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| - I've been here maybe one dozen times, only for morning special dim sum time. Food is okay here; most things are at least passable, with a couple dishes that make this place stand out from other dim sum restaurants.
I always get the scallop shrimp dumplings, pork buns, and the preserved duck egg + meat congee. I really like har gow (shrimp dumplings) and the scallop shrimp dumplings are almost the same, except with a tiny bit of scallop on top. The dumplings are big, the outer shell/wrap is not too thick, and its fresh. The pork buns I love because of the bread texture; usually pork buns are made into big white dense buns, but these have a lighter, crisper kind of pastry-type exterior, similar maybe to the pineapple bun. Lastly, the congee is different every time I go; its either really flavourful and fantastic, or the flavour is way too light and it tastes like bland white congee with nothing in it. What batch you get depends on luck.
The more disappointing dishes I have tried here include the spring rolls (bland, nothing much inside, more pastry than filling) and the rice noodle rolls (rough and over cooked). Other dishes like siu mai, the mango milk pastry, and fried shrimp dumplings were passable, but nothing special. But $2.89 for tiny one-person portions aren't exactly cheap, so I usually opt out of these.
Decor is great. Most dim sum places I've been too are quite worn down and dingy. This place is decorated nicely and would be great for meeting friends or celebrating occasions. At the very least, taking photos here would be nice.
I also like how after you hand in your order form marked with how many you want of what, they give you a printed out receipt of the items. It makes it easy to check what you ordered and whats still missing. At other places, I usually have to count how many items I ordered before handing the order form in and have no idea what specific dish I am still missing.
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