AGNES F. wrote: > my choice would definitely be Phoenix on archer instead > I lived in Hong Kong for 18 years and I can tell you > the dim sum there is very authentic and has more variety than > Three Happiness I agree that Phoenix is much better than Three Happiness. The only trouble with Phoenix is that it's so popular--which means that unless you arrive extraordinarily early, you'll have a long wait for a table. Then you'll have a long wait for all the dim sum to come round. A large variety doesn't mean so much if it takes 2 hours to sample it! Though I haven't been there in quite a while, for years I used to eat dim sum and dinners at Hong Min, on the south side of Cermak just west of Wentworth. Reports are that Hong Min is as good as ever, though also as shabby as ever. The dim sum there is ordered from the menu rather than being brought on carts. Bill Kelley, Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Leah Z. wrote: > I haven't been there in a while, but I always liked > Furama (4936 N. Broadway Ave. 773/271-1161) in Uptown > better than Three Happiness. Somewhat cleaner and a > higher proportion of steamed to fried items. I've been going to the Uptown Furama often in the last few years (there's another in the South Side Chinatown area), since it's only a few blocks from home. It's not the best dim sum in the world, but it's pretty good and certainly better than Three Happiness. The good news is that recently, perhaps because of shrinking crowds brought on by competition from the South Side's Phoenix, Furama's dim sum has been improving in quality and variety. Also in Uptown, I'm told that a bakery on the south side of Argyle Street serves a limited selection of dim sum at its handful of closely spaced tables. A pickily health-conscious friend of mine claims that the bakery's dim sum is less greasy. I haven't tried it, except for buying some carryout buns occasionally; I have few complaints about Furama's dim sum; and I haven't noticed that the bakery beats Furama in, for example, cleanliness. Bill Kelley, Chicago