U & Me Restaurant - Calgary

I’m planning a trip to Vegas and I wanted advice from Ms. Biz. She knows her restaurants and she travels to Vegas six times a year. She also dines at some of the best restaurants in the world. I was hoping for her toned-down list, as I’m no baller. For this post, let’s listen to “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton.

We tried u and me because we heard it was the best dim sum place in Calgary. And although the food was nice, it wasn't the best I'd ever had. Hands down the best dim sum place in Calgary is Silver dragon.

This place is open for 20 hours a day! I hear they do great drunk food, but I'm rarely near downtown at night, so I wouldn't know! What I do know is that their dim sum is super delicious. Yummy enough for me to make the drive from fish creek about once a month. Parking is easy to find and not costly (I typically go on Sundays). This place is always packed, which means you need to lower your expectations when it comes to service, even with what it seems like 5-7 servers running around at all times! I will keep coming back for the food!

Chinese food is my comfort food. And shomai reminds me of the days when I was in my hometown dating. Ha. So basically, the shomai I was eating back home was yummy but not as full as this one, in U&me restaurant. And mind you, the shrimp inside was overwhelming. I thought I ate it all but hey, my every bite the shrimps says hello. The wanton soup was bland for me, but that's fine just add S&P. I ordered Shanghai fried noodles and I was able to take home half of it since one serving is always good to share. If you are craving for more dumplings, they hay it here, the usual price is about $6+ for dumplings. Jasmine tea was complimentary. The service was good too. So probably I will come back for their dumplings.

Always a great place for late night food. U Me is open from 8 am to 4 am! The food is always fast and fresh and service is decent if you get here before midnight. The dim sum is really good and the hot plate items are large and a great value.