![]() The Chee Family, Cindy and Leslie with their daughters, sell a variety of dumplings pan-fried fresh to eat or frozen to eat at home. If you’ve ever been to the weekend farmers market in Austin, you’ve probably spotted Steamies’ crowded booth. (This is the one place on this list I haven’t tried but I’ve heard lots of good things so I wanted to include them. ![]() Of course, you can get the typical dumplings here too, boiled or crispy. ![]() You’ll find rainbow soup dumplings here! They also have cheeseburger, jalapeno cream cheese, and pretzel beer cheese dumplings if you want something out of the box. Location: 1203 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703 They’re located down the street.)ĭetails: Open for dine-in and take-out Serving lunch and dinner They have the biggest har gow dumplings, packed with filling, I’ve had in Austin and they are delicious! (I have yet to try their sister restaurant Qi Austin, but they also have a dumpling selection. Regardless, I'll be back.You’ll find all the typical dim sum dumplings here. Incidentally, the company's motto is (among other things) "Our dimsum is made fresh by hand, with love right here in our kitchen." Because this is written on virtually every wall of the restauant, we decided to ask if it was in fact true, and were told that the dim sum were actually made elsewhere and brought to the restaurant every morning! Oh well, at least it's probably made with love. I tried my best to ignore all of this and enjoyed several cups of Chinese tea: I think mom and grandma were initially weirded out by the unfamiliar ingredients and all the steaming going on, but they soon lost all inhibition and went into something of a dim sum frenzy, stabbing each other with their forks (the poor souls haven't yet learned to use chopsticks) to get at the best bits: The broth was downright spicy with ground pepper, and contained pork ribs, tofu skin, and dried and fresh mushrooms. Another highlight was a big fat steaming bowl of bak kut teh (a dish previously mentioned here). Which, as she accurately noted, were compellingly similar in taste and texture to Polish pierogi. The steamed dumplings weren't defrosted and deformed like the usual stuff one typically gets in Bangkok, and the vegetables and (most of) the seafood were relatively fresh. You choose the ones you want, which are steamed to order and brought to your table:ĭespite it being a corny fast food restaurant, it was one of the first times I've ever really and truly enjoyed dim sum. Like most dim sum restaurants, upon entering Chokdee, you walk to a glass case where the uncooked dim sum are anxiously waiting for you. My latest effort in the search for edible dim sum was at a nearby branch of a somewhat new chain restaurant, Chokdee Dim Sum. Despite all this, whenever I see a new dim sum place here in Bangkok I'm always keen to try it. Maybe it's just that I've never eaten it at the right place, although to date I've eaten dim sum at various restaurants in Macau, Malaysia, Oregon and Thailand. I'm not sure why it involves seafood, consists of a variety of small dishes, is served with tea and is eaten with chopsticks-several of the earmarks of a good meal. Dim sum is a dish I've always wanted to like, but one that has inevitably disappointed me.
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