Kevin T.
Yelp
Great value for take-out dimsum on a budget, but I'd recommend staying away from their more entree type stuff and sticking with their dimsum items. Dimsum quality ranges from decent to passable, but the crispy pork tray we got felt far overpriced for rather poor quality cuts. Ordering manually in the store was reasonably quick, but I had some communication difficulties with the waitstaff due to them not recognizing chinese names and having some unusual in-house names/labeling (Pork football? Chinese tamales?). Maybe I'm just new to the area, but I wasn't the only person in line that had difficulty telling them what I wanted and we resorted to just pointing at what they had in the display case.
Discounts are available, which I found nice (5% for cash, 10% for military, 10% for orders of $100+). Parking wasn't difficult due to strip mall parking.
This might be important for folks worried about cross-contamination: the staff ended up dripping the entrees all over each other as they served out portions. Generally not very stringent controls on that front, but the dimsum items (separate case) seem to be safe. Which is all fine and good since the one entree item we did get (crispy pork belly) was one of the most fatty cuts of meat I've ever had. I'm not one to complain about it normally since it is supposed to be pork belly, but it was difficult to eat after a few bites being mostly less than 10% lean meat and didn't seem to justify it's inflated price tag of $16.50. It was definitely a big downer of the meal.
Everything else we got I can say I was reasonably satisfied with given a good price (xiu mai, steamed BBQ pork buns, glutinous rice pork dumplings, sesame balls, spring rolls, large vegetable chow fun, custard bun), so if I wanted to fill that dimsum craving on a budget this is a solid option. That said the dimsum quality varies. The BBQ pork buns were definitely the weakest of the bunch and were remarkably unremarkable. The xiumai had a nice sweetness to them with the added corn, but were a bit dry. The glutinous rice containing items were also a bit dry as well. The chow fun was a massive (greasy) serving, and great value for an $11 item. Volume-wise we got enough food to feed 3 people for what I expected to feed two, so I can't complain there.