Kids were hungry on the way home from the mall and dumplings are always a option when your kids are hungry:) This location of Shanghai Dim Sum on Hwy 7 is the second branch with the original one being in Scarborough. Not really "dim sum" per say but Northern Chinese fare with the specialty being their Shanghai soup dumplings aka Xiao Long Bao.
Have to say their dumplings are excellent! The two types of soup dumplings are the thinner one aka "silk skin" and the traditional ones. Both are really good and you can't go wrong with either one. Be warned though, let it cool for a minute or two as they will explode in your mouth and burn the living crap of out of your lips and tongue!
We were really impressed with the food overall as everything was done well from the Shanghai noodles, pan fried dumplings, etc. All the food in the menu came with pictures so made it easy to decided what dishes you wanted to try.
Food came out extremely fast despite the restaurant being packed. Most of the servers only spoke Mandarin but they all seemed to understand Cantonese. They were very good at bringing anything required such as water, napkins etc.. so that's a huge plus.
Really look forward to trying out the other dishes they have on the menu as some of the stuff looked really good going to the other tables. Highly recommended!