rev:text
| - Found smack dab between the Dumpling King and the Dumpling Queen (no relation) we find another Dumpling-offering member of the royal family: The Crown Princess.
Word of warning: My very intelligent dad, who has been witness to many of the greatest 20th century technological advances in doors, thought that the windows next to the actual entrance were a set of automatically retracting ones. According to legend he stood there for several minutes until he realized the door handle a few metres to his left. He's only been an official "senior citizen" for a couple months! This is why we let em get into the movies for a buck cheaper, folks.
Anyway, once you find your way to the door, you'll be treated to a wonderfully elegant vintage decor (feel free to rearrange that sentence into the opening rap of a song about Dim Sum). The servers all wear old fashioned outfits as well, in the style of (as my girlfriend put it) Nicole Kidman in any of her period-piece movies.
I'm no Dim Sum expert, but I'd say I've been around the block at least once. By comparison, and to be quite honest, I can't really tell the difference between Crown Princess' offerings, and those of Lai Wah Heen, Casa Imperial, or any of the other "upscale" Dim Sum places in the GTA. From the Ha Gow, to the Curry squid, to the Turnip cake - it's all delicious. I highly recommend finishing the meal with a salted egg bun. The service is always top-notch, and the food is fast. The prices are in range with other restaurants of the same calibre.
We tend to go around 11 on the weekend - by the time we leaver, there seems to be a line formed, so I'd recommend getting there around the same time to avoid a wait.
If you want some more adventure in your life, I also recommend "The Royal Dumpling Crawl" (trademarked, suckers) where you start at the Queen, and eat a plate of dumplings at each royal house from here to Chinatown. The first person to finish all three plates gets to wear a crown that they'll irrationally buy at the nearest Dollarama.
|