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| - As if 8 minutes drive wasn't close enough to dim sum already, Kwan opened up just down the street from my in laws! We were excited to finally sample a new dim sum restaurant.
The pleasure of dining with a large group - sampling the entire menu! Some of my favs included classics like ha gao, shui mai, spare ribs, mango pudding, and egg/milk tarts!
However, most of my usual favs were simply not as good as ones I had in other dim sum places.
Fried sweet dough with minced meat - barely any filling. The sweet dough wasn't as sweet either.
Fried taro seafood ball - again lacked the usual amount of filling. Way too much fried crust!
Fried sweet custard bun - way overcooked. The gooey custard dried out completely.
Sticky rice wrapped in Lotus leaf - lots of rice but where were the fillings? In addition - way under seasoned.
Shrimp roll with mango - loaded with mayo, barely any remnant of shrimp or mango.
Chicken feet, beef rolls - again under seasoned...
We also sampled some of the more innovative items - fried yam balls, fried eel cake, clam pancakes - all of which I thought were okay - probably would never crave them again.
Service was a bit overbearing. They were so quick in taking away everything - even with a shui mai still in the tray! When we told the male server we weren't done, he scolded back by accusing us in misleading him by placing it on the edge. When we were submitting second orders, the lady was being really pushy in selling the XL items.
Overall - the foods were mediocre for the most part. Even the better tasting items weren't anything special. The menu offers a less extensive number of options compared to other dim sum places in the area. Values - relatively similar to the higher end dim sum places - I think I would much rather go to those even with if they require a further drive.
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