6 April 2024
My short weekend trip to Pittsburgh began a little pear-shaped as my American flight was delayed. The amount of delays these days are getting so annoying. Ruined my plans for Friday evening. In any case, I had a very busy Saturday and was hungry for a nice dinner.
Tonight I was trying out Parlor Dim Sum, which looked like a fresh take on Cantonese food. I got there and squeezed into the busy bar on this Saturday night. I relaxed as I quickly ordered a cocktail, which was pretty good. I decided to order a few dimsum and see where the night goes. And it didn’t take long before it started to come out.
The spring rolls were very hot as you can imagine, but quite good, better than the usual stuff you get. The spicy sauce was relatively mild, and almost good enough to sip on…
The shumai were less good, it seems like it may have sat for a few minutes. It was a little more liquidy, like the steam condensed in the food a little. Too bad.
The lo mai gai sticky rice was quite nice, even if they didn’t go traditional with the huck of pork belly inside.
I was pretty happy with this so I went with a larger dish. I relaxed with some wine when it came out.
This claypot rice dish was excellent, full of Chinese sausage and some excellent cured pork belly that was extremely nice. It was a large dish, but I enjoyed every morsel of it. I wish there was some burnt rice there, but when I asked my really awesome bartender about it she said people would complain if there was (?!?!). Too bad!
I was full and happy, but the fun night had really just begun. I had planned to do a bit of a bar crawl down Butler Street but it turned out I didn’t need to leave my stool here. Lots of good drinks, a few shots with the crew, some very friendly fellow patrons to chat with, and next thing you know it was nearly midnight!
I had to run, but it was a night of very good fun that I’ve not had in a long time, maybe the best bar night I’ve enjoyed since the pandemic. So despite the hangover I’m expecting tomorrow, it will be worth it!
Definitely a nice place to eat, and you get to meet the friendliest crew in Pittsburgh if not the entire region!
Parlor Dim Sum
4401 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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