Gold Mountain

October 6, 2007 - How about some dim sum in Chinatown? Gold Mountain is on Broadway and it is your classic dim sum place, or at least classic in my mind. It was a perfectly gorgeous morning to be out and about in the city. We got there pretty early so it wasn't too filled up yet. We walked in and there was no hostess right there to greet us, a little confusing. Finally someone showed up and directed us to head on over to the back. She just pointed so we started in that direction. But she didn't follow so we had no idea where she meant for us to sit. We were about to just pick any old table when a man finally saw us and told us where to go.

The place is classic in my mind because the people still go around with the carts. The restaurant is spacious enough for there to be clear isles for these carts to go around. The food circulates well and the people call out the names of the items very loud and clearly, just as you expect they should. Sounds like an auction or something in there, "har gow, har gow, anyone want har gow?" Going once, going twice...

So the food was good. Nothing stellar but also nothing disappointing. Just your classic, steady dim sum grub. We had most of the usuals like har gow, cheung fun, xiao lung bao, ham sui gok, beef spare ribs, shrimp stuffed peppers and eggplant, and dou fu fa. The har gow was really good. They were filled with shrimp and the wrapper was just perfect, not too doughy. The xiao lung bao were a little disappointing because there was no soup in them. But they tasted good. The ham sui gok were really good, just perfectly crispy and chewy with plenty of filling. Finally the dou fu fa was perfectly refreshing and smooth. Everything was good.

Clean, quick service, good location, inexpensive (total today was $24). Another solid performance. Totally will go back.