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Happy Harbor Restaurant (1015 Nogales Street, Rowland Heights) is always very crowded. I'm not exactly sure why. I guess the food is decent, but there's really nothing special about this place. See?
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Today we didn't even sit in the real dining room. We sat in a storage closet because "no four table [sic]." Ohhh-kay. Note all the boxes in the back corner. Unbelievable. Hysterical.
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Here is the lovely air-conditioning unit above our heads that whirred noisily under the harsh fluorescent lighting.
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Atrocious ambience aside, the dim sum offerings are tasty enough. Rather than picking from carts, you peruse a menu, tally your desired dishes, and hand your list to your server.
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Shao mai (steamed pork dumplings in a wheat wrapper topped with roe).
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Lotus leaf sticky rice.
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Jie lan (Chinese broccoli).
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Fried bacon fishcake. Blech. Don't get this.
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Three-flavor chang fen (steamed wide rice noodles stuffed with shrimp, cha sao, and beef).
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Xia jiao (shrimp dumplings).
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Steamed cha sao bao (barbecued pork buns).
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Fried glutinous rice dumplings filled with pork and shiitake mushrooms. Excellent.
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Xiao long bao. A far cry from those served at specialty xiao long bao places like Din Tai Fung, J&J, and Mei Long Village.
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Dan ta (egg tarts). Burnt but still rather delicious. My family loves these. Mr. Monkey's family doesn't.
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After dim sum, we went to Lollicup next door. Boba for a buck!
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Hours later, I still have no gastrointestinal problems. Phew.
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I love my cutie boba-loving family.