Dim Sum in Boston Chinatown

　ボストンに早めに到着して、待ち時間の間に昼食を取ることにしました。いつもはドデカいベースを持って移動しているので、普通のレストランには到底入れず、たいていはバス・ターミナルの中のファースト・フードしか選択肢が許されていないのですが、この日はベースを友人のスラーバに預かってもらっているので、手ぶらでございます。安心してどのレストランにも行けるので、チャイナタウンに行って、久々に点心を食べてきました。

I arrived at Boston a bit early so I went out to get some lunch. I usually have the huge acoustic bass with me in Boston so I cannot really go into any restaurant. My choices are usually the food court at the South station and get some fast food. Today was different. My good friend, Slava, was taking care of my bass so I was not tethered with nothing. I could go to any restaurants without worry so I decided to get some dim sum in the Chinatown.
　点心は２時半までなんですが、２時ごろに行ったので、店はガラガラでございました。これならベースを持って入っても、なーんの問題もなさそうでしたねぃ。点心って遅い時間に行くと人気の品はなくなってしまうので、みんな早い時間に行きたがるんですよね。まあ確かに品数は少なく、８品か１０品ぐらいしかチョイスがなかったですが、どっちにしろ一人だと３皿ぐらいで限界ですからね、売れ残りがそれだけあれば十分ですよ。また同じぐらいの時間帯にベースを持って行くとしましょう。良い昼食の場を発見しました。

Dim sum is finishing around 2:30 and I went in about 2 o'clock so the place was almost totally empty. Hmm, it looked like I could bring in my gigantic bass without any problem around that time. I'll tell you how dim sum style works. There were bunch of waitresses pushing carts which have different dishes on them. Each dish is only a small potion so you take whatever you want to eat and pay for whatever you took. Now here is the important thing you should know if you are a novice on dim sum. They serve only a certain number of dishes on each kind of dish, if one kind is sold out, that's it and you can't order that dish anymore. So the number of kinds of dishes decreases rapidly as the clock ticks. (In some places, you can order after it runs out but not in everywhere). If you want more choices of dishes, you should come in on earlier side like everybody else. That was why the place was so deserted around 2 o'clock which was a half an hour before the dim sum ending. Well, I knew that I would not have too many choices and there would be just whatever left on the shelf, but I still had good eight to ten choices. I took three dishes from those eight to ten and I was quite happy with that. I found a great place to munch out. I think I am going to come back with my bass around the same time.