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  • This is not your typical dim sum restaurant. If all you want is to pig out on cheap shrimp dumplings and BBQ pork buns, you better head to the Chinatown, or even better - to Markham. This place offers a different take on dim sum. On par with the best in quality, their dishes are a notch above other restaurants' in terms of originality and sophistication. You will find pan-fried mushroom dumplings served with hot mustard, steamed vegetable dumplings in carrot-coloured dough, mango-and-shrimp spring rolls, and several other dishes that are outside the canonical dim sum menu. Of course, you will also find delicious shrimp dumplings, beef balls and BBQ pork buns if you want something traditional. And they will be excellent. The only downside is that indeed, as others have noticed, portions are smaller, so you end up paying more to get full. A meal won't break your bank, but Cha Lau is not a restaurant for cheapskates. In its earlier incarnation, Cha Liu Dim Sum at Yonge and Eglinton, this restaurant prospered for many years, until rising rents (I believe) forced it to close. Its clientele was largely non-Asian, and it aimed to appeal to people who might feel uncomfortable in the brightly lit, steamy, loud and crowded tea houses on Spadina. The owners took the same approach with their new location. From the rich, dark-toned decor to Japanese-style, dark coloured dishes, plates and utensils, you can see that a lot of thought was put into the dining experience. There's no plastic on the tables and no carts from which you pick your food. (You order from the menu and it arrives straight from the kitchen, piping hot.) It's also quieter. If you're a connoisseur of condiments, ask for the spicy XO sauce which few other dim sum places offer. I've had dim sum countless times on Spadina, in many restaurants in Markham, and even a few times in Hong Kong. I still enjoy coming back to Cha Lau for that touch of sophistication and those original dishes you won't get in other places. I hope their new location serves them well.
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