Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Imperial Palace Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

Today we decided to walk to Chinatown and eat at the first Dim Sum place that looked decent. We found Imperial Palace. It was relativly busy, but had a few problems. Firstly, it smelled strongly of mildew, which isn't appealing in a place where you are about to eat. Second, there were 2 dim sum carts, but only one dim sum server, so only one cart could be pushed around at a time. If they had 3 carts and 3 servers it would have been much better. The food was better than we thought it would be, but we probably won't go back until they can do something about the smell. I think the whole meal was $17, which is not bad for 2 people who were very full at the end.


Har Gow
A standard rendition.


Spare Ribs
Surprisingly delicious and incredibly tender. They fell right off the bone.


Sui Mai
They weren't that fresh, but they were full of meaty chunks (which is a good thing).



Chicken Feet
Also very tender.


Shrimp Dumplings
These were bizarre. They contained an unappealing sprinkle of frozen peas, carrots and corn (?!?) in addition to the shrimp. It was as if they were trying to appeal to a 1950's housewife.

Ratings:
Food: 1
Decor: 0
Service: 0

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