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| - After reading the rave reviews here, my wife and I decided to try this restaurant today. We were initially seated near the front door. We felt cold and noticed that other customers were moving themselves to warmer areas. Yes, the heating system needs some work. We requested a waitress for a warmer location and were duly obliged. However, the manager lady was giving us odd looks and appeared annoyed.
We ticked off the Dim Sum items in the sheet and handed it off to a waitress (had to flag them down, as they don't make eye contact and whiz around). The waitress took a look at the sheet, nodded and went away. 10 minutes later, the manager approaches us and asks us if we placed an order. We said "yes" and upon asking, pointed out the waitress who took our order. The manager comes back to us and apologizes for the confusion and then accuses us of not filling in the table # (this # is pre filled in all other dim sum places we've been to). She then walks away clutching other sheets which had no tables #s, hunting down customers. Beware: The sheet doesn't outline the prices, so we had no idea how much they cost. Not impressed at this point.
We ordered 6 items (all pics posted here by me, including a snapshot of the bill).
Beef brisket and Bok Choy in beef broth - Very good. I've never tried this elsewhere, and it was actually quite tasty. Big portion too.
Deep fried pork dumplings - 4 small pieces, tasted bland. Didn't like them. Not warm, might have been sitting for a while.
Deep fried squid tentacles - Bland, no spices whatsoever.
Pork puff pastries - Good, but didn't have the flavour infusion present in other Dim Sum restaurants. Not warm, might have been sitting for a while.
Beef short ribs in maggie sauce - Good, but could have been warmer.
They forgot to bring us the 6th item, but we were glad, as the other food was below par, compared to the likes of Sam Woo and Emerald.
Asking the waiters for things was a chore. Had to literally wave to them and flag them down: Didn't expect this from a place which charges $35 for 5 Dim Sum items. One more thing: We are of Eastern Indian persuasion. We noticed that a Caucasian couple who gave the order 1/2 hour after us, got similar food served first. Just saying.
I might give this place one more try, in about a couple of months to report back and address the following issues:
- Heating bad.
- Service atrocious compared to the price.
- Meals need to be warmer.
- Attitude of management.
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