dim sum, no questions asked

so there are a couple of restaurants that i have always had some form of personal vendetta against that are not so particularly vegetarian friendly. it's always difficult when especially when your family just loves to go to the same exact vegetarian unfriendly place for huge family gatherings.. i have always never quite got along with seafood harbor- just the name itself is pretty much self explanatory.. i do not really have a place in that "sea" of dead crustaceans, fish, and your random what nots that asians just love to eat (like sea cucumbers... so so sad)

ever since the restaurant opened a few years ago, it has been gaining steam and becoming more and more popular among locals, more so for their dim sum. i recall waiting for 2 hours with every visit just to get a seat at the table; my mom was always steadfast about going early just to try and get an early seat (they do not take reservations..) but we would always end up waiting. and of course, being the usual chinese restaurant, i was always left ordering the same plain plate of fried veggie noodles.

well i guess i learned from the first couple of visits to seafood harbor early on (when i was in middle school) that it was probably best to just avoid this place altogether. my mom sort of got the hit that i absolutely abhorred going there and just assumed i would not go whenever asked to go. she was smart. i never gave this restaurant a chance because of the fact they did not offer much of a selection for me.. and being the stubborn little vegetarian that i was, i realized that i probably was not going to ever return..

fast forward a couple more years; with a lessened stubborn food palate (but still veggie) and an open mind, i decided to give seafood harbor another chance; plus, i have been dying to find a place that would offer vegetarian options for dim sum, and so i figured that maybe this place may have added more to their menu or even changed part of it to suit a more health conscious crowd these days.

the fact that it was also a family event for my grandparents really gave me a real reason to go; i was not going to let a stupid little vendetta keep me from enjoying my entire family's company. after going, i would say i had no regrets. despite the fact that most of the dim sum i could eat were desserts, they were still delicious. i was thoroughly pleased with the vegetarian dumplings at the end that i even ordered another batch of three.

my mother has this terrible habit of ALWAYS, no matter how large or small the group of guests, over ordering. i think i also suffer from the same habit. at the end of almost every large family dinner, i end up lugging 4-5 boxes of left overs back home. but hey, like i said before, my family sure knows how to eat... and i guess i do not really mind it at all!

anyhoo, i do not think i'm going to describe the few things i could eat.. but i'll let you, the reader, judge all those other non-vegetarian items for yourself. i cannot lie when i say that there is a reason why my family comes back to this place year after year... after all, there really is no explanation for something like dim sum....




















best vegetarian dim sum dumplings everrrrrrr!!! so deliciously good.
oh and note to all those out there who are curious.. fried durian is gross.


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