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| - The last time I went, Cha lau didnt have a liquor licence or take credit/debit yet, but unfortunately, thats not their biggest downfall.
Maybe I was thrown off when I quickly walked by only seeing the word 'Cha' and the overly asian decor. I was excited for a good bubble tea place in my area, but boy was I wrong.
Cha Lau does all day dim sum, but unlike Rol San or Noble, it seems like all they do is dimsum. Without a dinner menu, for four people, we ordered around 12 items. Each item ranged from about 3-6$ each, a reasonable amount to be paying for dimsum in the area (or so we thought). Blanket statement for every dish we ordered, nothing was more than 2/3 of the size it should have been, or we expected it to be. Think Har Gaos about the size of a Toonie, and Stir fried singaporean noodles on a Guu-sized side plate.
Items that I would order again:
Har Gao (the skin was thin with the right amount of chewiness).
steamed bbq Pork Buns - I could never handle the amount of 'bun' involved in bbq pork buns, so I was actually thankful for the cutesy sized portions of this dish.
Fried octopus tentacles - These are done without batter, and come with a nice side of chinese seasoned salt. Fragnant without being over powering
Never agains:
- Duck pastry - what duck? 3/4 pastry, 1/4 filling, and when i got to the filling, there was barely even a hint of duck flavour.
- Rice rolls - The dough was smooth, but again skimpy on the filling where all I could taste was soy sauce and white pepper.
Sidenote: they need a dinner menu!!
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