Little has gone the way Janet Yu expected in trying to reopen her Hollywood East dim-sum parlor in the Westfield Shopping Center in Wheaton. The owner quickly discovered that the new space, a former restaurant in the mall, was not suited to her needs, at least not as currently equipped. The duct work needed to [...]
how dim sum is made from pingpongdimsum on Vimeo. You'll have to forgive Y&H for posting a video that's so promotional in nature, but I found this inside look at Ping Pong Dim Sum quite fascinating, and not just because the London-based chain will open its first U.S. outlet right here in the District. I [...]
Coming soon to Penn Quarter: Ping Pong Dim Sum The dining gods giveth. The dining gods taketh away. Missy Frederick at Washington Business Journal is reporting that D'Acqua, the downtown Italian eatery with the emphasis on fresh seafood, shut its doors for good on Oct. 30. Writes Frederick on her Top Shelf blog today: I [...]
Don't be turned off by this crappy photo. It's a snap of the leftovers of the smoked duck that I ordered this weekend at Sichuan Pavilion in Rockville. The real presentation at the restaurant was impressive enough — or at least aromatic enough — to entice the buzz-cut gentleman from the next booth over to [...]
The wife and I stopped at Hollywood East Cafe on the Boulevard on Sunday, expecting the line to stretch out the door as loyal patrons flocked to the dim sum palace one last time before owner Janet Yu takes her forced hiatus. We were surprised — and a little saddened — to discover that we [...]
The dim sum desserts carrots at Hollywood, during happier times. Spend a few minutes with Janet Yu, owner of the beloved dim-sum palace Hollywood East Cafe on the Boulevard, and she will spin you a tale sadder than anything Hank Williams ever composed. The way she tells the story about Hollywood East's ignoble exit from [...]
Because we at the paper still occasionally pick up the phone and talk to people before writing about them. I say this as a small swipe at this conversation over at DonRockwell.com, a site that I admire for the administrator's discipline at keeping order among his sometimes unruly flock. But the folks at DR.com have [...]
Whenever the wife and I go for dim sum at Hollywood East Cafe on the Boulevard in Wheaton, Carrie almost immediately starts scanning the carts for her favorite dessert, these custard-filled treats shaped like carrots. The deep-fried goodies brilliantly undermine the very idea of healthy veggies. After all, whose mother, at some point or another, [...]
