Dim Sum (veg-friendly)

posted November 11, 2012 4:24 PM | |

Sun November 18 at 2:00 PM, Light

13 Jordan Rd, Jordan, Hong Kong (Map & Directions)

Another option:
* Miu Gute Cheong Vegetarian Restaurant, 31 Ning Po St, Yau Ma Tei ($)
posted by eviemath at 4:57 PM on November 11, 2012

Can't do Sunday. I'm out on a hike to clean up after all the trail walkers this weekend!
posted by astapasta24 at 12:26 AM on November 12, 2012

The following weekend, perhaps?

I have Sundays reliably free and want to explore Hong Kong; dim sum is just a particular suggestion to organize a meetup around:)
posted by eviemath at 4:59 PM on November 12, 2012

I'd be able to make it this upcoming Sunday but have a lot of friends coming into HK the following Sunday and wouldn't be able to make it then. Keep me updated, sounds like a great way to spend Sunday afternoon!
posted by C^3 at 8:19 PM on November 12, 2012

Following weekend works for me. Let me know what you decide. Hopefully other people will weigh in soon. But I'm always down for dim sum or food for that matter.
posted by astapasta24 at 6:18 AM on November 13, 2012

I can do Saturday or Sunday afternoon :)

There's another vegetarian place in CWB, Gaia Veggie Shop I think, that does both Chinese and Western vegetarian. Food wont be enough for omnivores, but my vegan friends seem to enjoy it!
posted by onegoodthing at 5:15 PM on November 13, 2012

Let's try for this Sunday, and then we can do other dim sum weekends that asta can join in on, too? Time and place? Just as a completely arbitrary suggestion to get the discussion started: 12:30pm at either the Lock Cha Tea Shop or Miu Gute Cheong?
posted by eviemath at 5:35 PM on November 13, 2012

I did some research!

Miu Gute Cheong appears to be closed. I think this is the Open Rice page for the restaurant. The cuisine, street name, and district all match. I think the characters match the romanization too.

Open Rice page for Lock Cha.

Found a handful of other vegetarian dim sum options.

These two, Light and Choi Heung Tsai are both centrally located and near MTR exits, it seems.

I like Lock Cha and Light best out of these options. 12:30 this Sunday works for me...but FYI we may have to wait a while for a table. That's prime time for dim sum here in HK.
posted by C^3 at 6:37 PM on November 13, 2012

Let's go to Light or Choi Heung Tsai! Lock Cha seems touristy enough that I wouldn't be out of place going there on my own some time.

Would a different time be better? Folks said afternoon, but any time after 10:30 or later in the afternoon works for me.
posted by eviemath at 8:53 PM on November 13, 2012

Both are fine. I can do 2 pm onwards . I wanna say 1, but I'll be coming from NT. You guys can start earlier though; I don't mind following.
posted by onegoodthing at 9:30 PM on November 13, 2012

Light appears to have an all you can eat buffet that goes on from 12pm-3pm. We can do the a la carte option instead if people are less hungry.

I'm okay with both restaurants, since I have experience with neither I'm judging solely based on the pictures on OpenRice.

I see that the info for this Meetup has been changed to Light...are we a go for that restaurant then? And I'm guessing starting at around 2?
posted by C^3 at 11:20 PM on November 13, 2012

If that works for everyone, it sounds good to me!
posted by eviemath at 12:23 AM on November 14, 2012

See you Sunday! :)
posted by onegoodthing at 1:09 AM on November 14, 2012

Have a great time everyone! I'll be in class... :D
posted by mdonley at 6:13 AM on November 17, 2012

Thanks for the bookstore suggestion too C^3 and onegoodthing! I found it with no difficulties (and a very nice though not cheap coffee shop on the bottom bookstore level: The Coffee Academics, 8/F; and apparently they have a larger location somewhere else in Causeway Bay).
posted by eviemath at 12:38 AM on November 19, 2012