This Is Framingham

As I mentioned before, Mom+weekend=Chinese food.  I recently heard that Oriental Pearl in Saxonville has a good buffet so we went there to check it out.  We found out when we got there that the buffet is Dim Sum on the weekends but still have “regular” Chinese food for lunch specials which my mom got but Ethan and I were feeling adventurous and got the buffet. 
There were some dishes on there that were not traditional Dim Sum like General Gau’s chicken and some vegetable and dishes but most of it was new to me.
I didn’t get to the soup that people seemed to know what to do with, adding items that were in containers next to the choice of three types of soup.
Soup additions:

There were lots of dumpling type things, some tofu dishes, potato things and stuff I didn’t even know what it was.  Even though I didn’t know what to expect, everything I tried was surprisingly good.
Included with the buffet was a selection from a cart that was rolled from table to table. I got some shumai, honestly because it was the only thing I recognized, but the guy pushing the cart was happy to explain what each item was.
Cart:

Shumai and leaf-wrapped rice thing:

My mother actually raved about her luncheon dish, (moo goo gai pan) she can be a picky eater but she was really impressed with the freshness and flavor of the food.
I’m really glad we went, it was something different and a good experience.

Sorry for the poor quality of pictures, I’ve been using the cameraphone for convenience.