![]() ![]() So you can imagine my reaction when, a few weeks ago, one of my loyal blog fans (hi Dax, I’m talking to you!) emailed me asking if I had heard that Red Bowl was serving dim sum on Saturdays and Sundays. I asked the airport taxi to take me to a pre-selected dim sum place in Chinatown, where I proceeded to eat enough dim sum for a small family. But since I’ve been so deprived of dim sum in Bham, I’ve been known to eat it alone while traveling. In any place we’ve ever lived, dim sum is the thing to do on weekends-the best places have lines out the door from the time they open.Īs you can imagine, dim sum is really, really fun with a group, so that you can try as many things as possible. And in our opinion, good dim sum is better than almost any other category of food out there. The variety is one of the things that makes it fun. Sometimes you point on a menu and little plates of goodness appear from the kitchen. They show you what they have, and you point and eat. Classically, servers come around with metal carts piled high with metal steam containers filled with all of this stuff. Basically, dim sum is a very labor-intensive Cantonese style of cooking that involves small bites of lots of different things – stereotypically dumplings and meat buns but also small plates of meats, veggies, and noodles. For those of you who haven’t had it, you can read more about it here. We put dim sum last for effect, but at least for me (Ms Foodie), it belongs first. Solid Vietnamese food (sorry… don’t hate me for saying that, but we briefly lived in Vietnam and have some strong opinions on the matter). Trader Joe’s (which, in an answer to all of my foodie prayers, is on its way to the Summit later this year). An authentic, amazing Thai place (you’ll have to go to Gadsden for that). Ethiopian food (although we do have some amazing Kenyan food). So here it goes, our foodie wish list: A real tapas place. Apologies in advance if the following list implies that your favorite isn’t our favorite….since we don’t do negative restaurant reviews, this is the closest we get to saying we don’t like something. However, we would be lying if we said that there aren’t a few glaring holes in our food scene. Now, we’ve done our best to show here, here, here, here, here, and here that Birmingham’s outstanding food scene is way more than BBQ and shrimp and grits (although we have that too). The thing we probably miss most is the availability of pretty much any kind of food you could ever want. And about living in a really big city in general. ![]() Our usual response is that of course, there are things we miss about living in those two cities. This is our adopted home.īut it’s not surprising that people often ask us if we miss living in Philly or Manhattan. ![]() As one of my native Alabamian friends likes to say, “you aren’t from here, but you got here as fast as you could.” That pretty much sums it up. If you’ve ever read this blog before, you know that Mr Foodie and I are huge fans of Birmingham. This requires skilled labor, technique, and craftsmanship.Please note: Dim sum is only on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30-3!! “My favorite places still make the dumplings by hand. “One of the reasons I love coming to Chinatown for dumplings is that it's old school,” she explains. A brief lesson in creating the perfect dumplingįor Young, the perfect dumpling must be handmade. ![]() Grab your friends, order extra for leftovers, and be sure to tip generously. So, for an authentic, delicious dumpling crawl experience, Young shares her tips on what to look for in the perfect dumpling, as well as her favorite local spots–which are all within walking distance of each other. “Even a takeout dumpling won’t have the same experience.” “But when you go, you are actually experiencing a level of craftsmanship and dumpling that a frozen dumpling can’t even come close ,” she argues. She adds that, due to an increase in delivery services and frozen aisle selections, hungry consumers are also “under the illusion” that they don’t have to physically go to Chinatown to enjoy its delicious dim sum. ![]()
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