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| - I finally decided to try this place out after hearing good things about it. So I go there with my mom for lunch. We made reservations for noon. I requested a window seat and they told me they would see what they could do.
We get there and were seated promptly. The waiter comes around asking what kind of tea we wanted although he was holding jasmine tea in his hands. I asked about the type of tea with flowered tea leaves and he tells me it's chrysanthemum tea. So I say that's what I want. He seemed very annoyed and walks away. Strike 1.
So we are seated by a window seat but some time goes by and only two dim sum carts come by. I ask the waiter if we can order dishes. He rudely asks what I would like so I replied equally rudely that I will need to see the dim sum menu. Strike 2.
So I ordered the regular dim sum fare - ha gao, xiu mai, chicken feet and beef tripe. All of this tasted mediocre. Luckily we ordered shrimp and veggie dumplings, deep fried shrimp paste in eggplant and scallop deep fried in Taro which were excellent. The only thing I regret not ordering was the deep fried seafood balls (which I had to inquire about from another waiter since our waiter was all attitude, nowhere to be found and not helpful at all).
The service overall was decent, if you do not factor in our waiter. The view was spectacular - we had an amazing lake view. The table setting was top notch fine dining style. The damage was $53 with tax and tip.
I definitely recommend trying this place out for the eggplant and deep fried shrimp dish, the deep fried seafood balls, and the scallop deep fried with taro. Also for the amazing view. But I'm giving them a 3 star because their regular dim sum fare tastes mediocre, the service was below par, and the price is kind of high given that 70% of the food is mediocre.
Another thing I just realized is that to top things off, we never got the menu so we had no idea what each dish cost other than the fact they were small, medium, large or special. How's that for keeping someone in suspense?! Striiiiiiiike 3, yoooou're out!
Parking is pay parking by the half hour ($3.50 or $4) or flat $10 if you can walk from the third parkade further west. We found free parking by the tip top loft condos but it's quite a walk.
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