Seattle, WA
Who wants Dim Sum?! If you aren’t familiar with dim sum, it’s basically asian appetizers. I love a good Dim Sum. I especially love Dim Sum when I can share it with friends. This time I was able to get Dim Sum in Seattle, WA with my bestie Kim. I was in town for work and we decided to go to the International District.
So off we went, to Hong Kong Bistro, which serves (get this) DIM SUM…ALL DAY! Usually places serve Dim Sum on specific days and only between a certain time frame. So today was my day. Kim had suggested we go here because 1/ she love Asian food 2/ she usually has no one to go with her. So I was more than happy to go.
We went around 11am and the restaurant was not crowded. We were promptly seated and we Kim ordered us Jasmine tea. I’m not usually a tea person but this was nice and subtle and warming on a brisk Seattle day. After enjoying our tea, we got down to business. Kim and I selected fried pork, barbecue pork buns, shumai, garlic green beans.
The green beans came out first and I was in heaven. They were nice, hot, and crisp. They were also covered in chunks of minced garlic. These are probably the best green beans that I had ever had. I could not get enough. The next thing that came out was the barbecue pork buns. They were steaming hot, and had a nice fluffy texture, like a pillow. The inside was full of barbecue goodness and minced pork. It was so hot I had to tear the bun with my hands and let it cool before I could eat it.
The next thing that followed was the fried pork. IT WAS DELICIOUS. It reminded me of a Puerto Rican pork shoulder. The pork was nice and tender, with a crisp skin like a salty cracklin’. I had to pace myself because I kept going back for more. What I really liked is that each piece was a bite sized chunk, so it was easy to eat with my chopsticks.
Lastly, we had the shumai. I was a little surprised with the shumai because usually the shrimp is cut up really small but when I bit into it I had a huge piece of shrimp in it. Not complaining, it was a good surprise.
Out of the whole meal, my favorite was the fried pork and the green beans. I could not get enough of them. Kim, on the other hand really liked the barbecue pork buns. Those were her absolute favorite, she liked them so much she accidentally ate a little of the paper that was under them :O.
So if you like Dim Sum or you want to try it for the first and you don’t want to have to stalk an Asian restaurant to figure out what day or time they serve it, check out Hong Kong Bistro. And then after you are done eating, go to Kinokuniya, an Asian bookstore that has a huge selection of Manga and really cool stationary.
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