Dim Sum

William had a bit of trouble deciding on what to do for his birthday but finally settled on going to Wong's King for lunch on Monday.

We took the whole day off and spent the morning going to Powell’s City of Books and Apple Music to use Christmas gift cards. They are both really fun places to go and see all kinds of things you would like to have! Chris bought a few books, I bought a book on preserving foods and chickens and Andy bought a cymbal for his drum set.

Then we headed to lunch. They sat us at a large round table with a lazy susan in the middle. Perfect for dim sum! As soon as you sit down, they carts start coming!  They tell you your choices so quickly as they flash you a quick peek at what’s under the lid that you often have no idea what it is you just caught a glimpse of. So we went with the safe bet and only took items that I had last time, recognized, or had a pretty good idea of what was said. We did pretty good! We passed on the chicken feet more than once, despite the fact that Will was kind of curious about trying them and they didn’t look that bad. Most of us liked everything we got. Our favorites were the sugar cane shrimp and the sticky rice wrapped in leaves. My favorite was the red bean dumpling dessert! Yummy! And we got better with the chopsticks by the end of the meal (no silverware at all)!

I wish we had remembered to take some pics of all the food 

As we were leaving, we took a peek at a menu and discovered that they had a menu for dim sum. After perusing the dishes, we were relieved that we didn’t accidentally order the pig intestine (it actually didn’t look that horrible in the picture) or the preserved egg & pork soup (so that’s what she kept trying to tell us…). Next time, we’ll definitely take a menu. Not as adventurous, but a whole lot safer… :o)

Great choice Will! We had a great time!!!