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I am someone who is willing to pay a premium for high quality dim sum, but I think in the case of Kwan you are paying for the expensive Don Mills real estate and the somewhat fancy dining room.
When I pay top dollar for dim sum, I want top quality tasting dim sum, and I did not get that here at Kwan at York Mills.
First of all, the menu is very small compared to the Kwan at Yonge & St Clair, which is something I didn't realize when deciding to try this location. I mainly chose the York Mills location because it has parking, and is close to my mom's place, since we were taking her out for lunch.
Hargow and shiu mai were both really bland, and the deep fried squid, tough and soggy, not crispy. The scallops in the cheung fun were chewy and very fishy tasting. Many of the dishes arrived cold, which is sometimes understandable in a place with carts, but from a place where you fill in the sheet and have items brought to you when ready, this is unacceptable.
Service was really slow and often non existent as well, if I have to work that hard to order tea and beer, and receive it after most of the food, I consider that a complete fail on the servers part.
Based on this experience, I doubt I will even give Kwan on Yonge a try, I should learn from this lesson and stay faithful to my current favourite -Elegance Chinese Cuisine in Markham, which is completely worth the trip to Markham.
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