If there is option I would rate 10 stars!
The name is very unappealing : Cvinese traditional buns. They simply translated their Chinese name to English. But what the restaurant sign really reads : Chinese Staple Classic Buns. Which is quite telling what they sell--- things that taste like mainland China. Judging how big the Chinese population is in Toronto u'd be surprised how Difficult to find Mainland Chinese food that is eaten by billion people back home. In Canada majority Asian population is Hongkong background related n they have complete different diet.
This is a place that brings u straight to the alley way in China that has little dinners making fresh buns n dumplings and noodles from scratch! That you could smell the aroma from distance. U instantly feel like you are in China.
They have the most DELICIOUS buns! And dumplings. I have tried true pork buns, red bean buns. All delicious and fluffy mouth watering. I have tried their beef and Chive dumplings, pork dumplings and egg Chive dumplings . All 5 stars !
My personal favourite is NO.7 called ----pan fried steam buns. On the menu they look boring (upside down flipped over with browned bottoms up) but when they are served they are Sooo moist fluffy, there juices flowing inside the pork with ginger n green onion inside is so delicate. The white buns are freshly hand made , steamed to perfection and then pan fried at bottom. I have brought 6 friends there n each of them r hooked on these. And since then they have been coming back on their own. My bf's first time here he refused to order saying he was not hungry that he ate already. When these were served, he tried one n ate all my serving saying it's the best thing he has ever had.
Their Chive egg dumplings r so yum. I am a meat lover but these are so tasty that is one thing I order without meat.
---- how to make steam bun/dumpling dipping sauce:
Sniff the sauce bottles( because they both say Soy sauce but one is soy, the other is VINEGAR!!!! Lol ). Mix 2 parts soy sauce, 1part vinegar, some chilly oil .
I have since tried other locations in China town , still not one place has more authentic flavour than this one. This place specialize in dumplings too which is 100x better than the Dumpling House .
The service here is very good. They are very polite and very attentive. The menu is old and sticky and non explanatory. So if you bring someone speaks Cantonese or from Hongkong expect them to help with the menu then won't be much help. lol but just trust that the food here is good. Start with Their beef noodles and dumplings and pan fried buns.
They recently renovated the place entirely . So previous ratings saying they were dingy which was true ,you no longer need to worry. The place is very inviting now :):)