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| - It was so ironic that 5 Chinese men (including two born from Hong Kong) would drive almost 11 hours from NYC to Canada and end up at a Chinese restaurant for dim sum on a Sunday morning. To keep everything simple and clear, Diamond serves one of the best authentic Hong Kong styled dim sums I ever tasted outside of Hong Kong. The quality here far excel than those served back in NY. There were no auntie aged waitresses running around with steam hot shopping carts that constantly irritate you for a new dish. Everything was simplified to a pencil and a small menu slip to write down your selection. Given how hungry we were, we almost left no check box unmarked on that slip, and even the waitress were amazed at the amount of food that we selected. Many of the dishes were great in terms of flavor and presentation, especially the all-time-favorite ones like the: chicken feet, shrimp dumplings, beef balls...etc. Here at Diamond, we even discovered a few new dishes that were never seen back in New York. For instance, there was a variation on the shrimp dumpling where they added whole scallops and a steamed dish of duck feet wrapped in tofu skin all soaked in delicious sauce. I was so glade they also serve the fried salty dumplings, although to be honest the quality was not so top rated.
We had a fantastic meal at Diamond, and each one of us ate till we all couldn't take it anymore, but it was definitely a great experience. i would stop by this place again if I ever visit Toronto.
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