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| - Whoohoo okay my review could be due to my lack of better options in Chicago, but I loved this knock-off Ding Tai Fung. I don't care if it was a knock-off or not, but the food was delicious and tasted almost as good as the original. We ordered bean curd, spicy wontons, Xiao long bao (crab meat x 2, original, and scallop), chive pockets, scallion pancakes, and siu mai. The bean curd, Xiao long bao, chive pockets and siu mai are my favorites. They were mouth-watering delicious! I've read many yelp complaints about the Xiao long bao having too thin of skin, but that's how the skin is supposed to be at the original Din Tai Fung in Taiwan. If you are good with chopsticks, it shouldn't be a problem. None of my family members popped any of them. The chive pockets are full of flavor and the bean curd was yummy. The siu mai is not the typical siu mai you find in a dim sum restaurant. It's ground pork topped with a shrimp. This was pork filling is the best I've had and you can barely taste the gamey meat. The spicy wontons were okay; nothing special. The scallion pancakes were too thick and didn't have enough scallion flavor. The wait was long for Saturday brunch (around 1 hour), but the service was decent and fast. Prices are reasonable and definitely worth the trip if you are visiting Toronto.
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