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| - If you miss the old style of push cart dim sum that wheels past your table, this is the place.
It might not be the highest quality in Markham, but being able to see what you are ordering is a great part of the experience when you don't speak Chinese.
Best dish was the Gai-bao, the chicken in rice flour buns... the Cha-sui bao was good too but I had never had the chicken version be so tasty, a lovely hit of ginger in every bite.
The shui-mai and har-gow were a bit disappointing, but I think I have super high standards on those.
Another steller dish was the chopped up pork spareribs with black bean... each of us could have had 4 dishes... yes, you have to eat the meat off the shards of bone, but its so damned tasty!
Oh, and the crispy fried squid - tender and tasty! In fact I would say all the deep fried items were surprisingly non oily.
I concede the MSG levels here are probably high, but just drink a lot of tea and have some of the lovely warm sago egg custard pudding bowl for dessert... so yummy!
If you don't speak Chinese, prepare to do a lot of pointing and deciding if the mystery is worth the risk! And from my experience the giant metal heat trays have congee or other bland stuffs that are not what I want from dim sum.
While waiting in line, remember, long line ups = good food.
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