Old Beijing 老北京 (2)

Rating:  3.5⭐

Ordered: 
- crispy roast pork claypot rice with cured egg yolk 脆皮烧肉蛋黄煲仔饭: $32.80
- pan fried wagyu dumplings 和牛锅贴 8pcs: $16.80

Nuhansi wanted to try this place. We came here for lunch and I didn't really know what to order because I didn't know what she would like; plus most of the stuff I had last time here was on the more expensive side. We ended up going with a claypot which looked pretty good. There was some sort of yum cha menu as well where you order off a piece of paper, but we decided ordering off the menu was probably better.

The claypot came looking smaller than we expected. But actually we struggled to finish it all. The claypot was actually disappointing. It looked like it would be good, but the whole thing was just way too salty. The rice didn't really taste that interesting, even though it was extremely brown. The pork was so salty and the egg yolk was too, and the entire thing just tasted the same. There was also Chinese sausage within the rice which only added to the saltiness. 

Nuhansi also wanted to try the wagyu dumplings, which I don't think I've had before. They're dumplings so I don't think the inside matters that much since it's all mince anyway. The dumplings were fine. 

Bit disappointing for my second time here.