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Pace yourself - or they may need a cart to carry you out.(O'Asian Kitchen)(Restaurant review)

The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)

| October 13, 2006 | Leson, Nancy | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Seattle Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Nancy Leson

Oct. 13--Oh ... another Asian joint. Don't you dare say that about Seattle's new dim sum palace, a setting as glamorous as its dim sum is glorious. Here, in the Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza, Chinese specialties and others of the pan-Asian persuasion get high-styled treatment. I'm wild about this swanky re-do of the former Ruth's Chris Steak House, so close and yet so far from anything you'll find in the Chinatown International District. Open since August, it's a sprawling study in black and red, where you can hang out in the lounge, settle into a cushy banquette or show up with 16 of your closest friends and sit in the catbird seats: the "O'Table" in the main dining area, where a beaded metal curtain draws all eyes center stage. This, my friends, is a place as perfect for a quick dim sum lunch as it is for a grand evening feast, as appealing to dim sum novitiates as to those who grouse that when it comes to Chinese food, Seattle can't hold a…

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