My recent trip to Hong Kong left me with a newfound adoration for xlb, so naturally I headed to DTF in Markham to satisfy my cravings after hearing about it.
This place is pretty busy when I came in but then again it was a Saturday afternoon which was to be expected.
Main Dishes we ordered:
Shrimp fried rice - nothing special, but not bad either.
Spicy peanut noodles - The peanut flavour is overwhelming. Way too oily and way too heavy for me. I only finished half of it and even by then I was ready to take a nap. The noodles themselves were pretty good though - perfectly chewy but not undercooked.
Pork & dried scallop xlb - I liked them. The meat is tender and juicy and the soup is flavourful. My only complaint is that the skin was kind of fragile so it was hard to pick up the dumpling without piercing it.
Pork xlb - They tasted good, but again they're kind of hard to pick up with chopsticks without breaking the skin.
Verdict: It's not as good as what you'll get in HK but dumplings are pretty solid nonetheless.