King Tsin

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With the two older boys out of town and our original plan shut down for Passover, we went for Chinese (now I know that Christians go the same place on Passover as Jews do on Christmas).

King Tsin has been serving up Chinese food since 1967 and Lady Steed's long been attracted by the large painting of a dumpling in the window with the caption DIM SUM and something about it being fresh daily. And because Emerson Cod loves dim sum so much and she's never tried, it, she really wanted to go here and try this.

We had twice-cooked pork, and umbrella egg over pork and noodles, and pork dim sum (not their precise menu names, but close enough).

All three were quite good. A bit more oil than per my preference, but reasonably delicious. Didn't rock my world or anything, but quite good. The twice-cooked was supposed to be "SPICY" but it wasn't. Which was kind of our entire experience in a nutshell. Good, but lacking in pizazz.

The staff was friendly and we and the baby enjoyed our meal. We arrived around, oh, 6:15 Monday evening. The place was maybe 25% full (by the time we left --- not even close when we arriced) and I had the sense that many of these people were regulars. So maybe they know which dishes are the best to order.

And what did Lady Steed think of her dim sum? She was pretty disappointed. Especially because it had a big shrimp in it. She ordered pork! What's this seabug doing in here my pig???

She did, however, think it was very pretty. And is considering returning to try the dim sum again. (So many options!)

(Note: come to think of it, I actually ordered twice-cooked LAMB, but I was too hungry to send it back. The lamb probably would have been more interesting.)

inal cost for three meals (less tip): $27.71.