Phoenix, AZ – Day #3 – Part #1 (dim sum + houses)

Day #3 of my AZ excursion brought the best eats yet. Day #3, Part #1 started bright and early…

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I was super hungry when I woke up and grabbed breakfast at Starbucks: oatmeal (with raw sugar, dried fruit, and nuts) and a tall non-fat vanilla latte.

I was disappointed to see that the oatmeal was just a packet of instant oatmeal. I had high hopes that they had a big pot of steamy oats somewhere in the back, but I guess that was pretty unrealistic. Anyone know what kind of oats Jamba Juice serves?

Day #2 of meetings went well – long but productive. They were stressful and hopeful and helpful and overall good, but I was ready to break for lunch when we did. I talked two other co-workers to go with me to get dim sum (you guys know this is a personal fave of mine).

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We hit up a dim sum spot I’d researched on Yelp – China King Restaurant.

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I was a little disappointed that a lot of the food we had had been sitting on carts and was served cold or room temperature, but the flavors were really good and my co-workers ended up really enjoying everything, so it worked out ok.

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We got bombarded by two waitresses who quickly loaded us up on some great eats. I’ve never had dim sum served so quickly, which I thought was awesome – especially since we had to get back to work quickly.

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Chinese Broccoli

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Baked BBQ Pork Buns

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Curry beef, shui mei, sticky rice, har gow (shrimp dumplings + one of my faves)

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Steamed BBQ Pork Buns

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Pork dumplings

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My plate – a little bit of everything (except the shui mei – it’s good, but not my fave and I can only eat so much dim sum)

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Dim sum + hot tea + nice co-workers = happy me

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Coconut buns (read online these were a must-try – they were right!)

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Sesame bals (another personal fave)

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Inside the coconut buns – deliciousness!

After lunch, we rushed back to finish up our last day of meetings with an afternoon session. The day finished out quite smoothly and overall, I think our meetings were successful.

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After work, Y and I decided to tour around a bit and headed over to the Biltmore Fashion Park. We started by touring some houses near the Arizona Biltmore. I loved their architecture:

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After driving around the Arizona Biltmore, we decided to stop by the resort to check out the Frank Lloyd Wright work.

More on that in Part #2 of my Day #3 in AZ… (ecto doesn’t like me putting lots of photos in my posts, so I’m splitting this into 2 parts)…

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