Dim Sum

The first time I had dim sum was when Sharlynn and I were getting more serious, and we went out with her parents Anne and John. Anne is Japanese, but John was Chinese and loved to go out for dim sum. It was a different cuisine for me, but I enjoyed it immediately.

Fast forward about 25 years. Many more dim sum places in San Diego now, John would have loved it. We have a group that meets for dim sum periodically and we also invite newbies, who have never had it before. My favorite place is Emerald Chinese Seafood on Convoy. It is just sooooo good. We usually meet on Sundays, and today we had a group of 11. Sometimes we have had groups as large as 20. Anne was able to come out for dim sum for the first time in at least a year, due to her illnesses, so that was a highlight too.

Our newbies were D'anne and her boyfriend Stephen. And I think they enjoyed it. At least they were not making faces every time they tried something. Actually, very few seem to not like it. Most people we invite back to join us again and again.

Jorge was there with his brother and parents, and Yvette and Bill were there also. Jorge, Yvette and Bill are among the "old-timers" for dim sum. We have been eating it together for probably a good 10-12 years now.

Some of our favorites, the egg cream buns. Yvette and I could just gorge on those alone. Jorge love the sesame shrimp, and the fried shrimp on stems of candy cane.
Sharlynn loves the sesame seed balls. Bill enjoys the pork buns. me...well, just about anything actually. Sticky rice is great. And all the seafood dishes, especially the steamed. Oh...and the fried squid! Can't forget that!

We walked out of there stuffed! But happy. Good to see the old friends and the new, good to have Anne out, and good to eat dim sum.

I'm happy now!!