

Here are some ideas for introducing your kid to ethnic food, by culture. She’s annoyingly picky and vegetable-resistant like the rest of them.) (Disclaimer: Lest anyone think my kid is some kind of poster child for adventurous eating, rest assured that she’s a medium-level eater. Like any other adventurous eating project, your kids might not take to it overnight, but repeated exposure helps. The Seattle area has a wide variety of ethnic restaurants to try, but you can also get into the ethnic zone by cooking at home. None of the food we gave her was particularly challenging, but by exposing her early to what we like to eat she is now more willing to try different foods. I wanted to do the same for my daughter, so by the age of 2, she had eaten Japanese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, Salvadoran, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Ethiopian food. Eating Puerto Rican-Chinese food as a small child did a lot to seal the deal on my future food obsessions and sense of culinary adventurousness. These are great eating towns, mainly due to the wide availability of ethnic food. I was lucky to spend time in New York City and Miami as a child. Experiencing another culture’s food also helps expand a kid’s definition of “food.” For example, our local Taiwanese place serves jellyfish - we don’t expect our daughter to eat it, but it’s a good idea for her to know that people eat all kinds of things. Trying different ethnic cuisines is an easy way to introduce kids to new kinds of food and to expose them to another culture’s language, smells, and décor (even if it’s 1970s Restaurant Style).
JOY PALACE SEATTLE DIM SUM SERIES
Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission.This is the fourth article in a series see also: Cooking with Kids, Create a Kids’ Tasting Menu, and Get Out and Explore. The good news is that in some of the older establishments, like Sunset Park favorite Bamboo Garden, continue to bring in diners at all times. But that may be changing as dim sum is often offered all day long in smaller fast-casual establishments, and some of the behemoth older Chinese banquet halls such as Jing Fong have downsized.

The best dim sum spots in town also don’t break the bank as diners enjoy the little heartwarming morsels even the humblest budget can afford. Competition between dim sum parlors has resulted in innovation, so a visit to the most popular spots means there’s often something new on the menu (or a roving cart).ĭim sum is also conducive for group dining, especially at Chinese banquet halls like Golden Unicorn, where it’s not uncommon to find three or even four generations of families seated at big round tables.

It consists of delicate dumplings, braised chicken feet, sweet fresh tofu, rice noodle rolls, fluffy steamed bao, tiny custard pies, and other small dishes - many requiring extraordinary skill to make. After all, there’s often something for everyone. New Yorkers and tourists alike often find themselves in one of NYC’s many Chinatowns because of dim sum.
