On our first full day of our all-day meeting, we broke
for lunch at a nearby dim sum place, near the same complex where Passion byGerard Dubois was housed. Although this time, thanks to following a Hong Kong
native who knew her way around, we arrowed straight to the place without the
previous day’s wandering around wondering “where is it?” The complex was Lee
Garden; there’s a Lee Garden One and a Lee Garden Two. The dim sum restaurant
was in Lee Garden One and I have no idea if that’s what it was called or not.
We were walking into the restaurant en masse and I was busy talking so I didn’t pay attention or
get enough pictures of my surroundings.
My food pictures are a bit sketchy and sparse as we sat
at large tables and I wasn’t situated well enough to snag pictures of each dish
as it came out. Plus, fanatic as I am about snapping foodie pics, I do try to
moderate my picture-snapping behavior in large groups where it seems rude to
bellow “wait, don’t eat that yet! I need to take a picture!” I can behave on
occasion.
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| Steamed Pork Buns |
Consequently, I was only able to take pictures of either
the food on my own plate, the partially consumed dish by the time it got to me
or extremely zoomed in shots from across the table. I also can’t tell you what
each dish was unless it was super recognizable like steamed pork buns because I
didn’t order. Similar to Din Tai Fung, there were no dim sum carts patrolling
the room (is that a US thing??). Instead, you ordered from a menu and they
brought out the plates.
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| Siu Mai |
The food was good. I don’t think I ate anything that
wasn’t delicious in Hong Kong on the entire trip. I’d have to give the nod to
Din Tai Fung as being better though. Lee Garden dim sum was more typical of the
dim sum I can get in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Although that’s a good bar
because dim sum in the Bay Area can be really good.
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| Walking back to the hotel after lunch |
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