April 21, 2016

Heard this place was famous for their dumplings. Coworker brought me here since she LOVES dumplings and I mean like 20+ dumplings in one sitting kind of non stop eating love. Anyways, came here around 730pm the restaurant was packed busy. We waited probably about 15 minutes before we got seated. FYI, this place is super honger.

Three steamed dumplings (abalone, sea cucumber, shrimp, & meat) - Set of 12 dumplings in an order. They are quite small like 1 inch by 0.5 inch. Pretty tasty. Soft. Juicy. $18.95, not worth for what it is.

String beans with mince - What's mince? Well basically is XO sauce. Beans very super tasty and actually quite spicy. Best szechuan beans I've ever had. $12.95, almost same as other Chinese restaurants.

Garlic flavoured pork ribs - It's literally the 3inch ribs that is battered and fried then tossed with garlic in a wok. This dish was alright. Hard to eat, must use hands to cold and tear with your teeth. $14.95, kind of pricey. It had 7 ribs.

Service - Poor. Our tea took forever to come even when we asked for it like 3x. They never checked up on us during our feast. Servers spoke Mandarin and poor English. While paying, he asked to put in the tip amount for me which was rude. I guess they were expecting at least 10% since according to reviewer Dafang Li said the server threatened them to pay 10% or they'll get people to force them to pay.

I know this looks disgusting LOL...but trust me, it's awesome!! :D Northern style pork bones is one of my favourite interpretations of pork bone!! It's different from other chinese versions, it's more smokey in flavour, and full of spices!! This version was really good, although the meat could've been more tender, it was full of flavour with lots of meat on the bones!!