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| - This review is on their ready-to-eat dim sum.
1) Most of it is barely heated.
2) It's not cheap (Most items are about $2.60, which is a price I can get at actual dim sum restaurants)
3) They don't use the best quality ingredients (you can definitely taste the difference). Example: Their soy milk ($0.99/cup) isn't smooth. You can definitely feel the ground bean texture. Another example: their steamed spareribs are extremely tough, and not in a dry way. They're unpleasantly chewy.
4) They don't put much effort into their food (not a dim sum item, but their Vietnamese cold rolls are very loosely wrapped, so they fall apart when they're eaten).
5) Their eating area is grungy. The tables are dirty, the seats are dirty, and the floor is dirty.
6) My mom asked for a cup of hot water. They told her they only give hot water to people who bring their own cups (is buying one for like $0.25 not an option here?)
To garner the above, we had: steamed spareribs with rice noodle roll (rice noodle roll was in huge pieces and not bite-sized, and it was way over-cooked), fish paste stuffed eggplant and tofu, minced pork wrapped in bean sheet, salty pan fried dumpling (ham sui gok), vietnamese cold rolls.
The only one that would be 3 stars (as in very average), was their steamed chicken feet in black bean sauce (or phoenix talon, if you will).
I don't think I'm ever going to come here for dim sum again. =(
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