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Double Ming Chinese Dessert
Category: Restaurants Chinese Chinese [Edit]
4186 Finch Ave EScarborough, ON M1S 4T5
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 335-0200
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dessert
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
8 reviews for Double Ming Chinese Dessert
8 reviews in English
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Review from Joyees Y.
Scarborough, ON
2/28/2010
This place gives me hope! In fact I wept with joy when I had their ginger milk.
Okay objectively it is 4 stars but I have found in Toronto, expecting HK level of excellence regarding Chinese desserts is impossible. So when you've pretty much given up and find this wonderful place it's five fucking stars.
Anyways, the ginger milk, every mouthful is full of ginger flavor, sweetened at the perfect amount. The texture is wonderful. Barely solid, like VERY soft tofu and when I put it in my mouth it's just really silky and smooth and it's really creamy.
I also had the sesame gluttonous balls. They taste exactly the way I've had them when I was little. Sweet sesame filling in a chewy, mochi-like wrapping. It is served in ginger sweet soup which pairs well. Also, it's a generous portion for the price.
Another soup was the mango...jello (forgot the name) but it was during summer and the mango was just soooo perfect, good ingredients and really refreshing for a hot night.
I've also tried their mixed fruit sago and once again, really good ingredients. The fruit really shine out and the sago (basically really, really, small white tapioca gives a interesting texture.
So this place isn't some chic looking hip place but a restaurant is for food and this place does Chinese dessert good and RIGHT. Also it is very clean and the service is very quick! No fuss no muss.Listed in: Tastes Like HK (And Other…
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Review from Janelle W.
5/6/2011 3 photos
There's a sort of unspoken list of lecherous things one must do while in university, one of which is to have a lesbian experience. But being the conservative prude that I am, I conveniently skipped the rug-munching in favor of pizza-munching and the freshman fifteen. But now, more than six years after my unspoken list was due, I am finally able to check off that last remaining item.
At Double Ming, Jennifer K. convinced me to wrap my tongue around female genitalia for the very first time.
Female FROG genitalia, that is.
We shared a refreshing bowl of stewed hasma with almond paste ($5.75). The hasma, dried frog fallopian tubes, is stewed to produce a glutinous, slightly sweet consistency similar to tapioca. Served cold [warm is also an option] over a rich, white, velvety almond paste, this looks more like an experiment in in vitro fertilization than a dessert. Yet, it's fantastically refreshing and subtly sweet.
Double Ming's version of the classic Chinese steamed egg white and milk ($3.75) is also not to be missed. This warm cloud of creamy egg custard is fluffy, smooth, and heartwarming.
And for an invigorating, cleansing finish, we opted for the herbal essence jelly ($5.00). This medicinal dessert made from powdered turtle shell is the Chinese version of wheatgrass -- making vague promises of sundry health benefits and having a strong, unpleasant, almost offensive herbal flavour. But an easy drizzle of sugar syrup tames this dark, firm gelatine into an energizing dessert as bitterly Chinese as pushing someone out of your way at T&T Supermarket.
Double Ming's desserts are so light, so subtle, so dulcet. Had I known that swinging for the other team would be so delightful, I would've started to find fortunes in cookies way back in my university days.
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Review from Patty L.
North York, ON
9/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
I came here on a weeknight with a couple of aunts who were craving Chinese dessert. We ordered the Ginger Milk, Black Sesame Dessert Soup, Daikon radish cake and the water chestnut cake.
First off, the star of all of these was the Ginger Milk - Joyees Y. described it best: it's like very soft tofu with a very strong ginger flavour. It's not too sweet but it warms you up right away with the spiciness of the ginger (if you don't like ginger, you won't like this dessert).
The Black Sesame Soup was very nice, not overly sweet and very aromatic. The daikon radish cake is a panfried savory snack and it was very nice, with good substance to it. Lots of place skimp on the daikon and other ingredients and load up with corn starch so I was happy to see this wasn't the case here.
The Water Chestnut cake was nice and refreshing. A nice crunch from the water chestnuts, not too sweet and just the right balance of water chestnuts in it.
The prices are very reasonable for their portion sizes and I would come back here again. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
Updated - 5/7/2011 16 photos
After my solo visit at Double Ming Chinese Dessert, I have the honour to accompanied a few other yelpers for 2 separate occasions and able to try more of their dessert offerings! And I have to say I am more and more impressed!
Janelle W was almost tricked in thinking hasma is a fungus... when I wiped out my phone and googled that and now at least she knows what she is getting herself in and she could not resist in trying that!
When you can eat frog genitalia, grounded turtle shell in essence Jelly just like a walk in a park...
I always trying to explain to my fellow companions the reasons behind why we eating all these Chinese desserts.. how healthy it is.. blah blah blah.. but that always fall into deaf ears, because basically they just ignored me and went "hmmm, ahhh, so delicious!"Listed in: Desserts and Sweets that are…
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7/1/2010
Double Ming Chinese Dessert is a nice little Chinese dessert place at Midland-Finch Plaza.
Those… Read more »
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Review from Yvonne T.
Came here with Boyfriend the other night after having dined at Akina at Kennedy and Denison for a sugar fix. Boyfriend was craving Sweet Red Bean Soup, which is not something you typically find at an AYCE sushi restaurant.
So it gave me the excuse to introduce him to Double Ming Chinese Dessert and I think he is in love... with Double Ming that is!
When we arrived shortly around 8:30PM, the place was packed and we ended up sharing a table with another party.
The decor of the restaurant reminds you of an "herbal tea shop" found in Hong Kong. It gives the restaurant an authentic Chinese feel.
I opted for the Hasma & Papaya with Steamed Milk and Boyfriend ended up opting for the Coconut Red Bean and Glutinous Black Rice Dessert after I pointed it out on the menu.
The Hasma & Papaya with Steamed Milk was delicious. Most menu offerings are available hot or cold, but I opted for hot. I was not disappointed with my choice. Hasma tastes like mini gelatinous jello strands (similar in texture to mini tapioca) and is made from dried fallopian tubes of true frogs? I am sure that real hasma is not used at Double Ming as they would surely be charging more than $6 for the authentic thing. I'm kind of glad they don't use the real thing...
Boyfriend was perfectly content with his Cold Coconut Red Bean & Glutinous Black Rice Dessert. It was a "heavier" dessert than what I ordered, but I liked the texture of the Glutinous Black Rice and the dessert was not overly sweet.
It should be noted that Chinese desserts are generally less sweet than its western counterparts. I think that Chinese taste buds are more biased towards savoury than sugary.
For $9, we both left with satisfied tummies. I too am in love... with Double Ming that is ;)Listed in: The Best of Toronto, Scarberia, Cheap Date, Sweet Sweet Chinese...
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3/23/2011
Came here for some sweets after having had dinner at Dumpling Restaurant down the road.
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Review from William T.
Scarborough, ON
6/24/2011
As soon as I enter there is a neat & authentic feel to this dessert shop, 6 squat stools assigned to each round table, a nice touch.
I got 2 items, Coconut Red Bean & Glutinous Black Rice Dessert .
The Cold Coconut Red Bean & Glutinous Black Rice Dessert were heavy deserts with porridge like texture & not overtly sweet. I thoroughly enjoyed both desserts.
If peckish & feeling like some very tasty & not too lardy sweets then you should visit Double Ming Chinese Dessert. -
Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
4/15/2010
Turtle Jelly! That's the name of the dessert I have here either HOT or COLD. I'm not sure if the bitterness of the Medicinal ingredients actual help me improve my health but at least it keeps me away from over-sweeten cakes that I will get Diabetes from some day.
This is ONE of the few places for Chinese Dessert in this Scarborough Neighbourhood until you go North around Steeles. It's also one of the places that open later at night if you find yourself with nothing to do and do not wish to go to PUB or BAR.
They have around 6 Traditional Asian Round Tables (T.A.R.T) and the Decor to match. They use to have a MOUNTAIN of styrofoam cups to block off their counters but now it is just wooden separators.
Check off your items on the order list and depending on what you ordered it will arrive shortly. Some items might need additional time to Boil & Steam like some of the Milk items.
If you ever get BORED chatting with friends, just turn and watch some FAIRCHILD TV(Cantonese). You'll have to know how to READ the Chinese subtitles because they turn the sound off.Listed in: 4+ ****Stars****, Desserts - Chinese
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Review from Sam G.
Scarborough, ON
6/25/2011
Very good desert place, a place to hang out after dinner. I would recommend this to anybody.
