Dim Sum

 In article , "Planty"
 Someone wrote:

 > Cheau Chow? is supposed to be very good for that.
 >
 That would be Chau Chow City, which is currently my favorite
 Dim Sum place in Chinatown.  As far as I know, neither Chau
 Chow nor Grand Chau Chow serve Dim Sum.

 Marcel

 I like Chau Chow City a lot. I switched from China Pearl, and am now a regular
 at Chau Chow City. It is on Essex Street, on the same block as a large Chinese
 grocery store.

 Make sure to go up to the third floor, which is the main Dim Sum room. They
 serve every day.

 - Terry

 In article #1/1,
   Cynthia W. wrote:
 >
 > Anyone been to Boston Chinatown recently?  My mother and a friend are
 > coming in a few days and I'd like to get them to Chinatown,
 > specifically for Dim Sum.  Any recommendations?  I've been to China
 > Pearl and that was pretty good, but I've heard there are some new
 > places.
 >
 >

 I've tried a great number of places in Chinatown for Dim Sum, and
 few have been near the quality of Chau Chow City.  Way back in 1991,
 I used to always go to Dynasty (mostly because we knew the owners and
 always got seated right away).  Later, we realised the food just wasn't
 very good anymore and started searching for a better place.

 We had already been to China Pearl, which I found very greasy and not
 very tastey.  We tried Emperial, New Shainghai, Golden Palace, Grand
 China (the one that used to be a theatre), and a few others.  When Chau
 Chow opened, we tried it and instantly found our new Dim Sum restaurant.

 When I was working in Downtown Boston, I used to go there once a week.
 I've also been there for Chinese Banquest twice, teh food is very good.

 --
 Dan

   Someone wrote:
 >     I second the recommendation for Chau Chow City. I don't go anywhere
 else
 > for Dim Sum.
 >
 > Marcel L. wrote:
 > >In article , Ken Balch
 > >Someone wrote:
 >
 > >> Nate G. wrote:
 > >>
 Someone wrote:
 > >> >
 > >> > > Any suggestions for good Dim Sum in Chinatown?
 > >> >
 > >> > China Pearl or Golden Palace.
 > >>
 > >> How do these two compare to Dynasty?  I go there for Dim Sum a few
 times each
 > >> year, but have never had Dim Sum anywhere else.
 >
 > >IMHO, China Pearl and Golden Palace are both much better than
 > >Dynasty (which ranges from decent to awful, depending on the
 > >day).  Of the two, I think China Pearl is more consistently
 > >good than Golden Palace, and also seems to have a better selection.
 >
 > >Better than either, though, is Chau Chow City (note that this is
 > >NOT the same restaurant as Chau Chow or Grand Chau Chow...).  Ask
 > >to sit upstairs (third floor).  I've never had anything less than
 > >a very good experience at Chau Chow City -- which is something
 > >I can't say about any of the other Dim Sum places in Chinatown.
 >
 > >My ranking of these restaurants would be (best to worst): Chau
 > >Chow City, China Pearl, Golden Palace, Dynasty, and finally
 > >Imperial.
 >
 > >Marcel
 >
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   Mary M. wrote:
 > Karen C. wrote:
 > >Any suggestions for good Dim Sum in Chinatown?
 > >
 > >My old standby, Imperial Palace has really taken a nosedive in
 > >service and quality.  I see they finally removed the dead fish
 > >in the tank.  I don't know when the last time they cleaned their
 > >carpet upstairs either.  Ever since Dad stopped running the place
 > >and left it to their offspring, it has really gone down.
 >
 > If it's gone downhill, I can't even imagine what it must be like.
 > I had dim sum here twice and it was actively bad both times.
 > We call this place "The Inferior".

 After Die Nasty went south, we tried The Inferior Palace and were
 unexcited.

 > My standby is China Pearl -- never had a disappointing dim sum
 > there.  Golden Palace is also reliable.  I haven't been to either
 > in quite a while, though.

 We found China Pearl to be very greasy and Golden Palace had such a
 poor floor plan for Dim Sum and no taste in the food.  We wandered for
 almost a year without good Dim Sum, until Chau Chow opened.

   Elisabeth R. wrote:
 > My former manager *loved* dim sum, and many times he'd lead a group
 out
 > to Chinatown for lunch.
 >
 > I don't know the name of the place, but there's a restaurant that used
 to
 > be an old movie theater palace that serves AMAZING Dim Sum.
 >
 > I can't remember the name, though.  Anybody know the place I'm talking
 about?

 Yeah, thats Grand China I think.  Its across the street from Penang.
 It ok, but not as good as Chau Chow City.  You should give that a try.
 I think you'll find the quality and selection to be greater.

 I've tried all the big places, and only one stands out over all.