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| - I have been to central grand twice. It's close to my brothers house, so it's convenient when we are in Calgary for the weekend.
The parking can be a little tough because the Chinese mall that this place is in gets busy, but once you get upstairs it's worth the hassle.
The dining room is huge, so we've never waited more than a few minutes for a table. As is typical with dim sum that is cart based, the second you sit down you can start eating (love that!)
The highlights for me are the salt and pepper squid which is amazing. It's totally different than the same dish which is just the tentacles... We got both and they were both good, but I prefer the softer slices as opposed to the chewy tentacle ends.
We hit all the standard items like rice in a lotus leaf, su Mai, pork buns, dumplings and they were all good. I have to comment on the tripe. I used to think my brother ordered it just to see if I would eat it... I always thought it was just ok, but here it was great! I was surprised by how much I liked it, very juicy tender and flavourful. The other surprisingly good item was the cuttle fish. It's like a weird shaped squid (big head tiny legs). It was really really good.
It's a little expensive for dim sum at about $25 per person, but everything was good, fresh and timely, so you can't complain at that.
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