{"id":6387,"date":"2011-02-25T22:14:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T21:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=6387"},"modified":"2011-02-25T22:26:14","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T21:26:14","slug":"trying-something-new-yum-yum-dim-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/6387","title":{"rendered":"Trying Something New – Yum Yum Dim Sum!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a while now my friend Barbara has been trying to lure me into her favorite Chinese restaurant<\/a> to try Dim Sum.\u00a0 She had already introduced me to the world of sushi<\/a>, and when she heard I had never tried Dim Sum either, she was a woman on a mission.<\/p>\n

Today we finally got together for lunch so I could see what all the hype was about.<\/p>\n

\"Tai<\/a><\/p>\n

Tai Wu<\/a> was pretty much what you expect a Chinese restaurant to look like.\u00a0 Red, dragony things, gold, chopsticks etc.\u00a0 One thing I hadn\u2019t noticed until Barb pointed it out was that we were they only crackers in the place!\u00a0 You know a Chinese restaurant is good when most of the people eating there are<\/em> Chinese.\u00a0 I mean, they should know their shit when it comes to Chinese food, right?\u00a0 It\u2019s like Canadians and donuts.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, we ordered a few different dishes\u2026 and I wish I\u2019d remembered to get my camera out to take photos of each and every one, but I was too busy stuffing my face.\u00a0 Sorry, no photos of that either this time.\u00a0 I did manage to get this one after Barbara inquired if I wanted to get a photo of the food before it\u2019s all gone.<\/p>\n

She totally had my back, because I\u2019d have had to order all over again if I didn\u2019t get ANY photos. Although I probably could have gone to someone else\u2019s table and taken photos of their food but that might be a bit creepy.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t even ask me what the stuff is called, because all the writing on the menu is in Chinese.\u00a0 There are photos and in the corner there\u2019s a little photo of a cow, a pig, a shrimp or a chicken.\u00a0 Beyond that you just try to take what looks good.<\/p>\n

This thing in the bottom of the photo was supposed to be pork, but it totally had shrimp in it.\u00a0 Good thing we weren\u2019t allergic!<\/p>\n

\"Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n

To drink we had Chinese tea.\u00a0 Which, if I\u2019m honest, tasted like normal tea.\u00a0 Don\u2019t go by what I say though because unless it\u2019s something fruity, all tea tastes the same to me.\u00a0 A lot of my friends go bananas over all these different kinds of tea.\u00a0 I don\u2019t get it.\u00a0 I\u2019m the last person you ever want on your team for a tea tasting contest.\u00a0 Thankfully none of my friends ever have those.<\/p>\n

So, what did I think of my first Dim Sum experience?\u00a0 The company was awesome, as usual.\u00a0 The restaurant itself has a nice atmosphere, friendly staff and the food was really good.\u00a0 The most surprising part is that it wasn\u2019t even that expensive.\u00a0 I was expecting it to come out more than it was, so it was a very pleasant surprise!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll definitely try it again, and drag my husband with me.\u00a0 He loves that kind of thing!\u00a0 I think if he wasn\u2019t sick and completely nauseated at the thought of food today, he\u2019d be quite jealous that I went without him!<\/p>\n

If you have a hankering for Chinese food, you should check this place out. \u00a0It’s about a block from the Pathe in the city center, a very short walk from central station, so even handy if you have friends coming from out of town. \u00a0Judging by the amount of people there at 2pm on a Friday afternoon… I’d make a reservation if you plan on going in the evening. \u00a0I get the feeling they get REALLY busy.<\/p>\n

P.s. My favorite were the steamed dumplings with sweet pork inside thingies. \u00a0Pretty sure that’s what they were called. \u00a0So damn good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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