Last Saturday (May 29th, 2010), I went out to Dim Sum with my best friend, Christine. We both really wanted to go to Koi Palace, but we both were dead broke and neither of us can drive. So instead, we went to Hong Kong Lounge in the Outer Richmond district of San Francisco. We both arrived there around twenty minutes before the posted opening time (10:00 am, or so claimed the door). It was rather interesting, because when we looked inside the restaurant, we saw large families sitting around chatting. So we went in, assuming that the restaurant was open, and we were given a small table by the windows immediately! So a special note to anyone who wants to have Dim Sum at HK Lounge on the weekend, arrive at least twenty minutes earlier then the advertised opening time, you are guaranteed a seat.

Christine and I have never actually gone out to have Dim Sum without our parents, so although we're not totally new at it, we were rather nervous being there without our parents ordering all our favorite foods. It was way easier to have her there with me, because I'm illiterate in Chinese, so thank goodness she could read it for me! I was rather handicapped by this small factor, but all went well since we ordered everything we liked!

{ The menu we ordered off of }

I don't think we would have been able to get anything we wanted without the menu. And without Christine to help me find all the random stuff I named, we wouldn't have all the yummy foods we had. So, THANK YOU CHRISTINE! But on a side note, don't order ten dishes for just two people. It will be hell trying to get the food without ordering off the menu. And make sure to know what tea you want!

{ Tea+Siu Long Bao;; Cha Sew Cherng Fun+Jia Learng+Lo Bak Goh }

{ Loy Sa Tong Yuen+Pi Gwut+Siu Mai+Lo Bak Goh+Cha Sew Cherng Fun }

{ Lo Mai Gai }