Kurtis C.
Yelp
Sometimes you just wanna embrace the tourist in you and fall for the tourist traps, at least I do anyway. But how can you NOT feel just a liiiittle curious about a floating, ornate, extravagant Chinese restaurant? On a harbor/river? In my defense, it was also literally right outside the doorsteps from my hotel.
The inside of the place looks just like what you'd expect it after seeing it from the outside. Lots of details, very showy, and very spacious with a gorgeous view of the city all over.
As far as the food goes, they offer all the typical Cantonese classics. My wife and I showed up for dim sum and while it wasn't bad by any means, it wasn't exactly memorable either and a bit steep in terms of cost.
Siu mai: Pretty good, standard siu mai. A bit on the small side, but good!
Har gow: Again, pretty standard and a bit on the smaller side (maybe this is just the American in me talking), but jokes aside, still good.
Beef chow fun: Good, but also different from home. Plenty of flavor and color with distinct wok hei. The noodles were thicker though, so the texture/chew wasn't exactly chewy/springy. The beef was tender and flavorful.
Chicken feet: Least favorite. Small and bony, the flavor was a little different.
Shrimp cheung fun: Not sure if our server or kitchen forgot our order, but we had to ask our server if it was still on the way. He mentioned it took the longest (which I wish we got a heads-up on) or if he forgot, but either way the dish showed up when my wife and I were already done with our meal. We wanted to just get up and pay at this point and the old lady who I'm assuming runs the place would not allow us to cancel/send back the dish. She literally just set the plate down and walked off. Very annoying.
Overall, decent-ish/authentic-ish Cantonese food. It's not something I would go back to, but if you want to try and see for yourself, it's not exactly terrible either.
The service was bad though. It took FOREVER to flag ANYONE down, especially when we just wanted to pay the bill and leave. I also overheard the table next to us saying they forgot a dish they ordered and another table where they were dropping off beverages that had already been ran. There seems to be some sort of communication issue going on behind the scenes.