Cheers Hong Kong is mainly dim sum disappointment - Review - Seattle - The Infatuation
"This Capitol Hill Chinese spot from the same team behind Dumpling The Noodle has a long menu of promising dim sum dishes and plenty of reservation availability, even for groups of eight to bust in with little notice. But unfortunately, you can expect blandness in droves. Pork and shrimp wonton filling tastes muted in a way that their (also muted) chili oil can’t revive. Garlic green beans are void of necessary salt. Olive and daikon-studded fried rice sounds exciting, but is undercooked and underwhelming. And the signature roast duck is flabby, tough, and served with a gooey sauce reminiscent of green apple Jolly Ranchers mixed with mayonnaise—a combination as unsettling as toothpaste and orange juice. There are some decent fried vegetable wontons, crunchy spring rolls, and pork dumplings packed with fresh dill (finally, examples of flavor). But they’re not enough to offset the misses. While the restaurant’s easy-to-book nature and fun neon sign-inspired wall art make us inclined to recommend Cheers Hong Kong as a last resort, you can do better. Food Rundown Crunchy Daikon Chinese Olive Fried Rice Technically, the name’s not wrong. Undercooked rice is crunchy. photo credit: Aimee Rizzo Tan Tan Noodles What appears to be limp supermarket spaghetti sits in a waterlogged sauce that doesn’t have much life injected into it. photo credit: Aimee Rizzo Rose Roasted Duck There’s much better Chinese duck to be had in this city. Go to them. Seek greatness. Pork Dill Dumpling The dill-infiltrated pork filling is nice and fragrant without tasting like a complete pickle attack. If all hope is lost, order these. photo credit: Aimee Rizzo" - Aimee Rizzo
