Marco Polo Restaurant
Austin, TX 78704-4436
Phone: (512) 445-5563
01/06/2008 Posted by foodloverny1
New to Austin, I was spoiled by the many authentic asian restaurants in China Town, NYC. I was craving dim sum on a Saturday morning. After reading such great reviews about Marco Polo Restaurant I decided to give it a try. The decor was decent and service was average. Since I was one of the first guests to arrive, I expected the food to be fresh and hot. However the dim sum was not. The shrimp inside of the crispy tofu was RAW. I took one bite and removed it from my mouth right away worried that I was going to get sick. I asked if this dish was suppoesed to be raw and they said no and apologized. The shrimp and chive dumplings were luke warm, almost cold. One of my all time favorite asian side dishes, the chinese broccoli was COLD. I was dissapointed. The shrimp and shitake mushroom dish was pleasantly hot, but tasted like steamed egg yolks. The shrimp dumplings had this sandy and grindy texture to it. Which led me to believe that they were not cleaned properly. The only dishes worth talking about were the shrimp and cilantro dumplings which were tasty and the wonton soup, which was not too salty, as chinese restaurants can sometimes make it. The soup was not part of the dim sum options. My overall review is that I was dissapointed. I mostly likey will not return to Marco Polo. I will try T & S Seafood next.
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