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| - I can imagine that on weekends and holidays, the dining room at Dim Sum King is packed to the gills. However, today at 2:30 pm between the hours of lunch and dinner, I sat at one of five occupied tables in this very large dining space.
What drew me to Dim Sum King? Well, I was thoroughly enjoying the one of a kind experience of strolling through Toronto's Chinatown, and the need for food hit me like a cuttle fish swing to the face. As I walked eastward on Dundas, I had many an option - Chinese BBQ, bubble tea, dim sum. Hmmm.. the urge to go to the restaurant where I'd most likely be the only "round eye" overcame my appetite, and dim sum won. So I climbed the stairs to Dim Sum King.
It did take a while for my server to collect my sheet of paper. My water glass was also barely refilled as I ate up my too-much-for-one-person order of dim sum. I ordered a noodle roll filled with duck, custard buns, fried pork spring rolls with taro, and a tofu roll with more meat etc. in it. I found all to be really enjoyable, the noodle roll probably being my favorite.
This was a 2:30p meal, so it was not the prime time to witness classic dim sum carts being pushed around. However, there is a HUGE bonus to going to Dim Sum King outside of busy hours. Before lunch, between lunch and dinner, then after dinner, Dim Sum King has what it calls Dim Sum Happy Hour... where each order of dim sum is only $2!!! Holy moly!!! I ordered four different tasty items for a mere $10! It seemed like a steal.
While I enjoyed the food and the staff was certainly pleasant although not the most attentive, my guess is that better dim sum does exist somewhere in the world. Probably right here in Toronto. However, paying $2 for each item during Dim Sum Happy Hour is enough to recommend Dim Sum King.
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