House of Hong is a classic dim sum restaurant in a gigantic Hong Kong way. Luncher: ErinLunch: Family style - $10.00 The service was fast, but the servers were a bit pushy and seemed put off when we asked to cut a few items in half. Most of the other stuff was fine, but in most cases I have had better. My favorites were the Sui Mai and Gin Duey (Seafood Balls). Everything we selected was hot and the selection was ample. The first rule of Dim Sum is that there must be enough people at the restaurant so that the carts can maintain a good selection of fresh offerings. It's also huge, with close to 45 tables, which made it seem like their lunch business was slow even though there were over 30 large tables of people. My expectation for good food is always inversely proportional to the gaudiness of the decor. House of Hong is furnished exactly like the Chinese Restaurant ride as Disney Land might be, big chandelier, large paintings, and various gaudy Chinese declarations. Luncher: GearyLunch: Family style - $10.00įortune: Control your temper is an imperative for many at present. I like this place a lot - better than Purple Dot dim sum, but not quite as good as Jade Garden. The spareribs were quite good, and the shrimp toast was interesting. They were a bit bland as well, and the hot sauce they supply was a peppery but not as sweet as I like. The Siu Mai were a bit larger than what we usually get at Jade Garden, and it seemed like they had less meat and more filler. The Dim Sum were good and satisfying, but fall short of greatness. There are booths, the large tables in the middle, and then there's an area with a big mural of pandas and a disco ball. The interior of the space is vast, multi-leveled, with different areas for different styles of people. It's like that place in that scene in Kill Bill Vol 1 - I kept waiting for ninjas to bust in and do some breakdance fighting. Luncher: EmmettLunch: Family style - $10.00įortune: You will have a change of heart. Although, the Sesame Bun that we got wasn't quite up-to-snuff. What didn't I like? In general, I just like food. These were heavy on the butter, and therefore delicious. You may be asking what shrimp toast is, and I'll enlighten you: shrimp, toasted bread, and butter. This spare ribs also seemed to have more meat (and less bone) than other dim sum restaurants provide on the spare ribs (vegatarians, please don't tell me that pigs don't have any ribs to spare). Greasy, but they put a blackbean sauce on them that was very good. What was good at the International House of Panca.er Hong? well, I really thought their pork spare ribs were above average. I actually kind of felt like I was cheating on JG, especially as our group walked past it on our back from House of Hong. Normally, if we wanted to go to Dim Sum, we would head to Jade Garden (not reviewed yet). This place is huge, and the amount of conversation at other tables is low. If I were to come up with the traditional American restaurant equivalent to House of Hong Dim Sum, it would Old Country Buffet. Luncher: AdamLunch: Family style - $10.00įortune: The current year will bring you much happiness.
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