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| - The Toronto Lover system:
5 stars = Must visit!
4 stars = Really good. I take my friends here.
3 stars = Somewhat worth it... if you have nowhere better to go.
2 stars = Below average. Attend only when necessary.
1 star = Do not visit!
Yeh, you're at a big round table and waiters come around with carts. You point at something, and they either mumble something in Chinese, or open the little basket to reveal: something. If you're not used to dim sum, my recommendation is to go for it and worry about it later.
Oh yes, it's dim sum. Steamed dumplings filled with shrimp, or, whatever that pink stuff once was, are common, but so are nice treats like shanghai steamed buns, rice noodle rolls, or "Phoenix claws!"
Look out for the wretched lo mai gai (leaf-wrapped dishes that really need care in order to be edible) and the cha siu sou (sweet dim sum, that really should only be served as dessert.) Look out, and avoid.
The nice thing is that most small dishes cost $2, so if you grab wrong, it's not such a bad experience for the wallet. The not-nice thing is that most of the dishes here are tasteless, stale, bland, or fatty.
I think Sky Dragon is actually a 1 star restaurant, but I'm going to give it 2 stars because it's probably a place you should try if you (a) have never had this kind of cheap blue collar dim sum (b) have never been ignored by 11 different Chinese waiters or (c) want to try a lot of different "ethnic" foods and spend a little less than $10.
And don't be lazy: take the stairs.
2 stars
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