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| - This was our first time at Blue Lagoon Seafood Master. We had been to the restaurant that used to be in this location several times before and really enjoyed the dim sum (and the low prices).
Our first impression was that this was an extremely busy restaurant. We arrived at around noon on a Sunday and I think there were only 1 or 2 empty tables even though it's a HUGE place. We figured this was a really good sign and sat down anticipating a great meal. A waiter arrived right away and dropped off a teapot and 2 cups and handed us a pencil and order sheet. This is the style of dim sum restaurant where you order from a list of dishes on a sheet of paper, rather than flagging down people pushing carts filled with food.
So the first reason for my 2-star review is that we waited a minimum of 10 minutes before anyone came over to take our order sheet. This was after the 10 minutes where we had sat and decided upon what we wanted.
We then waited another 10 minutes before any food arrived. The first thing to arrive was the deep-fried taro with minced pork. It tasted great but was colder than lukewarm, so we were off to a disappointing start. About 5 minutes later our congee with pork ribs and dried oyster arrived. It was barely lukewarm and although it tasted okay, we weren't offered any Sriracha sauce, white pepper, soya sauce or any other condiments that we're usually offered when we're in a dim sum restaurant.
Next to arrive were the har gow (shrimp dumplings) and they were lovely hot and tasted great. However, they delivered (and charged us for) 2 servings although we only ordered 1. The scallop dumplings came next and although they tasted great, they were actually shrimp dumplings with a TINY piece of scallop on top.
We also ordered fried turnip cakes with minced octopus. They were 'meh'. This is a dish we've literally ordered hundreds of times in many restaurants and I'd say these were among the worst ones we've tasted.
We also ordered beef tendon, which arrived hot and was quite tasty. It was served with some konjac noodles (2 small bundles).
The bill arrived and we realized that the prices were quite high compared to most dim sum places in the area. We also were charged for the tea (which we didn't order) which is highly unusual for any of our local Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese or Japanese restaurants. The total of the bill was $37 for the two of us.
I understand that this restaurant is also open in the evenings for regular menu items (non dim sum), but we haven't tried those so I can't comment on them. But as it stands I honestly can't see us returning.
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