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| - We visited on a Thursday around 12:45pm. It was busy, but no wait time. Restaurant is clean-ish and decor is like your typical chinese restaurant.
Food - 3.5/5
Ordered 6 items, see pictures below. I felt the food was hit or miss. The deep fried squid tentacles were one of the best I've had. Not too oily, very crisp, with a subtle squid flavour. The beef tendon was also very tasty; sauce was full of flavour and tendon melt in your mouth. Pumpkin congee and steamed taro cake were good, but nothing to write home about. Siu mai was a too oily; you can see the oil glistening in my pictures. The deep fried savoury triangle was the worst I've had. The dough was way too thick and the filling was primarily just minced pork. Usually there's a couple of other ingredients in there and the size of the individual triangles are usually bigger. I was quite surprised and disappointed that this simple dish was done so poorly. There were a few carts being pushed around and tofu fa dessert was one of them. We didn't order it at the time, but asked to take it to go afterwards. It was horrible. Also the worst tofu fa I've ever eaten. It was not silky/smooth at all and actually chunky and thick. Felt like I was eating normal tofu actually. We placed 1 order and they gave us 2 big containers of it. We thought we lucked out at first, but tasting it afterwards, we realized they were just trying to get rid of it. I would have given Fancy a 3.5/5 but took off half a star for the tofu fa. My other experiences at this restaurant have been better though, so it's still a place I would frequent.
Service - 3.5/5
Typical chinese dim sum service. Have to flag down the wait staff to get anything you want. Very typical. Food came out pretty fast.
Value - 3.75/5
If you come between the hours of 8:30am - 11:30am and 1:30pm - 4:00pm, the dishes labelled S, M, L are all $3.18. If you come between 11:30am and 1:30pm, S is $3.18, M is $3.58, L is $3.88. Most dim sum places have this sort of deal with varying times and prices. Fancy is reasonably priced and I would definitely go again.
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