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| - The second you enter Tong Por, you notice the vast amount of space. From what I've heard about the place, you could be waiting for quite the while on peak days. This was a Thursday noon hour service, so seating was affordable. The waiters, who were the ones who seated the customers, made sure that all new tables were seated closer to the window area.
You'd think that you would get the chance to sit down and acclimatize yourself to the restaurant, but that's when the action started. I swear, I wasn't even seated yet and we already had something like 3 dishes on the table.
The one thing to note when you're doing Dim Sum is the language barrier. If you have someone who can communicate with the ladies pushing the carts, you should be fine. You're also quite covered if you have someone who knows what's on the carts. But, if you should find yourself completely shut out of those two situations, patience will become the biggest virtue. While I knew what most of the dishes were, the ones that were new to me cause a little bit of hesitation. However, we got everything we came for.
For anyone who is trying Dim Sum for the first time, you have to realize that there is a learning curve. There is a lot of hit and miss that goes into this. If you don't know what to get, you will feel lost. It might seem like everything is going on too fast. But, with more experience, you'll learn how to pick and choose what you want to get the best out of it.
Tong Por, which serves Dim Sum daily until 3 p.m., is one of the top places to go to for that service, in my opinion. You'll find that the quality of their offerings rival anything you can get in Chinatown. Its location allows it to cater to people who cannot necessarily travel so far. For a time, you'll think that you're deep in Chinatown, enjoying the best of what it has to offer.
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