Last year when I was here, I went to this great little Dim Sum place somewhere in the heart of China Town.  And now that I am back in the city, I am making it a ritual to have my first meal of the trip there.  Unfortunately, whether from hunger or no luck, I didn’t find that place, but what I did find is the Far East Cafe.   One piece of advice that I have taken with me is that if the locals eat there, it must be good, and I would think there would be a larger chinese clientele, but when I got in, it seemed all flash and bang.  It seemed like they were going a little overboard with he chinese theme, so I knew it was probably a tourist trap.
Anyway, I sat down to a family style table, which in this case sat one, and when I asked the my chinese waiter about recommendations, he mentioned the dim sum combo.  Word of advice, if its a combo, then its probably not as authentic as one would think, but I had it anyway since my stomach was growling.  And it was just as I had expected, a little more geared to the “white man” taste as he put it.  It was nothing special, it came in 2 courses and had a little pork and beef dim sum and a couple shrimp, which was pretty tasty.  All in all, it was a good hearty meal for $10, and got me pretty full, but the walk back up the street kinda killed me afterwards.  And no, I didn’t use the spoon!

Last year when I was here, I went to this great little Dim Sum place somewhere in the heart of China Town.  And now that I am back in the city, I am making it a ritual to have my first meal of the trip there.  Unfortunately, whether from hunger or no luck, I didn’t find that place, but what I did find is the Far East Cafe.   One piece of advice that I have taken with me is that if the locals eat there, it must be good, and I would think there would be a larger chinese clientele, but when I got in, it seemed all flash and bang.  It seemed like they were going a little overboard with he chinese theme, so I knew it was probably a tourist trap.
Anyway, I sat down to a family style table, which in this case sat one, and when I asked the my chinese waiter about recommendations, he mentioned the dim sum combo.  Word of advice, if its a combo, then its probably not as authentic as one would think, but I had it anyway since my stomach was growling.  And it was just as I had expected, a little more geared to the “white man” taste as he put it.  It was nothing special, it came in 2 courses and had a little pork and beef dim sum and a couple shrimp, which was pretty tasty.  All in all, it was a good hearty meal for $10, and got me pretty full, but the walk back up the street kinda killed me afterwards.  And no, I didn’t use the spoon!

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