And More Chinese Food

Hungry wakes with pancake and bacon cravings was interrupted with a brief email saying "Mom says Nong at Granville & 41st has good dim sum".

I trust mom. Pancake and bacon cravings turned to pork buns cravings.

Not a large dim sum menu, but helpful women dressed elegantly in black explained some dishes and helped us choose.

Their presentation of sauces was elegant, a good sign.

The spicy wonton was not as crazy hot as how I have had it at other places.

Tiny freshly made wontons soaked in a thick hot sauce that ended up as dipping sauce for other items on the table.

The request for Gai lan with no garlic was not questioned. 

They were fresh as well (which seems to be the trend for all that came to the table - freshness).

The sesame pork cakes were a dim sum novelty for me.

Freshly backed pockets that you stuff with a simple ground pork mixture and enjoy. 

Those were my favourites. But the place failed on the Shanghai Dumplings.

Described as dumplings with soup in them, which I had fond memories of from San Francisco dim sum adventure.

However, the soup seemed to have been soaked by the filling or the dough and they were dry and tasteless.

But with good service, reasonable price and food that was fresh, they were forgiven.

I will probably go back to Nong again - at least it opens early and there are no line ups.

Nong Chinese Restaurant

5701 Granville Street (Basement)

Vancouver, BC

www.nongchineserestaurant.com