Lunar New Year Food

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Has anyone tried any of the special food offerings for the lunar new year at DCA? I'd like to try some but hoping for some reviews!

 

[HuskyGal]

Interested as well if it’s better than last year. We tried the pho (Dh is obsessed with pho) and the Korean short ribs last year and the pho got a thumbs down rating from adults and thumbs up from my 1 kid. The Korean short ribs were flavorful but not much to eat when walking so much in the parks. I almost started gnawing on the bones then remembered my ladylike manners lol. Oh I also tried a terrible Vietnamese style drink that had the Asian “jello” pieces in it, kind of a really bad amalgamation of bubble tea and a Floral scented dessert. I really hope they’ve improved!

 

[dina444444]

I had the vegetable dumplings from the Korea booth today. I thought they were a pretty good snack.

 

[siskaren]

 

[baozi]

Xiao long bao (China): I would probably give 4 points out of 10

 

[wingednike]

I tried the shrimp skewers this year and enjoyed them. Last year I had the Vietnamese coffee and liked that. It's good to have choices in the park (especially for the visitors) however a local could probably find the same or similar for cheaper elsewhere.

 

[Lesley Wake]

I tried several yesterday.

Korea-Vegetable dumplings

I didn’t like them that much-too much of a spicy kick for me! And the filling looked a bit chalky when I bit into it.

China-Pork Soup Dumplings

These weren’t bad at all and I liked the sauce. If I was getting anything again, I’d get these. They weren’t as good as from a proper dumpling house, because they didn’t have the liquid soup in them, but still tasted like good pork dumplings.

Vietnam-Rice Cake and Shrimp Skewers

The shrimp skewers weren’t great-didn’t really taste like shrimp and the sweet and sour sauce was very oily. It was also all ground up; I would have preferred a full shrimp. And the sugar cane skewers didn’t add anything.

The rice cake was very mushy and hard to eat. I love sticky rice but I could barely eat this. And the pork just was weird and too fatty, which just seeped into the whole rice cake.


I didn’t try the Pho, as it looked more like prepared soup, not proper pho. I was going to try the pork bao, but they were out.

I did like the entertainment for lunar new year, but the food wasn’t my favorite, and I like Asian food a lot.