#BEST DIM SUM BROOKLYN FREE#
Parking is always a problem in Brooklyn's Chinatown, but if you come on a Sunday at least street parking will be free if you can find a spot. Some tips - either come early (before 11am) or right before dim sum service ends (before 3pm) on weekends.
We finished things off with an order of freshly steamed char siu bao, which was very good - eat it while still warm! Other favorites which we didn't order during our latest visit include their steamed spare ribs (the dim sum plate) and their congee. The pork was really good, with crispy skin, and went well with the sticky rice. We also got a special dish from the cart (which normally costs 2-3 times more than a small dim sum plate) - some crispy pork on a bed of pickled jicama (I think) and jellyfish. We ordered some steamed rice on the side (which arrived at our table very quickly) as well as some sticky rice from one of the carts.
Once seated at an eight top (which we shared with four other diners), we got right down to ordering - starting with our favorites - har gow (shrimp dumpling), siu mai, chicken feet and their shrimp cakes. All things considered, 45 minutes wasn't so bad, although we did get in at about 1:30pm. This past weekend, my wife, son and I patiently stood around for 45 minutes for a shared table together with perhaps 40 others.
Weekend dim sum at Pacificana is always an experience, with extremely long waits after 11am on Saturday and Sundays. My family and I have enjoyed the dim sum here in this Borough Park staple a number of times over the past three years, and although it isn't spectacular, the food is certainly pretty good, especially considering that we live about a ten-minute drive away.
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