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| - When I used to take trips up to Montreal to visit relatives, we split our time between my uncles' houses and Chinatown. So on my first trip to Montreal as an adult (with my best friend), I thought, "I need to go see the city outside of Chinatown." However, it was rainy when we first arrived so we wandered into a mall close to our hotel. Lo and behold, it was a mall of Chinese shops and we were on the edge of Chinatown. We suddenly happened upon this dim sum place and one should not walk away when food beckons to them.
We ordered all our usual dishes: shumai, various steamed dumplings, spare ribs, etc. Everything was flavorful and cooked to perfection without excessive oil, grease, and salt. My favorite dish, believe it or not, was the egg tart. It was THE most perfect egg tart I had ever tasted; the crust was flaky with a hint of salty and sweet, and the custard was the perfect amount of sweet and yellow. Both of us got so hooked on the egg tarts, we actually went back the following day. Sadly, we got there too late and they were all sold out! Apparently, they sell out by the mid-afternoon.
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