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One thing to keep in mind is that you don’t have to wait until the end of your meal to eat the sweets as it is customary in Asian culture to eat these alongside the meats and vegetables. The items are usually served in a small steamer basket or on a small plate. They are typically served from a cart that comes around to your table and you can pick and choose what you want. You’re usually charged by the plate and the price per plate is around $2.00. There is usually 3-4 pieces of food per plate. The great thing about this lunch style for busy professionals is that you can get in and get out pretty quickly since the food is already prepared and served right to your table. This is the American way of looking at it of course as Dim Sum is supposed to be a traditionally leisurely lunch. Dim Sum is ultimate Street Food. What’s Street Food? It’s food that the “locals” know about. Good food that’s cheap, can get eaten quickly and fun to take people to if they’ve never experienced it before. For those of you who don’t know, I came to Cleveland from San Francisco. SF is KNOWN for places with amazing Dim Sum. I’ll be honest, I haven’t had Dim Sum since living here in Cleveland. In my defense, I wasn’t aware of any place that served it. I’m honored to report on this expereince with Bo Loong and their Dim Sum. I was a little skeptic going into it since I’ve had some great Dim Sum dishes in the past. But fear not, Bo Loong holds their own as far as Dim Sum is concerned. Bo Loong is a casual/semi-formal setting with traditional Asian themes. Friendly servers greet you and seat you to your table. We were there right about noon and the place started to pick up.
One thing I noticed immediately was that most of the people in Bo Loong at lunchtime were partaking in Dim Sum. This made me smile as it took me “back home” for a moment. What was ordered:We had a LOT of food. And still ate for 4 people for only $33. How great is that?!?!? Like I stated earlier, this post will be written a bit differently than the other posts since we all ate “family style” collectively what was on the table. First thing I’ll talk about was the Nor My Guy or Sticky Rice. Sticky Rice is a type of short-grained Asian rice that is especially sticky when cooked. It’s a very starchy full rice and stuffed with pork, sausage duck and egg. it is served in a lotus leaf.
I loved the sticky rice. Full of different meats and enhanced with flavor from the lotus leaf…it makes for a great base to your Dim Sum. I highly recommend getting this. It is a bit different than the normal rice you might be used to but take a chance on it. As I said, we ate a LOT of food. Among the dishes we shoved down our throats were Sue My (dumplings with Shrimp, pork and mushroom), Har Gow ( Shrimp dumpling in a light rice wrapper), a Shark Fin dumpling (which didn’t have actual shark fin…darn! but was pleated to look like a shark fin. It was stuffed with pork and shrimp…YUMMY nonetheless!). We also partook in Sue Bough (baked bun stuffed with BBQ pork, awesome!), a Special meatball that was topped with carrots and mushrooms, and Pi Quat (baby ribs steamed in a black bean sauce, these literally fall off the bone!).
One of my favorites from this Dim Sum was Jar Fun Goa. It’s called an Asian Football. Any food that has the name of a piece of sporting equipment in it, I will shove down my throat. Check that, maybe not ALL sporting equipment. Anyhow, the Jar Fun Goa is a fried rice flour dumpling stuffed with vegetables, shrimp and pork. They are shaped like little footballs. Let me tell you…these are a TOUCHDOWN as far as I’m concerned. Very tasty.
Another dish that was very different and fun to experience was the Don Tat. This is an Egg Custard Tart. Now, when you think of Egg…you think of something salty, correct? Not in this application. It’s a cool sweet flavor and really goes well with the rest of Dim Sum. For those of you who haven’t had Don Tat before, Bo Loong brings a pretty good one to your table. As with most meals, we ended ours with Fortune cookies. Now, I really liked what ours had to say. You know how on most Fortune cookies on one side they have your “fortune” and on the other side they have “Speak Chinese” or something like that and they give you a word or phrase with the Chinese way to say it? Well, one of our phrases was “To Eat”. How fitting was that? I loved it! The fortunes were fitting too. So, Mom and Dad…I guess I better start listening to you finally!!  Innocent bystander:You’ve got to be open-minded when ordering Dim Sum. Thankfully our Innocent Bystander was Nancy Heller. She’s a fellow Cleveland foodie who is behind the blog Hour Later Review:Fine and dandy! You leave full…but not STUFFED! It’s really nice. Would we go back:Definitely. Now knowing I can work downtown and grab Dim Sum within a 5 minute drive is great! So excited to find this little gem. I hope this post inspires you to go out and try something different like this. Lunch can be more than a quick sandwich (even though I love those as much as the next guy). If you’re open to a new and different experience, go do Dim Sum at Bo Loong for lunch. It’s a fantastic alternative to your lunch hour. Dim Sum= YUM YUM! Go get your Dim Sum on and let us know what you think! |
