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| - My mainstay for dim sum in Calgary - I'm practically here on a weekly basis. In fact, I'm here so often that the service is somewhat approaching "friendly" and I think I even saw a smile once, otherwise unheard of in a Chinese restaurant.
I really like Happy Hill for a couple of reasons:
- It's a bit separated from the crazy drivers and parking hassles in the epicentre of Chinatown.
- It's a smaller restaurant, which translates into shorter waits and fewer screaming babies.
- The dim sum is steamed after you order it, with the order list printed in both English and Chinese.
The dim sum has always been excellent, with one caveat: Although this is one of the few restaurants I've found in Calgary that serves xiao long bao (Shanghai soup dumplings), don't get too excited, because the wrapper is too thick and too often the soup has already leaked out by the time it reaches your table. The restaurant certainly doesn't lose points for trying, though. (I guess I need to find an excuse to get back to Shanghai, or at least to Ding Tai Fung outside Toronto.)
They also do hot pot here, but I haven' t had it for quite a number of years - I always end up here for dim sum instead!
$20 for two people, with leftovers.
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