Dim Sumlicious — Restaurant in Spring Valley

This little tucked-away dim sum spot was a delightful find while looking for a quick bite after a long day at work. I spied their cute little store sign while driving by and decided to stop for a take out order of shumai, hargow, beef cheong fun and chicken feet.

The lady who took my order was friendly, and a delight to chat with as she bustled around preparing my order, and shouting back and forth with another unseen lady in the kitchen. (I'm of the opinion that an authentic Chinese restaurant experience is incomplete without people shouting from the kitchen, lol)

No Chinese aunties with carts here, but honestly, it's too little of a restaurant for there to be enough room for anyone to try to maneuver a cart around anyhow. And it doesn't even matter because the food in my order was piping hot and clearly freshly made. So much so that everything was still perfectly warm and juicy after a 20 minute drive home.

The shumai and hargow were plump and juicy, and flavored just right where any added sauces weren't necessary, and the beef cheong fun was soft, lightly chewy and generously sized. The chicken feet was just the right amount of melt-in-your-mouth tender, without being mushy or overly seasoned, as can sometimes happen with this dish.

If their other dim sum offerings are of the same quality as what I ordered, you can bet I'll be visiting this...

I am pretty easy going, it's hard for me to give low ratings.

The dim sum here is decent. Nothing stood out, but nothing was bad.

BUT, the service is atrocious. Being Asian, I totally know Chinese restaurants treat Asian patrons with disdain because a lot don't tip well (If you're another race, you'll be fine).)

Walked in, 3 workers looked at us without greetings or acknowledgment that we were standing there. We are standing right in front of the cashier lady and...nothing. Finally, we were sent to a table with one chair. The gentleman walked us over and saw the table was missing a chair. We stood there thinking he left to get a chair. Nope, he walked off and didn't get us a second chair until we had had to go tell him.

After food delivery, nobody came back to check. We had to flag a lady down who was checking on a group next to us. We asked for hot tea. It never came.

The killer was with only 2 people, they added on a service charge ( about 18%) to the check. No wonder they didn't care about giving good...

Price: $5.39 per regular plate. Specialty dishes more.

Food: Fresh. You can taste the natural sweetness of the flavors. Items were cooked to the right temperature.

Service: There’s usually only 2 people that’s taking care of customers on the dining room floor. There were times in the past where everything seemed like it took forever. As of recent, it seems they became more attentive so that’s nice.

Environment: It’s not very spacious. No one is bumping into one another but it’s not a large floor at all. If you love the mom and pop vibe like me, you’re good to go!

NTT [[Next Time Try]]: Sweet tofu soup. I haven’t had it in years and I think it’s time lol. It’s a dessert. Base is cooked tofu that’s light as smooth but not slimy. Served with honey for sweetness.

Have fun exploring! See you...