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Sky Dragon was the first dim-sum restaurant I essayed in Chinatown, and even a year ago I had moved on quickly to other candidates. I just gave it another chance this past week, because my regular dim-sum place Noble Seafood was blocked off due to a fire nearby. I was shocked to find that my memory of the food at Sky Dragon wasn't accurate. The food isn't just mediocre -- it's bad.
Because I was very hungry, I ordered a bit too much on this trip. The shrimp wrapped in rice noodles was unremarkable but acceptable. The tofu wraps, my favourite dish at Noble, were bunched up unattractively, but at least the contents were okay. The pork dumplings ("siu mai") seemed overly dense and a workout on the teeth, which is not how this dish was supposed to be. I had ordered the beef tripe and the chicken talons here before and both are embarrassing, flavourless and tough, so I didn't have to try them again this time. The custard buns had too little filling and the buns were so thick that they fill you up in no time -- it feels like eating a plain Chinese bun.
The real disgrace is the glutinous rice with salted meat. First of all, you only see two pieces of meat on the top, but in this dish, lack of substance can be compensated for by flavour. Well, forget it. The rice tasted like it's been left out overnight, and my jaw hurt from trying to chew it, and the whole thing was too dry, with not enough sauce.
This is probably the last chance I'll give to Sky Dragon. It's not particularly convenient, since it's located at the top of a mall, four floors up. The only positives are that I've received pretty decent service here in the few times I've gone, and even then, because of the size of the dining room, the food carts can often take a very long time to get to your area, and you end up having to chase them all over the room.
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