If you’re not quite so adventurous, however, the dim sum options here include some other dishes that might seem a bit more familiar, including pan-fried leek dumplings, spring rolls, pork belly with black pepper sauce, shrimp and asparagus dumplings, and stuffed eggplant.
Speaking of Chinese-American restaurants, if you are looking for that, you might want to move on because East Ocean is not one of those places with both a Chinese-American menu and a more traditional Chinese menu instead, you are limited to Cantonese and Szechuan options such as pork blood with chives, steamed beef tripe, spicy jellyfish, cold chicken feet, pork blood congee (a type of rice porridge), jellied tofu, and shark fin and pork dumplings. In other words, this place is all about shareable small plates rather than the appetizers and large plates often found at Chinese-American restaurants.
For those who haven’t done dim sum before, the dining process may seem a bit unusual, with plates and steamer baskets being brought out one by one so that as you finish a dish or two, another one or two appear, with that process continuing until all plates and baskets have come to the table. The space itself, while not nearly as big as the aforementioned Hei La Moon (which is so large it could almost double as a football stadium), is spacious and comfortable, with several large round tables for big groups and a number of other tables of various sizes, and it’s set up in a rather no-nonsense way to fit the maximum number of seats in without being uncomfortably tight. (For those without cars, by the way, the North Quincy T stop is only a few blocks to the north while the Wollaston stop is several blocks to the south.) Because of this, East Ocean and other businesses west of Hancock sit in a snug little corner of North Quincy with little traffic-foot and otherwise-and parking is relatively easy to find either on Billings or Holmes Street, which parallels the tracks. A recent look at this dining spot indicates that it has the potential to be a real gem-and maybe one that ultimately won’t be so hidden, especially as more and more diners start to help places like North Quincy become destination areas for food and drink.Įast Ocean Restaurant resides in a space that had been home to another dim sum house called Grand Chinatown, and it’s located in a rather odd spot where Billings Road (which is a relatively busy street) crosses Hancock Street and basically peters out just above the commuter rail and Red Line tracks. At the same time, other “Chinatowns” are really starting to become established outside of the city, including in downtown Malden and two Quincy neighborhoods-Wollaston and North Quincy, with the latter having a treasure trove of Asian restaurants and food spots including a new dim sum house called East Ocean Restaurant that’s about as hidden a place as you’ll find (or not find). Whether this ends up happening is anyone’s guess, but parts of Boston’s Chinatown certainly seem to be in some danger, and the closings of several of its best-known restaurants have certainly made people worry about the future of this historic neighborhood.
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