Wow! This was on my list of places to stop on my recent trip to Montreal due to Yelper reviews. If I hadn't been looking for it, I wouldn't even have noticed this tiny spot in the middle of busy Chinatown.
We got in late in the afternoon around 2 and the place was empty. There were 3 ladies in the kitchen window and one waitress that greeted us and brought us tea and menus. We ordered the curry beef and onion dumplings fried, and pork, shrimp leek and egg steamed. The steamed came out first. They were the perfect temperature to pop in your mouth whole without burning yourself. Light, full of fresh filling and lightly seasoned, I could have eaten these all day.
The curry beef were hot due to the pan frying but the waitress warned us so we munched happily on the pork while they cooled a bit. The beef was perfectly seasoned with curry, crispy, juicy and so flavorful they didn't even require dipping sauce!
The fresh dough is soft and slightly chewy and the perfect thickness to hold in the goodies inside while not giving you just a mouthful of dough.
Each table has vinegar, soy sauce and hot pepper oil so you can mix your own custom dipping sauces.
For 2 huge plates of dumplings it was under $20. Add in the free tea and this was a perfect meal for little cash.