Where I am located in the east bay area there are not many options for delivery besides pizza after midnight hours. Daimo is one of the few restaurants that stays open until 3 AM, and has a variety of Hong Kong Chinese food plus dim sum! I found out about this place last year when I was searching through Google for a new Chinese restaurant to try out. My roommate really wanted ha gow (steamed shrimp filled dumplings) so we took bus and BART, walked a few blocks to get to the Pacific East Mall nearby El Cerrito Plaza. This was our third time having dinner there, and my first writing about a review about it.
For this time we were really hungry after trying to win money from playing slots at the San Pablo Casino and breaking even. Upon arriving we were warmly greeted and picked a big table close to the window. It was close to 1AM and there were not many people. I remembered wanting to try their spicy eggplant with seafood clay pot, but as I went through the menu I found their assorted seafood/meat with mushroom and tofu clay pot more interesting to try. Another entrée that interested me was their roasted pork belly with tofu and vegetables. My roommate ordered a curry chicken starter and yeung chow fried rice that had cha siu roasted pork, egg, and shrimp. I was also in need of something to drink so I first asked for a milk tea with coffee mixed in for a pick me up.
I was amazed not how fast the food was prepared and brought over to us, but at how great it was tastewise and very massive in portion. We could only finish at most half of each item. I really wish I lived somewhat closer to this area of the east bay and this outstanding restaurant since they are open at late hours, the service in my experience has always been friendly, and for what you would pay (around $10 to $14 for each main entrée) the very good quality and massive portions are well worth it, whether for dining in or for a late night dim sum fix. I honestly don’t know why I have not wrote about Daimo until now, but I can’t wait for whenever I have spare funds again to try more of their dim sum and other items from their extensive menu the next time I visit!
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| Curry Chicken! |
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| Roasted pork with tofu and veggies over steamed rice |
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| Assorted meat and seafood claypot, so yummy! |
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| Yeung chow fried rice |
