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| - The fam jam was also in town so obviously, we needed to go for dim sum. Ju recommended Crown Princess (her other rec was Rol Son, which we went to last time) and seeing as I'd never been here before, it was perfect. We came Saturday morning around 10:00am and we're able to grab a seat no problem. This place has to be one of the fanciest dim sum places I've ate at. Fine dining suits CP's name perfectly.
Hours are good. Every day of the week from 10:00am to 11:00pm.
Look at that entrance. You feel like royalty walking through that door. It gets even better inside. Plush, comfy, velvety pink seats, marble flooring and chandeliers. You're clearly paying for the upscale atmosphere but it's not too pretentious. I don't normally like fancy places but I liked it here. Maybe because it was still pretty
Dim sum menu is huge. It looks exactly like the one at T. Pot in Calgary. same font, style and colour. Interesting.
- 4x Tea ($1.60 each) - $6.40 for all four of us is some pricey dim sum tea but I will give them props, it was good tea. Plus look how fancy their tea pots are. Fine China game on point.
- Har gow (#2) ($5.80) - you can't ever go to dim sum without ordering the har gow. Good ratio of shrimp to skin.
- Goose liver & caviar siu mai (#3) ($6.80) - caviar! On siu mai! Can you get any fancier than that? Priciest siu mai's I've ever had but I liked the caviar sprinkled on top.
- Sticky rice with chicken meat wrap in lotus leaf (#7) ($5.80) - pretty standard lo mai gai but it's satisfying if you want some rice with the rest of your dishes.
- BBQ pork bun (#18) ($3.80) - we were too stuffed to eat this at the table but saved them for the road trip. Fluffy bun and the cha sui inside was tasty.
- Fried octopus tentacle (#24) ($6.80) - the octopus tentacles were bomb. One of my favourite dishes. Perfectly fried, light while still having a bit of chew to the texture. Probably could have ate a whole dish to myself.
- Pan fried turnip cake with pork meat (#29) ($4.80) - the lo bak go was pretty standard. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Could have been crisped up more.
- Crispy taro & mushroom dumpling (#31) ($4.80) - wu gok was pretty decent. Crispy, not greasy.
- Baked BBQ pork puff pastry (#33) ($5.80) - BBQ pork anything is good in my books. These were satisfyingly good. Slightly sweeter than the cha sui bao.
- Rice noodle wrapped with pork & shrimp (#39) ($6.80) - these were AMAZING. I've never had these type of rice noodle rolls before. Absolute heaven. Order this for sure! That crunch inside the rice roll is like you're eating a hybrid spring and rice roll, all wrapped into one delicious bite.
- Pumpkin congee with lily & corn (#43) ($5.80) - another first trying pumpkin congee. The flavour is pretty subtle to begin with but it actually grew on me after having another bowl. I'd try it if you like jook and want to try something a little different.
We had a couple boxes of leftovers to eat later on in the afternoon. Overall, the dim sum was good. More pricey than your normal outing but hey, sometimes you gotta treat yo' self.
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