Best Dim Sum, Upper East Side and The DIM SUM CHALLENGE

THE DIM SUM CHALLENGE

OUR PLACE CUISINE OF CHINA

Unbelievable but TRUE!!!! There is an awesome and authentic Dim Sum restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. I impart this news to all the Dim Sum lovers who have to make a great pilgrimage to Chinatown once every couple of months. Fresh? YES. In fact I say this in no uncertain terms... it is better than Chinatown. The Dim Sum delicacies are made to order. There are no carts no sitting around or waiting for someone to point.

PRICES? Do not fear. The same prices that  you'd play in Chinatown exist here. The Dim Sum portions will run you around $5.00 a pop.

This nirvana called Our Place Cuisine of China exists at 242 East 79th between first and second avenue.. The Dim Sum hours are Saturday and Sunday 12:00 to 3:30 and on holidays.

But how can this be?  Well.......LOL

OK here it is.... THE CATCH. Please PAY ATTENTION

THE DIM SUM CHALLENGE   Should you Choose to ACCEPT

Look to the left hand side of the photograph of the Dim Sum lunch picture I took. Do you see a little white sheet of paper? Got it? Ok. On that piece of paper are listed all the Dim Sum options. You will be given this piece of paper with a small pencil. It will be your job to check the number of the item that you want with your pencil and hand this to the waiter.

THE PROBLEM

How do you know what is what? Since you can't point to a cart and chances are you do not know the names of the dishes you have come to love and crave WHAT DO YOU DO little grasshopper???

THE SOLUTION

Do you see the menu on the far left on the photograph. If you don't know what I am talking about know this. When you arrive at the restaurant request the DIM SUM takeout menu. If you miss this part of the journey you will be lost. If you don't know what that looks like then find the take-out menu that has all the pictures of the Dim Sum dishes in color on a tri-folded pamphlet. These pamphlets are located at the entrance of the restaurant. Take a sharp left and look for a table that reveals the menus.

THE COMPLICATION

Your job will be to identify the dishes that you'd like as if they were sitting in front of you on the cart. To make the selection easier each dish has a brief description.

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GO TERRIBLY WRONG so PAY ATTENTION!!!

The numbers on the Take-out menu DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT match the numbers on the little piece of paper with the Dim Sum options that is sitting on your table. This is the paper that you will need to check off and hand to the waiter in order to get your order filled.

For example, the Spring Rolls  on the menu with the picture is Number ELEVEN.  But if you look at number ELEVEN on your piece of paper the item is NOT Spring Rolls. Therefore if you check number ELEVEN on you piece of paper because you saw the Spring Rills in the picture on the menu you WILL NOT RECEIVE  a Spring Roll.

SECURING THE PRIZE

My advice is that once you have identified the name of the item you want from the picture on the take-out menu scroll down the piece of paper with the list of the names and find that name, make a little check in the box and it's yours.

GOOD LUCK!!!!! AND GOOD EATING!!!