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"Decked out with splashy white decor and chandeliers, I consider Chef Tony a jewel of Chinese dining in Richmond where chef Tony He’s exuberant Guangdong cuisine includes contemporary dim sum specialties like shrimp dumplings with matsutake mushrooms, black truffle siu mai (with pork and shrimp), a deep-fried taro and abalone pastry, a wide variety of congee, and desserts such as steamed egg sponge cake and salty egg yolk lava buns; the restaurant is in Empire Centre, where the nearby food court has additional treats if I’m still hungry." - Jay Friedman