You know a Chinese restaurant is good when you see a lot of Chinese folk eating there. Like many other Chinese restaurants in NYC, they try to overwhelm you with the extensive menu plopped down on your table as soon as you take a seat. There must have been at least 100 dishes to choose from, but my eyes immediately zoomed in on the congee and dim sum section. I never had a craving for congee while living at home with the parents, but once I had been weaned from the Chinese food I had been brought up on to journey forth into my first summer living alone in the city, I began to miss the traditional home comforts. Congee is usually served during the cold winter days, but there’s nothing wrong with some good congee in the summertime either.
The dim sum we ordered was quickly whisked out from the kitchen, and we snacked on xiao long bao and scallion pancakes as we waited for our congee.
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