| Dim Sum, in Cantonese,
means "point to the heart". The normal ritual
of having Dim Sum was that you simply points to what you
want as the servers cart the steamy baskets around. This
did not work for the Honor Seafood Restaurant. After ordering my favorite PoNayCha
(a dark fermented tea) we were given a paper menu in
Chinese. Apparently, this is the trendy thing. Well, my
Chinese being very rusty, we had to ask for an English
menu. Unfortunately, the English version had only 1/3 of
the items. But we managed. We marked the menu with the
number of items we wanted in a box next to the item
desired. We had to go with the fairly standard Dim Sums
that we were familiar with. None of the staff knew much
English. Too bad, they had such a variety!
It was worth the wait (the
place was crowded)! The items were served as they were
cooked, one or two at a time. Therefore, each item was
absolutely right off the steamer. The ingredients were
very fresh. I have not tasted shrimp like this in a long
time. Nearly every item was the very best we've had!
The lunch for five came to
$99 Cdn including GST and gratuity. I would have
definitely rated it "A" if we could find
someone there that spoke English and knew the menu well.
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