Har Gow.. Sui Mai. Dan Tat. And a plethora of other dishes, served steaming or sizzling straight off a cart. How this space in a strip mall manages to fill up isn't a shocker but it's definitely impressive. This is my default dim sum spot and has…More »
I brought a friend here who had never, ever had dim sum before and for her first experience, I'm sure she'd say it was a-ok. However for me... here's how I arrived at meh:
5 star for the siu mai. Arguably the best I've had.
4 stars for the sticky rice.…More »
A packed house...on a week day afternoon...A healthy mix of families (mostly Asian) and men on business lunches (enjoying beers with their dim sum). I had never seen that before at dim sum, and I liked it!
The food was well priced and decent. Not my…More »
Just how much butter does New Town go through in a day? I imagine truckloads and truckloads with mornings filled with the sweet scent of baking in the back. I base my hypothesis solely on the crispiness of their butterfly crisps, the flakiness of…More »
When my mom says dim sum is good at a place, I have to believe her. My mom grew up in Hong Kong and, honestly, when it's comes to my favourite kind of brunch, my mom knows best.
On Father's Day my parents, Peter S and I got together for what can only…More »
2 = number of people dining
22$ (+ tip) = Cost for a very filling dim sum.
20% = weekday discount
2 = thumbs up
Kat S deserves 100% of the credit for inviting me for dim summing here today. We stuffed ourselves on sticky rice, beef stuffed rice rolls,…More »
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