Due to COVID we had postponed celebrating Jessica’s January birthday dinner until our favorite dim sum place in Wheaton MD – Hollywood East – reopened. The restaurant itself is not available for seating, but they’ve put tables out in the mall. You order using a QRcode and they bring it to your table all masked up. It was the three of us and Jessica best friend. Every single thing was delicious.
Golden Roast Pork Buns:
Inside:
Baked Roast Pork Croissants:
Shrimp Rice Noodle Crepes:
These look so bland and ordinary, but they were full of perfectly cooked shrimp and really fantastic.
Deep Fried Shrimp & Pork Dumplings:
I thought these were the best thing on the table. The crust was amazing – flaky, tender, crisp.
Shrimp Toast:
The best shrimp toast I’ve ever had.
Steamed Chives & Shrimp Dumplings:
Chicken Ginger Dumplings:
Sticky Rice Sautéed with Chinese Sausage:
Bacon Rolls Stuffed with Minced Shrimp:
These were probably tied for the best things on the table.
Then came the dessert dim sum. Egg Custard Tarts:
Baked Custard Buns:
These had a lovely craquelure topping that I hadn't seen before. I thought they were the best of the dessert-type dim sum we had.
Deep Fried Sesame Balls with Lotus Paste:
Amazing texture and flavor.
Steamed Red Bean Buns:
Mr. Kim had given up by this point and these were the only things that got a big NOPE from Jessica and me. Her friend liked it, but we didn't care for the flavor of the red bean paste at ALL. We all wished that we had a similar restaurant in Richmond.
Yesterday I was alone in the house for the first time in ages. So, this was lunch:
Saltines and smoked oysters. It looks awful – even to me – and Mr. Kim hates the smell. But it was wonderful.
