Oriental East Restaurant (map)
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Do you love dim sum? Do you not know what it is and want to give it a try?
Come enjoy a tasty dim sum brunch Sunday, July 18th at Oriental East in Silver Spring.
This place is notorious for long lines on weekends before it opens at 11am and they do not take reservations on weekends. Usually a group won't get seated until all of the party has arrived, which can result in a really, really long wait if many people are late. So please plan to arrive by 10:30am so we can get in line, get inside and eat promptly! I will hopefully have already nabbed a good spot in line by then. I'll bring a red paper Meetup sign with me.
Please bring cash if you can. It tends to make paying less of a headache.
See you there!
--V.C.
*PS: MSG-free dimsum dishes are not available.
Also from Fairfax anyone want to call pool from either dunloring or vienna metro? Let me know
V.C., I noticed that the menu says they can accommodate "no MSG" requests - so can we make sure to do that? I'm highly allergic to MSG. If there are objections, I don't mind giving someone else my spot. Thanks.
H, I don't mind picking you up from the Vienna Metro. My car is old, but it runs.
Amy, sounds good I am cool with take a ride from you or driving
Amy, I don't know if they have MSG-free dimsum dishes (their regular menu ), but I can ask.
Please do, as I would be interested in knowing if they are MSG-free too.
H - I replied directly to your e-mail address.
VC - Thanks, I appreciate it. It's fine if they can't do it. I know Jason and I are probably in the minority here. I laughed to see two people show up on the waiting list today. I'll wait to hear from you.
I'm going to opt out of this. I'm the one with a problem, no one else, and there's a Waiting List... Enjoy yourselves! I'll see you all at another Meetup.
I called and the official word is that no, they DO NOT have MSG-free dimsum dishes. Anyone else who is sensitive to MSG may want to take note of this...
I guess one time will not hurt. I think I have been to this restaurant before and they have a variety of different things. Is dimsum required? I may still get it just because I don't think I've had that before.
Jason, dim sum is actually not a single dish that you order. It's a variety of small dishes (see picture posted by V.C. in her announcement - that's what it looks like). Depending on the restaurant they may push a cart through and have you choose what you want off the cart. You can wiki: "dim sum" for more info on it.
Thanks for the explanation Amy. I think I'll be giving it a try.
Since there is more interest in this than I had anticipated, I've increased the group number. I will emphasize again that I cannot reserve any tables due to the place's popularity, so we'll probably just head inside with the number of people who've arrived at that point. We'll also probably be split at more than one table. Should be fun and tasty regardless :)
I really want to go, but still in the waiting list. can I still go on Sunday? Thx!
I've increased the number one FINAL time. Be warned that attempting to coordinate seating for 30 here is pretty much courting disaster, but here goes... Please, ARRIVE EARLY, between 10am and 10:30am. Any later and I cannot guarantee you a seat with the group if we get inside by then!
It's awesome there's so much interest, but no one will get seated for a long time if we wait for everyone. If you do find yourself 'left behind', hopefully you can get seated with others who may arrive later.
The option of YES for status is up but you cant click it :( Waiting is not up anymore.
That was fun, thanks for setting that up and I'm looking forward to the next event.
Great job organizing this event, V.C. I had a great time meeting everyone. Looking forward for the next!
Sorry guys been really busy this past 3 day watching naruto, didn't get the chance to post some pictures. I'll post it right now. But anyways i had blast on sunday, and it was nice meeting everyone. V.c u did a really good job setting up this meet, keep up the good job. To anyone on this forum that drive a toyota and need some work on the car or any b or c service, or power steering flush,brake flush, tranmission fluid done just let me know, i can do for free.
You know a lot Asians drive Toyota cars. That is probably a lot of work.
Sorry ivan, i work on toyota only. But if u need some bg moa or bg 44k just let me know. And victor can fix my computer for me.LOL
LOL.. No, I will not fix your computer.. If you need to, take it to geek squad.
- Peace out Asian
Geek Squad = very bad idea. =)
You have an extra slash:

http://www.orientaleast.com/dimsum/index.html/
It will give you a 404 error: File Not Found.
It should be:http://www.orientaleast.com/dimsum/index.html
