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Before I get into it here’s a little context about my review; I’m a 30 year old white dude with two little kids. I love Chinese food, Dim Sum especially. We’ve eaten at nearly every place in the city... here’s what I think.
T.Pot is in the NW, in a predominantly Asian community next to a huge Asian supermarket... check.
Place looks a little bit sketchy inside, nothing to raise a flag but lots of stuff and knick knacks everywhere, a typical sign of a good Asian restaurant... check.
Hostess and wait staff are short and to the point. They’re always busy and you never see them standing around. At times other white folk may assume they’re rude, they’re not. They’re just busy, and sick of getting you a fork because you can’t use chopsticks, can we really blame them for that?... check.
The food is the best in the city, the white people stuff at least. The shu mai, Hargow, rice crepes, turnip cake in XO, green beans and pork... it’s all real good. My daughter really likes Dim Sum that comes on carts but she’s only 3 and can’t drive. She goes where we go... check.
Here’s a few secrets I’ve learned from my Dim Sum adventures. Go early, Asian people tend to sleep in or do some early morning activity I’m not aware of. Show up at 9am and you have the whole place to yourself, show up at 11am and be prepared to wait. Next tip is to be the boss, these people aren’t going to wait on your every hint that you need their assistance. Show a little assertion, done with that Dim Sum card? Stand on your chair and wave it in the air. Waiting for your bill? Stand up and yell “Who wants the money?”, you’ll get an answer real quick. Lastly, smile. Asian people love smiles, more than white people who go around giving them out willy nilly! Be happy, be forgiving, be hungry!
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Came back from Vancouver, my first meal in Calgary was DimSum. After picking me up from the airport, my boyfriend took me to the closest Chinese Restaurant for breakfast. The name of the restaurant called T Pot China Bistro. It located on Harvest Hills Blvd North. The restaurant itself stands alone and its anchored by T&T Supermarket and many other restaurants. It was our first time having food at this place.
We stopped by the restaurant was very early Sunday morning. It was around 9:00 am when the restaurant just opened. It was not very busy at that time which was a great sign. We got a seat pretty after and began to order our meal. After discussed with each other, my boyfriend and I decided to order:
Steamed Chicken Feet in Special Sauce
Steamed Spare Rib in Black Bean Sauce
steamed Shrimp Dumplings
Seafood & Meat Rolls in abalone Gravy
Baked BBQ Pork Pastry
Deep Fried Shrimp Spring Rolls
Rice Crepe Wrapped Chinese Dough with Crispy Dried Pork on Top
Baked Egg Tart
All the food came out of the kitchen was not so long. All the food was very fresh and well cooked, which was great. My favorite dishes in our orders are Steamed shrimp dumplings ($6.50), steamed chicken feet in special sauce ($5.95), and Rice crepe wrapped Chinese dough with crispy fried pork on top ($6.50). Steamed shrimp dumplings, there are 5 dumplings in the dish.One baby size one and other four are regular sized dumplings. The shrimp were very fresh and tasty. The Chicken feet was cooked till so soft with very special flavors on top, which was yummy. Rice crepe wrapped Chinese dough with crispy fried pork on top was my boyfriend's most favorite dishes. They provided us three different dipping sauces for this dish, such as sweet soy sauce, hoisin, and peanut sauce. My boyfriend preferred to dip it with peanut sauce more. I love the all three sauce combine together. So tasty. That was so much food for two of us and also was a pretty nice Dim Sum meal for us. We were super full in the end and we had to take two big boxes food back to home. The prices of the food were OK. Not too expensive and not too cheap. It was based on the size of the dish. The small dishes were $4.95 each, Mediums were $5.95, Larges were $6.50, the Special sizes were $7.50. It was not bad, we spent like $50.00 for dim sum and we still had lots of leftovers. Definitely, we will come back to T- Pot China Bistro again very soon. High recommend to people about this place.
Growing up in Toronto eating dim sum whether it was downtown or in Scarborough/Richmond Hill was great. It was cheap, fresh, varietal and always very good.
Calgary only has a couple spots I’ll go to and this is one of them. It’s busy so get there early with a larger party but they have pretty much all the classics and for my non Chinese friends it’s not that intimidating either. This restaurant group also owns Forbidden City and Suns BBQ which are also great. T. Pot might be the best in The city.
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