Fish tanks filled with about-to-be-entrées line the wall near the open kitchen at T.C. Choy's Asian Bistro, which draws crowds for fresh seafood and some of the best dim sum in the Tampa-St. Pete area. Founders Tak and Chan Choy also own the large Oceanic Asian Supermarket and know the value of variety and exotic ingredients. Dim sum is only available during lunch, when the restaurant can get particularly crowded while the selections are wheeled around the dining room on carts. The Asian Fusion cuisine is served with heavy Cantonese influence here with entrées such as Peking duck, buffalo sushi, tofu medallions and Japanese buckwheat pasta with crab, cucumber, seaweed, scallions and tomato. Fresh seafood includes eel, snapper, octopus, lobster and prawns. The fried, whole perch, which arrives upright on your plate, is a treat.
"The longest menu in town and the freshest inventory, even if you don't count the best dim sum dumplings."
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Tampa Bay Times Full bar. Serving lunch and dinner daily.
ADDRESS
301 S Howard Ave ,
Tampa, FL 33606
LOCALEATS AWARDS
Top 100 Restaurant
Best Asian Fusion in Tampa
WHAT WE SAY
Fish tanks filled with about-to-be-entrées line the wall near the open kitchen at T.C. Choy's Asian Bistro, which draws crowds for fresh seafood and some of the best dim sum in the Tampa-St. Pete area. Founders Tak and Chan Choy also own the large Oceanic Asian Supermarket and know the value of variety and exotic ingredients. Dim sum is only available during lunch, when the restaurant can get particularly crowded while the selections are wheeled around the dining room on carts. The Asian Fusion cuisine is served with heavy Cantonese influence here with entrées such as Peking duck, buffalo sushi, tofu medallions and Japanese buckwheat pasta with crab, cucumber, seaweed, scallions and tomato. Fresh seafood includes eel, snapper, octopus, lobster and prawns. The fried, whole perch, which arrives upright on your plate, is a treat.
WHAT THEY SAY
"The longest menu in town and the freshest inventory, even if you don't count the best dim sum dumplings."
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Tampa Bay Times
ADDITIONAL INFO
Full bar. Serving lunch and dinner daily.