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| - Pearl Harbourfront is a great place to take visitors to Toronto (For the view), business clients (because you're not paying), and friends with no cars who don't want the Spadina Chinatown restaurants. Went here for dim sum for the first time in years, and like other other posters, the price is really expensive... it came to $26pp for dim sum! I also don't recall us eating anything super extravagant, given the limited menu.
The quality of the food is pretty great. Everything tasted fresh and not greasy, even the fried items. They had some twists on classics, like their fried pork dumplings and fried taro dumplings (had some curry to the meat).
For dessert we ordered the sesame balls, and THEY WERE TO DIE FOR! I am still thinking about them now and salivating. I wish I took a picture but I was too busy eating it and feeding my son, who also loved it. It is covered in black and white sesame, and inside there is sesame paste but not super thick so it's a bit runny and warm, which works so well encased in the chewy and crunchy sesame shell. I would give that 6 stars out of 5.
Service: Decent, fairly prompt, friendly, and had a lot of high chairs on hand, which was good, given that there were many strollers out by the entrance.
Ambiance: Bright, clean, simple, elegant and beautiful view of the lake, even when you aren't by the window.
If you want great dim sum at a decent price, you should head north. In absence of that, this is a decent choice, or Crown Princess by Bay and Wellesley.
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