We decided to come here for dinner and overall was pretty good. Service was fine and food comes out pretty quickly after ordering. Interior seems renovated. Lots of parking in the area. Food: Peking duck - pretty standard fare, can't complain. Duck meat is juicy with a nice crispy skin. The wrappers were pretty thin but hold up against the meat, veges and sauce. Sweet and sour pork - crispy deep fried pork chunks in a sweet and tangy sauce. Lettuce wraps - fresh lettuce with good savory minced meat and veges. Add some sweet sauce and it's a delicious dish. Snow pea sprouts - cooked well with a good savory sauce. Overall, a pretty good place for a Chinese meal without breaking true bank. read more

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The dim sum here is pretty good or decent, except for glutinous rice with preserved meat. Fried taro puff was decent. It had a lightly fried "net" & pretty light taro. The interior was decent. Baked BBQ pork bun was very light & puffy. The interior was very tasty: rich & meaty, with a nice crisp exterior. Century egg pork porridge had a light flavour & was quite smooth. It was huge. Glutinous rice with preserved meat was the first time I'd seen this dish come unwrapped. It was so so. Har gao was decent. Siu mai was pretty good: plump & juicy. Steamed bean curd roll had very bouncy mushroom. It was very light tasting. Custard bun was pretty good: light & tasty, but the first time the custard did not flow. The second time it had crispy bits & more flowing. Chee cheong fun with prawn had a lot of big prawns. It was pretty smooth & there was some token vegetables.  The version with beef was decent. Steamed short ribs with taro were good: plump, juicy & tasty. Fried bean curd with shrimp & chive was good: bouncy, juicy, crispy & tasty. Pan fried fish cake was decent. It was quite tasty & reasonably bouncy but could have less flour. It had shrimp inside. read more

A secret dim sum spot at Bamburgh Circle plaza. Many seniors live close to this plaza and is walking distant to many condo units. They have early bird dim sum deals ALL week for $5.20 for all small, medium and large dim sum items if you place your order before 11am. TIPS: half price tea fee $1.25 only (reg $2.50) Ordered a few dims sums and they even offer half portion fried noodles/rice. Perfect for small groups to share. The rice rolls are smooth and silky. Their signature is the bbq pork bun. Bbq pork buns are huge and im not exaggerating. Juicy on the inside and soft on the outside. The pepper shrimp paste is also one of my favorite items. We ordered the half portion pork fried noodle $13 and the portion is reasonable. Can come by this dim sum place for a try yourself read more

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Local spot with a decent selection of classic Cantonese dim sum dishes. The portions are quite big, including steamers of 4 big pieces of siu mai. Food is hot and fresh, reasonably priced. There is 20% off on dim sum before 11am. The service is good and friendly! read more

Crown Jewel Fine Dining - Dim Sum Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

Food: - Crown Jewel BBQ Pork Buns had a nice crust with a tasty filling. It's definitely a handful and good for sharing between 3 and 2 people. - Steamed Chicken Wrapped in Lotus Leaf, Rice Roll Deep Fried Pork Dumpling tasted pretty much as what you'd expect like in other dim sum places - Sui Mai and Chicken Feet tasted good and would order again Service: - Service was good. Some dim sum places may be a bit tough with English but our server was quick and responsive. I did order two more things but I guess they forgot to put the order in because we never got it. Overall, it's a good restaurant for dim sum but compared to other places, there are better. read more

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You know you are in for an experience when the waitress provides you with a tub and a pot of hot water to wash your utensils/bowls/plate as you sit down. That pretty much set the tone for the rest of the meal. Food is decent, good portions for the price. Service was "wash your own utensils" level. Noise level was insane as this is the kind of place where everyone is shouting to be heard. My kiddo put the experience best: everything is a bit sticky. As long as you know what you are getting yourself into, this place can be good. read more

My fam dined here on a weekday evening after visiting Scarborough Grace Hospital nearby. The parking lot was quite empty and the resto was even emptier. We ordered a combo set and made a couple of dish substitutions. The fish belly and tofu stone pot was very good. The crispy chicken excellent. Bak choy w/ assorted shrooms was good as well. The sweet n' sour pork was just ok imo. Enough crispiness but meat to fat ratio was off in each piece. Also the pineapple presentation was pretty but I'd rather they leave that off the plate and give us more sns pork with the remaining dish real estate. Stir fried beef w/ gai lan in satay sauce was mid. The gai lan was cooked well. The beef was on the tougher side and the satay sauce they used wasn't actually satay. It was too oily and the amount of actual satay used was negligible. This dish is a strong pass. Our combo meal was originally supposed to come w/ char siu but we subbed it out for one of the above mentioned dishes. After seeing a plate of it arrive at another table I felt regretful that we did not order it. It looked good! There was a strange odor permeating throughout the resto when we dined there. I can't identify the exact smell but it resembled cleaning fluid. read more

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3.5 STARS My little family woke up super early on a Saturday morning and decided to go dimsum. We originally wanted to go to another dimsum place, but it was booked for an event that morning. Hungry, we opted for the nearest one close by and chose crown jewel. The restaurant wasn't very big, but you can tell regulars come here often for dimsum; as the place was packed. There were two managers running the floor and one of them who got us a table was very nice and attentive. We ordered our food by checking off the menu list of dimsum. The menu isn't extensive as other places, but they have essential classic items when you get that dimsum craving. The dimsum dishes we ordered were hit or miss. Most notable mentions were the har gow, the chiu chow style dumplings, the steam shrimp rolls, and the siu mai. Everything else I got either had too little filling, too much dough, or flavor wise wasn't there. Prices are decent compared to a lot of places nowadays, but if you come before 11am, you get the early bird special. read more

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Came here for dimsum with my parents and I truly enjoyed it. One of the things they are known for is the bbq pork buns. If you go early in the morning the prices are cheaper. I enjoyed the dumplings and the corn congee. Definitely a hidden gem in Scarborough. The place is typical inside, nothing too fancy and the staff was helpful! read more

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*I am a Xiao long Bao (XLB) enthusiast, visiting places that have XLB in their menu. So I tried this restaurant's XLB only and this is a take-out order. Thus my review is quite limited.* Their XLB's wrapper's bottom half was thin but very thick/doughy around the top. I was happy to see there was no leaking of the soup (although it was a take-out order - which needs extra caution when transferring to a container), and each piece had a good amount of soup inside. The filling had a good meaty punch with savory broth. I was there around 2:30 but the place was almost full - made me curious about other food items! read more

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The food here is fantastic. The service is great too. It's one of my grandma's fav places so we take it seriously. We've been here for several large family dinners and the meals have always been fantastic. The peking duck is always great. the lobster is good. Everything is good. The dishes are large and appropriate sized for the price paid. The servers are always very nice and the host has always been very friendly and gracious. If you want dimsum here, you have to get here early or be prepared to wait a little while for a table. read more

I come here every so often for a family dinner, and it's a very solid restaurant. Nothing flashy or new, but each dish is prepared well. However, I had a particularly great experience recently where I tried their Lamb Brisket Stew that had the most tender Lamb brisket, crispy water chestnuts, savory tofu skins and an abundance of veggies. And oh my goodness yall, you have to try it!!!!! It was the perfect food for a cold day, eating the Lamb over fresh steamed rice. I'm drooling thinking about it. It's quite big so come with 4+ people to eat it! read more

Crown Jewel Fine Dining - Lamb Brisket Stew - Dim Sum Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

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Another HK dim sum place, offering cash discounts if you come early before 11am. A lot of Chinese senior customers , interior decorating is aged, plenty seatings though. Foods quality here is above average. Service is average Chinese service quality. read more

The dim sum is really good here Their service is better than others You must try the Crown Jewel BBQ bun And sweet & sour deep fried wanton read more

Crown Jewel Fine Dining - Crown jewel BBQ pork bun - Dim Sum Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

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Came here on a Monday night and it wasn't too crowded. From what I remember here, I really liked how they served the peking duck. The presentation was very pretty and I like how they had cucumbers as well as the usual scallions. The reason for the 3 stars is the number of flies flying around was definitely concerning. I feel like every 5 minutes, someone at my table was shooing away a fly from the food. Now, if the flies are in the dining room, I don't even want to imagine the kitchen! The flavors were there at this place but those flies definitely are an issue that needs to be addressed. Also, please advertise the snake in a better fashion than how it was presented on the specials flyer! read more

Came here for late afternoon dim sum. The interior decor is a bit dated, but feels well-lit and spacious. The dim sum was pretty tasty, with decent portions for the price, with equivalent quality but lower prices than other high-end dim sum places. They even have an early bird special where all dim sum is the price of a small item weekdays before 11 am. My personal favourite was their baked Crown Jewel BBQ Pork Buns, each one was literally as big as my fist and super fluffy, with lots of tasty cha siu pork on the inside. Service was friendly and attentive. Will definitely come back for more dim sum and perhaps to check out their dinner menu. read more

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overall dimsum here is quite good, however, eventhough we were there during peak hours, some of the fried dishes came out cold, and/or stale. we ordered pretty much 1/3 of the menu i think lol must try their crown jewel bbq pork buns! read more

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I was able to get a table right away around lunch time on a weekend but it can get busy. I found that all the dishes I tried were good quality and reasonably priced. I would especially recommend their bbq pork bun, the pastry is unique. read more

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Environment: Been here many times and the servers remember my grandparents lol. Very bright and spacious with lots of big tables for huge parties. They can even section the area for special events too. The background music already made this review lose a star: in the past, they played background music or something simple. Today, we listened to ABC, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and B-I-N-G-O. I thought I was at daycare and it played the entire night!!!! Staff: since we've been there so many times, they remembered us and therefore were very nice to us :) Food: it was eh. Kinda sad because this time was not the best. The lamb clay pot: there were little bits of lamb and it didn't even taste like lamb. There were pieces of ginger that were larger than the lamb. It wasn't very good. The snake stew, I only took one bite. I didn't eat the snake but had ginger and another spice that totally turned me off. No like. Their signature spareribs was really good. Flavor was lovely and the texture was great. Some parts were extra fatty, just swipe that off and every thing was good. Overall, not as good as in the past. read more

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A hidden gem in the bamburgh circle plaza, this place serves good quality dim sum at fair prices. I enjoyed everything we ordered, especially the shrimp paste filled chili peppers. Their steamed rice rolls are also silky smooth and delicious. read more

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TIP: Put your dim sum order in before 11:00am and you'll get every dish for $3.50/each! THE GOOD: -crown jewel bbq pork bun -liu sa bun -durian bun -fried dough rice roll -har guow (best I've had in toronto, had fresh shrimp and a chewy casing) -shu mai (humongous!) -lo mai gai -chicken feet THE BAD: -hu gok (AVOID! tastes like it was dunked in ammonia) -rice rolls (too thick) -wonton dumpling soup -chive dumplings read more

Pros: - Good dim sum! Recommend the super flavorful and sticky tendon, beef meatballs, shrimp rice noodles (noodles are fresh, thin and silky), turnip cake, and sticky rice minced chicken in lotus leaf. Cons: - Do not order the Ma Lai Gou (brown sugar sponge cake), there's hardly any brown suger and it just tastes like flour Tips: If you order before 10:30AM on weekends you get a discount read more

Crown Jewel Fine Dining - Meatballs 9/10 - Dim Sum Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

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Crown Jewel Fine Dining offers a decent selection at competitive prices: S for $3.50, M for $4.50, and L for $5.50, but on non-holidays if you order before 11am, S-L dishes will be $3.50. Where Crown differs is the size of their dim sum. Their steamed shrimp dumpling har gow (L) and steamed shrimp & pork dumpling siu mai (L), are huge and about 50% larger than other restaurants while the taste is still relatively consistent. Some dumplings could use more seasoning. The steamed vegetable dumpling (L) is a great vegetarian option containing snow pea shoots and prince mushroom slivers, but desperately needs salt. Similarly, the seafood dumpling in soup (L) is fairly bland despite containing chunky portions of various seafood and mushroom. I'm glad restaurants are starting to offer more vegetarian options. A pumpkin congee with chestnut and corn (L) seems to grace most menus and truthfully is quite delicious. At Crown, they leave some pumpkin pieces strewn throughout the congee so it ends up having more texture and bite. The chestnuts also make the congee savoury. If you prefer your congee with meat, the traditional pork and preserved egg (L) is available. At Crown, the pork is shredded rather than diced, which may make it easier for some to eat. read more

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We ordered the $400 set dinner and added a "larger" sized sweet/sour pork. All the dishes served were fresh, tasty and prepared well. I'm not going to break down the meal by dish because Both myself and my guests found every single dish was quite good and tasty. We did not find anything overly salty, oily, over/undercooked. The quality of the ingredients was good too. Service from all the staff was very attentive and polite. When we could not eat fast enough, the staff moved the food from the larger plates into smaller ones. The changed our plates many times and also served us the soup/rice. Seating was comfortable. The atmosphere was very good and we did not feel rushed despite us being the only table remaining at the end of the night. Not inexpensive, but at least we did not feel like we paid a lot of money for an inferior experience. read more

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I'm actually surprised by the Yelp ratings of this place. It's definitely not your $$$ fancy dimsum restaurant, but as one recent Yelp review said "it's a very solid restaurant" They have all the classics here, like turnip cakes, pork and preserved eggs congee, Siu mai/, ha gow, fried dough rice rolls, rice noodles, seafood dumpling in soup - all which are really good. I also like their separate menu items (not on their dimsum menu) for noodles. So far I have ordered all the ones with a thumbs up beside them and have not been disappointed! read more

Loved the slight changes to traditional dim sum dishes. I hardly venture out of the Richmond Hill/Markham for dim sum but here I am for a family dim sum brunch. Did not have any high hopes here, as there wasn't line up out the door and found parking very easily on a Mother's Day Sunday, which is like winning the parking lot lottery! But they actually made me go WOW that's neat! Char Siu bao (roasted BBQ pork bun) - served on a husk boat, this delicate light bun already made everyone say, this is the char Siu bao?! The bun is the lightest and fluffiest bun I've seen/had for dim sum not that tradition bread at all, which compares as dry and heavy to this. The meat ratio to sweet sauce is in great portion and makes this bun a must try. Taro puff was shaped into a bird nest, topped with a peeled boiled quail egg, it had lots of minced pork and mashed taro inside. Har Gow- a favorite, it was filled with lots of plump shrimp, no fillers here. Rice wrapper was steamed well but had a nice chew to it. BBQ pork baked pastry was filled with lots of meat in a very flaky pie crust based wrapper, these would be great reheated later unlike most dim sum dishes. Early bird pricing is before 11am so get your orders in before then! read more

Crown Jewel Fine Dining is a new Chinese Cantonese restaurant that replaces Sam Woo Seafood Restaurant at Bamburgh Circle. A much needed renovation resulted in a more open and brighter dining environment. Price point for dim sum is at the higher side: S ($2.80) M ($3.80) L ($4.80) XL ($6) SP ($8) J ($9.80) but it is a baragin during Early Bird Special: $2.80 S/M/L before 11 am everyday! We ordered a few items to try, most of them were well made with high quality ingredients and nicely plated. Har Gar (L) - excellent, jumbo shrimps with excellent bite Sui Mai (L) - excellent, caviar didn't add much taste but looks good for photos San Tau Dumpling (M) - The wrapping is a little doughy Beef Balls w/veg (S) - I prefer the bigger balls and water chestnut version for more bite Chicken Feet (M) - The sauce is well flavoured and the braised feet is soft and nice Deep Fried Pork Dumpling (M) - Looks pretty but just too doughy with hardly any fillings BBQ Pork Rice Roll (M) - The pork was just too lean/dry and healthy , meh Sadly, I didn't take advantage of the Early Bird Special and ended up paying full place but still worth it. Service is attentive and friendly. I will be back to try out other interesting items on the dim sum menu during Early Bird Special!! read more

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I like the fact that we didn't have to wait for a table on a late Saturday morning. Probably because other restaurants have deals for ordering before 11:00am. Not here. So, price conscious Chinese would come here out of necessity or convenience. We were the latter camp. The food was average and in my opinion slightly over priced. We entertained the set menu for dinner at just under $500, but it lacked the wow factor for that price. We'll return someday for dinner and order off menu and see how that fares. read more

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It's the regular kind of dim sum place, a lot of variety and good quality. Service is a bit slow. read more

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I often come to this place with my grandma. Close to home and also they have early bird special. If you come before 11, all small, medium, and large dim sum is the same price. The problem is actually getting a seat at 11. So I suggest go 30 mins earlier. You'll most likely get your order in before 11. The dishes are all pretty good. Not over priced okay for a normal weekend dim sum. Get the special pineapple bun also. read more

Crown Jewel Fine Dining - Dim Sum Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

my friend took me here because this place os her family's favourite restaurant for dim sum and I can see why. we went early on a weekday for their special: 3.10$ any dish before 11am if paid by cash. 99.9% of the food we ordered were amazing! My favourite has got to be their own special bbq bun - a perfect balance of sweet and savoury, with a nice buttery ending from the dough. Custard buns were hot and fresh. Buttery and sweet and the filling had a texture when you bit into it which I enjoyed. Their fried squid tentacles were not the typical fried ones you normally see - they look like they've been grilled and they were thick ones with 100% deliciousness. Sui Mai's were juicy and full of shrimps and pork - you can't go wrong here. I also really liked their steam roll with dried shredded pork - the peanut sauce that came with this dish really made it stand out I didn't like the steamed shrimp rolls because it was not the usualy taste that i expected. Theirs came with vegetables and it was different and tasty in a novelty way but I preferred the old way without vegetables...and that's pretty much the only thing I didn't like about this place read more

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Restaurant was pretty quiet for weekend night. Turns out good reason why. Food was mostly just lukewarm, noodles were disappointingly small. Most disappointing was seafood, the 'fresh' fish was not (no tank in restaurant is a giveway). The promised 4lb lobster that we were marketed did not appear and we were given subpar substitution. They did not even tell us this would happen, but just changed it on the list of items that they taped to table. Do not recommend. read more

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Went here for my kids first birthday party. We ordered a few dishes including the Peking duck. My updated review for this place has gone down. I would think this place will slowly deteriorate into nothingness and get replaced by something else unless they improve the value of their restaurant food and service. For one they need to hire more English capable staff. Although they are more patient than other cheaper places it still gets very difficult to communicate with them and you just end up giving up when something sounds. I tried to order the Peking duck one way in the hopes that at least we'd get more meat on the first course. Unfortunately that experiment didn't pan out. I noticed a large chunk of the duck was being taken away. Rather than waste it I just spent a few dollars more to get the second course even if I am not too fond of the second course. The duck is still good though. I ordered the stuffed crab claws. They're pretty pricey at $6 each. It was good the first time I tried it a while back and I was hoping to indulge myself with it. Unfortunately this time around it had significantly less crab meat and more shrimp paste. We also ordered a seafood soup dish. It was a tad bit too salty for almost everyone on the table though. Barely tasted the seafood because the salt was overpowering it. Finally we also ordered the Cantonese wedding noodles. Though it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. Something about it was lacklustre. Fortunately there was some left over duck to make it a bit more tolerable. On its saving grace they gave us some complementary dessert which wasn't too bad. At least it wasn't red bean. Tapioca taro soup, sesame balls with green tea paste and lychee jello with goji berries. Honesty I am just being nice giving this three stars it's down to 2.5 stars in my opinion. I feel bad that this place is deteriorating. It started off so well. Even their signs are not fully lighted up. read more

Not bad, but I've definitely had better. Portions were not bad. Highlight was their Crown Jewel BBQ pork buns. The bun was pillowy and the sugar crust on the outside was a nice touch. However, it could have done with a lot more BBQ pork on the inside. Very little filling. The braised pork hock with peanuts is tasty as well, but pricey for the portion. They do have some kind of early bird special before 11, but you probably want to get there quite a bit before 11, because they do tend to have a line up. read more

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Came here on a Monday afternoon at about 12:00 for dim sum (Family Day holiday). There was a small line up, but it was only about a 5 minute wait. The service was really fast. Right after ordering the food started arriving within a few minutes. All the food was pretty average though. Nothing really worth mentioning but nothing to really complain about either. Overall, its a decent place to grab some dim sum read more

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Service was amazing! For a Chinese restaurant, got to say we got so much TLC. Food is decent, order food before 11am, the M and L dishes are the same price as a S dish. For those with msg problem, this place is packed with it, but presentation of the food was great! read more

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I usually come to this place with my family and the service is typically better than your standard Chinese restaurant. This time the service was abysmal. From the moment we were seated the table was not cleaned or properly set up. We didn't even have enough tea cups for our party. The food was extremely sub par and it was extremely difficult to flag down any members of the staff. Couldn't even flag anyone down to pay. The service here is terrible unless you come in a large group. On top of it, a server brought the manager to speak to us over the amount tipped. I tip for good service and the lack of service from the restaurant did not warrant a large tip. Overall this experience left a bad taste in my mouth and I will no longer be returning. read more

I came here on a thursday morning and was quite surprised with the quality. I came here before and the dim sum here was just meh. Nothing really stood out but taste wasn't excellent or bad either. However this time around I thought the food wasn't bad for the price. Monday-sunday before 11:00 am, dim sum is $3.10 for s/m/l. Food came out hot and fresh. Tea price is $1.20/person. I really enjoyed the chive and shrimp pancake. It was fried so crispily. I came into the restuarant right when it opened, so they lacked staff. It was hard to wave down the staff, but when they were around, they were quite tendative. The place is quite clean and decoration is somewhat modern. read more

Crown Jewel Fine Dining - Dim Sum Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

Came here with the family and family friends on a Sunday morning. It didn't get too busy until we were about to leave (about noon). As some other Yelpers here mentioned, you ought to make a reservation before heading down. The problem I found with this place, the food was just decent, despite the prices. The taste relative to the price isn't there for me. The service was pretty good though, I'll give em' that. They're often checking up to clear the the tables of empty trays, and they are especially good on filling up your water for tea, which is great! When it comes to dim sum, one of my biggest head-scratchers is the the incompetence in filling up water and I go thirsty. This place will keep you teased, no joke. By the way, morning special before 11am with non-special dishes just under $3 a piece. Order before then, you'll be good. Still a little pricier than many other restaurants I've visited, but I suppose it is to be expected coming here. read more

This is about as Cantonese as it gets. Let me explain: Anyone who has lived or traveled in Guangzhou knows how the Dim Sum and dishes are created, emphasis is always on Freshness and Subtle Flavorings. This place has both. Dim Sum was better than dinner for me, based on what was ordered. Highlights of Dim Sum were the simple common dishes, not the SP or XL's. Har Gow, Sui Mai, Lotus Ck, Char Sui Bao, were all top notch, better than most of the other Dim Sum places within the area. Last tip: the Tea served here is a step above the other Dim Sum places, especially the Longevity Brow/white tea. Only negative for me, the service is not up to par. I say half the staff are good, while the other half are slackers who don't wish to stick around. But hey, I come here for the food, not to be pampered. read more