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I was very excited to see a new dim sum restaurant pop up in my hood, so on a whim I went to check it out this week for lunch. It was later in the day (around 3 pm) so the restaurant was not busy.
They have a fairly extensive menu of dim sum options, from steamed to fried, noodles, cheung fun, and desserts. All dim sum dishes are $3-5, with the noodles and vegetables $5-9.
They offer a daily lunch special (one vegetarian option, one non-veg) for $8.95-$9.95/pp. A great way to sample their food. I chose the non-veg option which includes a choice of soup (vegetarian hot & sour or chicken won ton), four different steamed dumplings (shrimp scallop & asparagus, pork siu mai, beef & mushroom, pork green beans & chinese olive), steamed daily vegetables, and a bowl of chicken fried rice.
Overall, I'd say the food was very "ching" (in Cantonese), meaning that it tasted very clean, not very heavy. I think some would find the food a bit bland though - I had to use quite a bit of hot sauce which would often overpower the taste of the food. Everything was served beautifully on nice small plates. Portions are on the smaller side, but having said that I was actually very full after this meal. Quality vs. quantity.
Service was very fast when I was there. One thing that bothered me though was that when I paid for my bill, they never came back with change (or asked if I needed change). I could have asked for change, but in the grand scheme of things, they netted with maybe only 50 cents more than I would have normally given. Not a big deal, but was a bit peeved on the principle.
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