SAINTS Game Day Dim Sum Brunch

September 18, 2018

SAINTS Game Day Dim Sum Brunch

Basic Brunch skipped into SAINTS Sunday Brunch confident we would be coming home with a win. Our hangover from Saturday’s LSU game and champagne pool day couldn’t stop us from enjoying pregame brunch. Although the game was not the beat down we had pictured, and actually left us with a bad taste in our mouths wondering what kind of season we are in for. We still miraculously ended the game with a win. Hopefully, it only gets better from here on out.

Now on to the good stuff this week’s gameday brunch was at Maypop for their Dim Sum Brunch. This was a unique experience, I have never actually had Dim Sum so I was really excited to try it out, and what better way than brunch? So what exactly is Dim Sum? It is a style of Chinese cuisine prepared as small bite-sized portions of food served in small steamer baskets or on small plates. Dim Sum is prefect for sharing with a group. In addition to having the Dim Sum brunch menu, Maypop served game day drink specials which we obviously had to partake in.

Carrie & Alyssa Outside of Maypop

They started us out with an Amuse-bouche, a curry Beignet. We ordered 4 items from the dim sum menu and 2 items from the regular menu. The soup dumpling (we had two orders) was the most unique item we tried, although we struggled we the proper way to eat the dumpling. Here are some instructions so you don't make the same mistake we made. Place your soup spoon close to the dumpling. Grab the dumpling close to the knot with your chopsticks and gently lift it from the steamer. Poke a hole in the dumpling to let the steam out and let it cool for a few seconds, then suck the juice directly out of the skin. Now you can eat the rest of the dumpling without fear of being burned.

curry beignets

Soup Dumplings

For SAINTS noon, home games Maypop opens at 9:30 am for Dim Sum Brunch, this a variation from their regular hours of operations, before heading out make sure to check to see if they are open. Their location is perfect for walking to the Dome after brunch and if you arrive when they open you might be lucky enough to find free on the street parking pretty close by.

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