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Saturday and Sunday you are standing in line, and get a number. You will be called when a table is ready. But stay put: No time to go to the Bijenkorf in the meantime.
Oriental City is one of my favorites in Chinese place. Usually I go there on Sunday mornings for dim sum, and we just order every dim sum they have and extra the broccoli, which is delicious.
Pots of Jasmine tea accompany the spectacle of good food in great surroundings, on the first and second floor in the old heart of Amsterdam, corner Damstraat and Oude Hoogstraat.
It’s having lunch or dinner with a view. But also on Saturday for lunch you have to stand in line, actually the line is having fun, with all the Chinese fans.
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Oriental City | Restaurants (Dim Sum) | Dim Sum from € 4.00
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 177 – 179 | Center | +31206268352
12:00 – 00:00 daily
Oriental City | Restaurants (Dim Sum) | Dim Sum from € 4.00
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 177 – 179 | Center | +31206268352
12:00 – 00:00 daily
I was here last week when I was in Amsterdam and it is some of the best dim sum I have ever tasted, and I come from NYC where they have some of the best dim sum restaurants. I am especially fond of the #1 ( pork and prawns where the natural juices and large chunks are the best reward) the #55 (iirc) duck dumplings and the broad rice flour noodles were awesome and the fried dumplings were really a taste treat, even after a big desert I could still taste the dumplings after an hour had past. If you are in Amsterdam and you do not try it out, you are really missing something special. Dim sum like this doesn’t happen every day( well, except if you live in The Dam)
Yummm. I have been looking for good Asian food in Amsterdam for a long time and haven’t had much luck. Thanks for publishing this!
We were visiting from the States middle of Sept09. We finally made it to try dim here sum on the last day of our 7 day trip, after twice not being to find it. There was no wait, but we went on a weekday. The dim sum was definitely very fresh and top notch dim sum (our group is of Asian heritage and have tried dim sum in places including New York, Boston, California, and Hong Kong). As the reviewer wrote, it is worth the wait even if you have to wait (which we are used to expecting back in the States). Our group give it high ratings. Thanks for pointing this out local spotter.