapot is large. The wait staff was helpful and attentive, explaining what we were looking at, filling our glasses of crisp, ice cold water as they frequently passed by, etc. The steamed, red bean Char Siu Bao was perfectly fine for dessert I would get it again, or I would try the filled sesame balls, next time. My wife did not want us to try the duck head, which was not listed on the menu, but I thought this dish looked quite tasty. The chopped, roast duck was cut and dished to order, and it was wonderful The meat was moist and tender and the fat was juicy and wonderfully flavorful from the duck's own fat. The Siu Mai was also excellent, if a bit dry, and it was my wife's favorite. The dried shrimp noodle with scallions is five star dim sum, as good as China Town in NYC I wolfed down two dishes of it. Hopefully, you already know how to eat with chop sticks. You pick what you want to eat from the carts. Be aware that the food is already prepared, and the wait staff roll the food around on carts. I recommend NOT dressing down, like a slob. Make sure you add your name to the waiting list as soon as you walk in. Most people waiting had to stand while waiting, and a dozen or more people had to wait outside, on the sidewalk. We were able to sit in the waiting area because we just missed the first seating in the dining area. We were lucky to get a parking spot, and to be able to wait only about 40 minutes to be seated. We arrived in the parking lot at 9:35 AM, on Sunday, July 4th, and the lot was almost full. But I'll come again because I like dim sum. We paid more here than dim sum in Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto, New York, Boston. Expect to pay more here, they charge a fee if you use credit card. The dim sum was good, I think this time was better than last time we tried a couple of years ago. We finished our meal in 30 minutes, When were there, there was on waiting for a table, but the room is almost full, just a couple tables available. Nest time, I'll order two or three dishes first, when these are done, order more. We ordered so many dishes at once, when we got to the last two dishes, they were cold. in less than 5 minutes after we sat down, several carts with different food were pushed near our table, the food were described to us, then we picked what we wanted to try. We were seated right away, then water and tea were serviced in about 2 minutes. But I got up late, got there around 10am, fortunately there were several tables still were available. We went there on a Saturday, was planning to get there when it was open at 9:30am to avoid waiting in line for a table.
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