Silk Road

Here's the buzzy dim sum place inside the loop. 

And if you want to come here, be sure to make a reservation, even though they have tables, they may not have enough server. 

To start, I got the Lemongrass Pandan Butterfly Pea tea - it is lemony and herby.  But the second refill totally watered down. 

But it's so pretty, I will give it a pass.

First up: turnip cake - It came with a chili sauce.  I'm more of a soy sauce kinda person. 

Got the steamed pork bun - the bun texture is totally on point.  I love that texture so much that I excuse the fact that the pork inside is not the Chinese red BBQ pork. 

Then got the Har Gow - steam shrimp dumpling.  This is is a very clean crisp tasting dumpling.  Very delicious. 

Stuffed Tofu Skin - it's crispy and crunchy and the sauce is sweet.  The inside has shrimp and water chestnut.  That helped made the texture crunchy.  It's pretty light in texture but the sensation made up for the flavor. 

This is Crispy Shrimp Cheung Fun - Rice Noodle wrapped in crispy shrimp.  It is nice and crunchy.  And they pour the soy sauce for you, so it's not soaked in the pool of sauce for a while before it arrives to your table. 

Ham Sui Gok- fried glutinous rice with chicken, shrimp and mushroom.  It looked a tad over-cooked, but it tasted fine. 

Siu Mai with pork & shrimp.  Very straight forward, like the ones you get in Chinatown.

Baked BBQ pork bun - This is interesting.... the top is the Chinese Pineapple bun - with the cracky topping.  By no means are there any pineapple in the bun, but it's the look of it that looks like a slice of pineapple, and hence named.  

Here's another version of Siu Mai - this is still shrimp & pork inside, but topped with caviar. 

I will say, the quality of the ingredients are on the upper end.  That said, for stuff like Siu Mai - I really couldn't tell except the caviar.   But the texture of the 2 types of buns, and the different take on the classic dishes was a nice surprise.

So it is strange because the place is inside a Marriott location.  Imagine the space for breakfast, that's where they are.  But it delivered on the flavor.  You do need a reservation, we have seen people walking up and get turned away.  It's not that they don't have the table, sometimes they don't have the full menu on the offerings or not enough staff.  So be sure to make a reservation and there's plenty of parking.  Definitely worth checking out. 

Silk Road

2929 Westpark Drive

Houston, TX 77005

713-661-5669

https://silkroadhtx.com/