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OK - so I'm here to report that I and 3 other dim-suminators (Scott, Ali & Jeff) had a rather tasty little group outing at Peony in O-town this past Sunday. Scott and I arrived just a bit after 11 were a little late after some parking drama. We finally manged to find a space near the police station on 7th St. but for future reference, Ali says the parking in the garage on 9th St. is cheap.
Fortunately, there wasn't much of a wait at that point, though we did get seated in the room off to the side for the 2nd time and I am getting suspicious that this might be the "caucasian " room. Note to self: next time ask to be seated in the large room with the maximum amount of dim sum cart traffic. While we were getting settled in, they came to fill up tiny bowls of soy, chili, and mustard sauce. I wonder if they are now very generous with the condiments after someone on Citysearch called them soy sauce nazis (?) Anyway, any dim sum restaurant that provides chili sauce up front scores extra points in my book. Among the items we tried were chow mein noodles, 2 different kinds of pork buns - baked and steamed, these things that looked like bird nests with taro and pork inside, shrimp and pork dumplings, stuffed eggplant, vegetable dumplings, chinese broccoli, beef balls, and baked custard buns (yum!!). The rare appearance of the the beef balls' brought up the word 'woofy' - a word that doesn't often come up in conversation. I thought they were tasty but had to agree they looked a bit rare.
Well to dim sum it all up *Ha! slaps knee* - just about everything was consumed with few complaints. I also learned something new I wasn't aware of. If you are out of tea, you can signal the waitstaff by flipping open the lid of your pot. (Thanks Ali!)
Jeff mentioned a dim sum restaurant on Folsom which was good. Is this it?
www.cantonsf.com/mainFrame.htm
Maybe we could do some more 'research' there in December.
Dim-suminaut Amykins signing out and wishing you a happy and tasty Thanksgiving!
ps jeff maybe you could upload the pics you took?
Fortunately, there wasn't much of a wait at that point, though we did get seated in the room off to the side for the 2nd time and I am getting suspicious that this might be the "caucasian " room. Note to self: next time ask to be seated in the large room with the maximum amount of dim sum cart traffic. While we were getting settled in, they came to fill up tiny bowls of soy, chili, and mustard sauce. I wonder if they are now very generous with the condiments after someone on Citysearch called them soy sauce nazis (?) Anyway, any dim sum restaurant that provides chili sauce up front scores extra points in my book. Among the items we tried were chow mein noodles, 2 different kinds of pork buns - baked and steamed, these things that looked like bird nests with taro and pork inside, shrimp and pork dumplings, stuffed eggplant, vegetable dumplings, chinese broccoli, beef balls, and baked custard buns (yum!!). The rare appearance of the the beef balls' brought up the word 'woofy' - a word that doesn't often come up in conversation. I thought they were tasty but had to agree they looked a bit rare.
Well to dim sum it all up *Ha! slaps knee* - just about everything was consumed with few complaints. I also learned something new I wasn't aware of. If you are out of tea, you can signal the waitstaff by flipping open the lid of your pot. (Thanks Ali!)
Jeff mentioned a dim sum restaurant on Folsom which was good. Is this it?
www.cantonsf.com/mainFrame.htm
Maybe we could do some more 'research' there in December.
Dim-suminaut Amykins signing out and wishing you a happy and tasty Thanksgiving!
ps jeff maybe you could upload the pics you took?
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Re: Nov. 23 Dim Sum Chronicles
Wed, November 26, 2003 - 9:05 AMYup, that's the one.
Will put the pics up soon.
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Re: Nov. 23 Dim Sum Chronicles
Tue, January 13, 2004 - 10:37 AMI work near the folsom restaurant so I am going to check it out for lunch.
I will report back.
I ate there a long time agao and wasn't uber-impressed, but maybe it has turn a new leaf. -
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January Dim Sum Chronicles
Tue, January 13, 2004 - 1:27 PMReport! Canton Dim Sum (sf)
The (pork) Sui Mai was delicious as was the Shrimp balls & the sui lim Bau (sp) with ginger was my absolute favorite.
Especially sweet ( I prefer firm) was the golden egg custard. Still very fresh. I only had my boyfriend withme so we couldn't go nuts without the use of a vomitorium. I am glad this place is 1 block from me. Ended up being 8.50$/ person to eat our fill.
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Re: January Dim Sum Chronicles
Tue, February 3, 2004 - 5:17 PMHey thanks for the report, fellow custard appreciator! My favorite dessert is the baked custard buns. I'd like to check this place out. Should we plan an outing?
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