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| - Just got here and the price chart is interesting at best. There is actually no price for "all you can eat dumpling" breakfast/lunch/dinner. The price you see is restricted to the hot and cold tables (like the hot plates and antipasta salad bars at a buffet). The only way you can get "all you can eat dumplings" is to pay the dinner price at $16.99 each regardless of the time.
We tried six different dumplings. But sadly it didn't equal six different or exciting flavours. To be honest, in cooking you can destroy a meal by overusing any spice and/or herb. The first 5 (pork, no beef) practically all tasted the same. The reason was simply overusing Chinese chives. It's like using five cloves of garlic instead of one in any recipe you are making (getting the picture now? :p).
The hot foods section was more of the same sadly. The Chinese buns and the hot dumplings had the same stuff as the "all you can eat dumplings". I think a patron was having some sui gow, but it looked like the stuff I was eating. So pretty much everything tasted the same. By the time your done, you'll be turned off of Chinese chives.
Now what can I say about the sixth dumpling... It was suppose to be the shrimp one. 90% Chinese chives and a tiny chunk of shrimp about the size of my pinkie plus something that looked like egg bits. I figured it was probably just the one but noticed all of them were the same. (see pic).
Someone at the restaurant has a serious Chinese chives fetish. Had they not skimped on the other ingredients, it might have tickled me fancy. So if you enjoy Chinese chives (and I mean overload), then this is the place for you :). If not then I advise you avoid unless you like to belch chives for the rest of the night :D.
The congee was very... unique. The preserved duck egg was like mucous which leads me to believe that it was leftovers. Pretty ick unless you like it that way. They at least didn't destroy the bean pastry I had and the hot lemongrass tea I had.
Now is there any salvaging piece to this place? The restaurant itself was nice and clean. Most of the table and seats are still in mint and shiny condition. The washrooms were nice and clean (except they left the mop and bucket in the men's washroom so space was tight.) The staff were really nice.
As far as assigning stars now. Novelty wise is a 5 stars. The restaurant and staff are 5 stars, but the food sorry to say is a dismal 1 star. :( This is something I rarely use.
Overall, not worth paying the $16.99 plus they impose a 10% tip on the bill. (note, I usually tip 15% at most places even the bad ones, so your loss).
Note to owners, we are not in a potato famine here where food is scarce. Yes I know raw materials are getting expensive, but sticking to just one flavour for everything is going to kill your business. Go to some real dumping places and pick up some tips from them please before it's too late. I'll check in again at some other point in time to see if anything has changed for the better.
Cheers!
Edit: after 4 hours and I'm still burping Chinese chives. Going to be a long night :D Also having problems uploading the tiny bit of shrimp in dumpling photo.
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