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I think it's safe to say that I've eaten at my fair share of dim sum locations around the GTA. Each with their pro and cons, some being better than others. That being said, they all (unfortunately) shared one thing; their decor. Each Chinese restaurant that I've been to often falls prey to the 'quantity vs quality' tropes: the uneven circular tables draped in plastic for easy disposal, the extremely close table placements for maximum seating, the heavily stained carpet floors, rolled into kingdom come from countless dim-sum carts, to even the traditional Chinese vibrant red velvet walls, mounted with dragons, or phoenixes, or other symbolic creatures of Oriental influence (don't get me wrong, I love my golden turtle as much as the next guy, but the strong red gives you eyestrain similar to a doctor that had just completed a triple bypass surgery).
I am happy to report that this restaurant does not fall victim to those choices. Kwan is probably THE nicest dim sum location I have ever been to. From the lighting, to the plate selection and everything in between, the experience was extremely pleasing, and made my eating experience that much more enjoyable.
That said, let's get to the food. I was surprised to find that my dim sum was being placed on my table no more than 5 minutes after handing the menu to the waiters. Ordinarily, I'd look down on pre-preparing food for the sake of swift service, but the food they delivered did not seem show any signs of staleness/re-warming. I had ordered the Siu Mai, which came out still steaming, and not dry (as if on a steamer for an extended period of time), the deep-fried shrimp dumpling came out extremely crispy, and not re-fried (I can tell, having worked at a sushi restaurant before), and the Shrimp Cheung Fun came out without any dry bits that would indicate a hot plate or something similar. In addition, the food tasted really fresh! It's hard to explain, but it really felt like they used higher quality ingredients in creating the meals here than they would at your run-of-the-mill Dim Sum restaurant. Even the tea was well done!
My only gripe is that the food her is rather expensive. My 3-dish meal ran me just south of $20 ($5 per dish; Tips and tax included). Their categorization of each food dish is rather cryptic with a very small print of the prices per dish size hidden near the back of their menu. Honestly though, if my hunch about higher quality food is correct, I feel their higher prices are justified.
With all that said, I must say this was an extremely pleasant experience and will definitely come back here if I`m ever in the area. Nice service, quick AND delicious food (who would've thought?), and AMAZING decor/atmosphere,I'd give it a 4.5 if I could, but am more than happy to give them a 5.
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