In the Viet Hoa Shopping Center at Beechnut and the Beltway
I have been exploring different stuff in this shopping center for some time. Other places in this center are the Alpha place and the Parisian Bakery II. I like dim sum, so the idea of getting some whenever I want to appeals to me. I go fairly often for dim sum to the Kim Son on 59 at the Fountains. I had tried this place in the Viet Hoa center a year or two ago, so I decided to try it again. I got some shrimp xiu mai, some pork xiu mai, and some rolls that had pork wrapped in super thin sheets of tofu. I have been told that doing stuff in these tofu sheets is labor-intensive; I would be interested to hear what someone with more knowledge of the subject has to say. These steamed bean curd sheets, were wrapped around pork that also had garlic mixed with it; I liked their flavor. The shrimp xiu mai was quite light in texture, and the pork xiu mai was good as well. The xiu mai was pretty small in size compared to most dim sum that I have had, but the price was less.
While I prefer to go to Kim Son on the weekends for dim sum, this is a cheap, fast snack or meal on the way home for me. I assume that they are selling their products to other restaurants or for catering as well. They are always super busy making stuff in the back, but I have never seen another customer in there the three or four times I have been. They have a decent sized menu, but I have yet to try anything else.
