* The steamed-chicken glutinous rice wrapped in a leaf, where the wrap (a lotus leaf? a banana leaf?

It's hard to believe, but the best dim sum in Las Vegas is NOT found in our burgeoning (and otherwise best day to buy airline tickets excellent) China Town district stretching along Spring Mountain Road. Instead, truly "world-class" dim sum is to be found in the Ping Pang Pong Restaurant in the Gold Coast Hotel Casino.
If you don't want to believe me, listen to the esteemed John Curtas when he took food writer Steven A. Shaw (author of Asian Dining Rules ) there and had this to say about it in a piece that appeared on both his website and on KNPR . (The "world-class" quote above comes from Mr. Shaw via Mr. Curtas.)
Situated in the back of the western half of the Gold Coast, it nevertheless has built a reputation for authentic, tasty dim sum, so the lunch crowd is uniformly large. I recommend coming best day to buy airline tickets here when you have at least an hour to spend on your midday meal. Dim Sum may be Chinese fast food, but the price of Ping Pang Pong 's excellence is crowds.
A note on the authenticity of Ping Pang Pong 's cuisine: On several visits, I have been the most caucasian customer seated, and I'm half-filipino. Which brings me to another point: none of the waitstaff here seems to have a firm handle on English, so, although the service has always been excellent, ordering always seems to involve lots of gestures and nodding.
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* The steamed-chicken glutinous rice wrapped in a leaf, where the wrap (a lotus leaf? a banana leaf?) effectively stews the mixture of chicken rice into soupy goodness that's best addressed with a spoon.
* Steamed meatballs, either ground beef or pork, mixed with some bits of veggie and wrapped with a thin skin of egg, these are stick-to-your-ribs meaty delicately spongy, and they absolutely scream for generous dollops best day to buy airline tickets of chili sauce.
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