Old Thousand

Name: Old Thousand
Address: 1000 E 11th St, #150, Austin, TX, 78702, US
Telephone: (737) 222-6637

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Mon–Thu 5pm–10pm; Fri 5pm–11pm; Sat 11am–11pm; Sun 11am–3pm & 5pm–10pm (weekend brunch Sat–Sun 11am–3pm)

1000 E 11th St, #150, Austin, TX 78702
(737) 222-6637
Last verified: October 2026
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Two bowls of fried rice at Old Thousand in Austin — smoked-brisket fried rice on a patterned Chinese plate beside a bowl of egg-and-carrot fried rice topped with scallions

Dim sum: The Cantonese tradition of small steamed, fried and baked plates (dumplings, buns, rice rolls, ribs) eaten with tea, usually from mid-morning to early afternoon. Dishes are priced by plate size (small, medium, large, special), so a table of four can try a dozen things for the cost of two entrées. On this menu as: Small Plates & Dim Sum.
Char siu: Cantonese barbecued pork: strips of shoulder or belly marinated in hoisin, honey, soy and five-spice, roasted until the edges char and lacquer red. Sliced over rice, folded into buns, or hung in the window with roast duck and soy chicken. On this menu as: Char Siu Pork Belly · Char Siu Bao.
Potstickers: Crescent-shaped dumplings (jiaozi) pan-fried on one side until crisp, then steamed in the same pan so the tops stay tender. Boiled versions of the same dumpling are usually listed as "boiled dumplings" or shui jiao; the fillings (pork and cabbage, pork and chive, shrimp, or vegetable) are the same. On this menu as: Pork & Shrimp Potstickers.
Bao: Soft, slightly sweet steamed yeast buns. Filled versions (baozi) hold barbecued pork (char siu bao), vegetables, custard or red bean; baked char siu bao has a glossy golden crust instead. Unfilled folded buns (gua bao, "lotus leaf buns") come with braised pork belly or Peking duck to stuff at the table. On this menu as: Char Siu Bao.
Dan dan noodles: A Sichuan street dish: wheat noodles under a sauce of chili oil, Sichuan peppercorn, sesame paste and preserved vegetable, topped with crumbled fried pork and stirred together at the table. Numbing, nutty and savory rather than simply hot. On this menu as: Dan Dan Noodles.
Fried rice: Day-old rice stir-fried with egg, scallion and whatever the kitchen adds. Yangzhou (Yang Chow) style means shrimp, char siu and peas, and is the version most menus mean by "house special". Good fried rice is dry and separate-grained, never wet. On this menu as: Smoked Brisket Fried Rice.

How these dishes compare

Fried ricetypically $13.99 across 395 menus
Char siutypically $9.50 across 198 menus
Baotypically $8.95 across 190 menus
Kung paotypically $16 across 178 menus
Potstickerstypically $10 across 174 menus
Churrostypically $7 across 126 menus
Dan dan noodlestypically $12.97 across 73 menus

Old Thousand

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Small Plates & Dim Sum

Big Plates & Rice

Weekend Brunch

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