![]() Some things are hit or miss, but it’s kind of fun to try out different items here.2nd Annual DASHI DAQ-OFF Cocktail Competition - Mon | June 26th | 6 - 9p | 8 Teams | 6 Judges | Speed, Judges Choice, People's Choice | DaqsĪRE YOU READY for the 2nd Annual DASHI DAQ-OFF Cocktail Competition?! The cocktail throwdown we've all been waiting for. In any case, this is a lovely little find – good amount of cheap dim sum can be had, just be aware that you might have to wait a bit to actually get out of here. Hey, I only have an hour for lunch, you know! I would think they would at least bring the check over, but apparently I’m too impatient to wait. I manged to get the check brought to my table on the 2nd visit, but on my other visits I ended up heading up to the front, asking for my desk and for a box to take my leftovers to go. I haven’t figured out yet if I’m just doing it wrong or what. But getting out of here is where the problem lies. The dishes were brought out quickly and I was able to eat fast and get full. Flavor was okay, but again, not my favorite item. There are some veggies in there, but it is mostly meat and filler veggies in it. Imagine my surprise when the “vegetable” cakes were filled with meat (pork, I believe). I also got these Pan Fried Vegetable Cakes on my last visit. The flavor was okay, but overall I didn’t find it very exciting and with a larger price tag, I would rather get some cheaper items. It’s a bunch of sticky rice which is seasoned with some kind of flavoring and the chicken is stuffed in the middle. I guess leaves are “magic” since that’s what these little bundles of rice are wrapped in. On my third visit, I tried the “Magic Rice Wrapped Chicken”. It tastes like the same filling for the steamed buns, but the filling’s been stuffed into a crunchy, flaky tart shell. The BBQ Pork Tarts are a really excellent choice as well. The steamed chicken buns aren’t bad, I just prefer the sweetness of the pork and it’s sauce. I also had the steamed chicken buns this time – same amount as when you get the steamed bbq pork buns. They’re wrapped in that dumpling wrapper with the tops peeking out and just a big ole hunk of meat awaits you. This is from my second visit! The shu mai were good – total meat fest there. Nice, smooth, creamy and sweet red bean paste and the balls weren’t too oily like at other places I have had them. The red bean sesame balls were quite good as well – pretty much the same as any other place I have gotten them. I really liked the ginger flavor, but it was so, so, so chewy and I gave up eating it fairly early on since I didn’t like it by itself. The only time I really ever eat tripe is inside of a bowl of Pho, so having it like this was weird to me. I think I thought the menu said “beef tips” because “tripe” wasn’t spelled correctly. I also ordered the tripe for some reason. You get three little steamed buns, but they can fill you up really quickly! Excellent flavor on the filling – sweet, porky goodness. ![]() Totally delicious for my belly! Of the steamed buns I tried, the BBQ Pork Bun was also my favorite of the bunch. You get four of them and they’ve got a nice chewy wrapper and shrimp inside. The shrimp dumplings were one of my favorite items. I’ll just be doing brief overviews of everything since I’ve tried a bunch of stuff already! On my first visit, I ordered way too much. Service is a little spotty here – I’ll explain more later. If you want a fork, you have to ask for that, too. They bring you a little pot of hot tea to start. I always headed back towards the windows so I could have a little bit more natural light. There was another movie theater across the street with 4 screens that was torn down and it was redone to be the little shopping center housing the Panda Express, Game Stop and Jollibee. When they build the new Edwards theater next to the freeway, this place was closed down and converted into the supermarket. I would scrap up all of the money I had and walk over in the morning to catch an early show since I didn’t have much to do. I remember walking or riding my bike here in the summer when high school was out to catch a show by myself. If I remember correctly, it used to have 8 screens. The stairs led up to where the bathrooms were at the theater. You can clearly see that the back area used to the concession stand. The supermarket is an old, converted movie theater. Mind you, I am no expert in dim sum or Chinese food and this is just my American take on the foods presented here! They don’t do the dim sum carts here – you just order and they bring the dishes out to you. They have Chinese lunch specials and other dishes as well as a special Dim Sum menu available to order off as well. Hong Kong BBQ & Dim Sum is a restaurant located inside the Vinh-Hung Supermarket in Mira Mesa.
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