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| - This is my new favorite place for Dim Sum in the valley. We have dim sum at least once a month and have tried Great Wall, Golden Buddha, China King and C-Fu gourmet. I believe that Phoenix Palace is the best of the bunch.
Here is why:
1. Food quality: Every dish was prepared perfectly. Most were slightly above the other restaurants in term of taste. There were exceptions (we like the shrimp stuffed eggplant best at C-Fu, and the chow mein better at Golden Buddha), but in general, this place was better.
2. Cleanliness: Not that other places are not clean, but this place was spotless
3. Price: We order almost the same thing at most dim sum restaurants as we have our favorite dishes. We ordered more than usual here this morning to try some things (10 dishes total) and our bill was $25.78. We usually average $33-$35 at the other places, and we brought quite a bit home
4. Selection: I have seen that the selection has decreased at the other places as their clientele diminishes. For instance at Golden Buddha, one of the original dim sum places in the valley, you would wait at least 30 minutes if you did not get there before 11am. Now it seems that the place is barely full, regardless of when you arrive. As a result, the selection seems to have gone down. At Phoenix Palace, we simply could not order everything. When we left, there were still many things that we had still not tried. We also had a few things that we had never had before (very surprising since we have dim sum so often)
5. Location: I live in the Ahwatukee area, so this is slightly closer than Golden Buddha, and far closer than Great Wall.
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