Side note: My parents and I went to this great place for dim sum in Cupertino, CA, last weekend (I was hungover! I could eat dim sum every weekend, no joke), called Dynasty. It’s so easy and a great excuse to explore! The next time you NYers are planning on dim sum, I HIGHLY recommend skipping out on Manhattan, and taking the 7 or the convenient shuttle to Flushing. I’m serious, there is nothing like a Tsing Tao and a char siu bao to make the night before go away. Dim sum is perfect for big groups (you would have a tough time getting the bill to go over $15 per person), and for when you have a hangover. So there it is, our meal in pictures– Ocean Jewel was fantastic, Wayne was spot on. Ain’t she a beaut? And these had something magical inside along with the shrimp (they are usually just shrimp)– celery! GENIUS! Now, I really am not a fan of celery (it’s one of two things that I never eat voluntarily), but they added just the perfect crunch with the shrimp. Har gow are little shrimp filled jewel pieces. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves– let the droolfest begin! Take my word for it when I say that the Flushing Chinatown is FAR superior to its Manhattan cousin: it is more spacious less inundated with people, hence it is actually bearable and the dim sum was the best I have had in all of NYC (In Manhattan, I generally go to Sweet ‘n Tart and Ping’s on Mott and Golden Bridge on the Bowery). With my fellow UMers, Troy Division and Tmonkey in tow (Hamamama, my Queensgirl, couldn’t make it), we set out for what was to be an awesome experience, from start to finish. Nothing more real than word of mouth, wouldn’t you say? After some hard-core research, I finally decided on Ocean Jewel Restaurant, a place highly recommended to me by my co-worker Wayne, who grew up on the streets of Flushing. In the five years I have lived in NY, I had never gone to Chinatown in Flushing, Queens, so a dim sum adventure seemed like the perfect choice. The idea is to get people in the area, UM contributors and local eaters, to travel far and wide (an outer borough, OH MY!) for infamous eats. I never thought I would be someone who would say this, but: they’re just so CLEAN!Ī few weeks ago, we ventured on our first official Umami Mart field trip, which I hope we can organize once a month. But basically whichever you choose to go, you won’t be disappointed. I personally might like Dynasty, in the late Vallco Mall more. Hideko’s favorite- Rice cake filled with black sesame soupy deliciousness, powdered with this soy bean flour (kinako, in Japanese) Shredded chicken chow mein with chives and bean sprouts, American style. Pan fried shrimp and chinese chive dumplings. Meatballs- kinda a new obsession I share with my dad. There’s a serious cult following- you wait a minimum 30 minutes for a table. So there’s this little place in Cupertino called Joy Luck Place in this all-things-chinese mall where there’s a Ranch 99. But it’s just different in the Bay somehow- dare I say better? I don’t know what it is- but I will say that dim sum hasn’t gotten any better for me than since we went to Ocean Jewel in Queens. My mom thinks this is so bizarre, cause she knows I always go to dim sum in NY. Whenever I go home, I gotta get my dim sum fill. This post is dedicated to Hua and Wangster.
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