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| - Congee Palace was pretty good.
My aunt and uncle were there and we didn't even arrange it, that's how I knew this place must be a local favourite.
Congee Palace would've gotten five stars if I didn't have to wait 20 minutes to order.
No one greeted us at the door, so after a few minutes we seated ourselves.
Menus were placed on our table but no one took our order.
I considered going up to the counter but the only person there was on the phone taking takeout orders I guess.
Eye contact also didn't work.
Eventually one of the bus boys noticed us waiting and let us know someone would be over to take our orders shortly.
After we put our orders in, everything was much better.
Food was flying out of the kitchen.
It was REALLY good.
We had beef tenderloin and onions (my personal favourite), steamed veggies, lobster, chicken, steamed rice, and a few other things my dad ordered.
The lobster wasn't the best I've had but it was definitely good.
The rest of the food was so delicious. Better than the regular dim sum spot I frequent.
I was happy about that.
I don't like Chinese desserts as a rule and my dad doesn't either but he loved the milk pudding. Even my mother enjoyed it and she rarely eats desserts.
My boyfriend tried all of the desserts that were brought to the table: red bean (soup?), milk pudding, and tapioca soup/pudding?
He basically looked like a kid in a candy store.
He was REALLY enjoying it lol so it must've been really good.
There is a lot of seating space and it was constantly busy.
The washrooms are clean but the doors open the wrong way and don't have a handle you can pull so you have to grab the top of the door to open it which I found weird.
The long wait did turn me off of here, but I would probably visit again.
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