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| - I sort of understand why people gave this place poor reviews - China is big. If you are from the southern China and think steamed buns should taste like Shanghai soup bun - the very juicy one, then don't come to this place. If you are from the north of China, I guarantee that you will find the vintage, authentic Chinese flavor that hard to find anywhere else in North American (even in Flushing of New York).
I grew up in Beijing. When I was little, the scallion pork steamed bun was one of the most popular local food, especially for breakfast and dinner, together with Chinese salad, millet congee, pickles, and tea eggs... It was a very simple, inexpensive, but healthy and tasty Chinese diet for everyone at that time. Now, China has been exploded with urbanization everywhere and this kind of simple and healthy diet faded away as well. Now, local Beijing residents go to a restaurant there called Yaoji for authentic scallion pork steamed buns and it is the only place. I have to say, the steamed buns I had at this restaurant in Montreal was even better than the buns that I can find at Yaoji in Beijing, the flavor is just closer to the tastes I had in 1980s China. It was truly a pleasant surprise to connect to childhood flavors on the other side of the planet.
As I said, China is big and there is no single taste can satisfy all Chinese. So I don't recommend this place for everyone. But if you are also from the north, especially Beijing, Tianjin, northeastern region, you may know that kind of vintage flavor I am talking about.
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