![]() ![]() The garlic-sauteed chinese broccoli was perfectly fresh and packed with flavor. The shrimp shumai are also delicate and pack more flavor than the oddly vegetable-heavy shark fin dumplings. I recommend that over the stew of tripe and turnips, in which both are dry and mushy. Actually, the food is surprisingly tasty! The crisp tripe in a light broth will dazzle even the most timid eater. I know what your initial thought is - "Can Americanized dim sum be any good?" - and I sympathize. However, oddly enough, the waitstaff speaks English, and the carts are each equipped with handy English-translations and pictures of each menu item. Golden Unicorn has all of the main components of a "traditional" dim sum palace - a long line out the door, multi-level dining, and a slew of pushy carts vying for your attention. It is a possiblility that we came down with a case of alcohol poisoning rather than e-coli/salmonella, but most likely it was the "Brain." The shakes, the, anxiety, fear of losing one's life. ![]() The end result we survived the Golden Unicorn (the t-shirt comes out next week,) but not without a price (and I'm not talking about the $60 bill). The only good part of the meal was that the bill came to $60 for all of us minus tip. had enough sense to order a Tsing Tao to which I ordered one for myself. All the while the "waiter" in the dark suit eyeing us down. She smiled, apologized, and told us we were too late and better luck next time. Twenty minutes later she passed by with another cart - each cart successively passing our table, only to return after giving away everything good on the cart. 6 small buns) for the table she said she'd look and get us two orders if she could. I asked the lady with the cart if there was any way I could get two orders (i.e. And of course they chose the rare baked cha siu baau and the other steamed pork bun. They skipped our table and went to the table to the right of us. The best thing on the menu is always in short supply and the grand moment I watched it arrive was fleeting. But after 3 long days of serious drinking, I couldn't leave without the elusive and famed Cha siu baau (steamed or preferably, baked pork bun. I chose a little bit of almost everything except the SHARK FIN SOUP. ![]() We wait 5-10 minutes for the first cart to roll around. Anyway, we are seated, places of hot tea are set and everyone disappears. I felt as though I was thirteen at some distant Chinese relatives wedding, but WTF. After that, a waiter, I think, ushered us to the table in the far left corner of the expansive dining room. This is a summary of the experience and how I survived: Stepping off the elevator one is instantly transported to the opening set of Indian Jones and The Temple of Doom with enough lighting to rival Wrigley field. Along with: do I have a living will, where is the bathroom, how would I like my remains handled In my moment of reflection, I opted for cremation. Maybe CCWIII is right (*note to reader his first album Curtis Compton World War III - Ashram Livin' with the hit single "Sugar Fries" will be out this fall.) These and other existential questions will come to mind after dining at the GOLDEN UNICORN. Maybe, after all, there is something beyond this life. as Curt would say, "Hey dude, those aren't bad odds." but he's a vegetarian and didn't eat any of the meat dim sum, and Dawn, the only girl in our sausage-fest, ate cooked noodles after trying one dim sum spitting it out and declaring, "That had the texture of a brain." So everyone who ate the the meat dim sum got sick except for Scoob Walt and his immune system isn't normal as he takes dog meds for whatever illness. waking up early and taking the subway to Chinatown HUNGOVER, to take them to this place. I ate here a year ago and thought it was so good, that when 5 of my friends came into town, I went out of my way, i.e. ![]()
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