The duck was sliced in front of us & distributed to at least 10 or 12 wraps.
duck meat sliced & served in a flour wrap & 2 rest of the duck is chopped & made into soup. We ordered the peking duck which was cooked 2 ways-1 is. My husband & I were asked if we could share a table which we didn't mind because we were hungry. MoreĪt lunchtime the place is packed & several customers were waiting to be seated. Service is efficient but not skilled the clash of crockery being dumped into bins when they clear the tables is quite noticeable. This was a serviceable spot and if you choose carefully you can get a good meal. The "crystal dumplings w/ duck" were filled w/ shrimp instead of duck and had a gelatinous coating (taro?) that made them extremely difficult to eat as they kept sliding out of the chopsticks until I cut them with a spoon. The skinny fried egg rolls had a nasty rancid taste to them. My companion complained that it was not as flavorful as he would like but I enjoyed it. The entree was easily the best dish with shrimp, squid and pieces of scallop in addition to 3 kinds of mushrooms and celery (a lot), snow peas, scallion and carrot pieces. They give you a menu w/ little photos of the dim sum on offer and this is why I wonder if there's a factory off-site producing them for multiple restaurants: the menu is very similar or maybe even identical to MingHin's and other Chinese restaurants we've eaten at.Īfter perusing the menu, we ordered 4 dim sum plates and an entree-size plate of seafood w/ mushrooms. At 12:45pm the place was bustling and we had about a 5-minute wait for a 2-top. It's up a flight of stairs on the upper level of the Chinatown Square Mall. MingHin is our go-to Chinese restaurant but Cai has been recommended several times so we gave it a try for a weekday lunch.
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At the top of the stairs, it was like a storage place with chairs and cases of soda bottles theres stacked up high! I climbed the narrow stairs and was very astonished there full of huge people chatting and eating beaming with lights as there were large windows with sun light shining in. And, the entrance to Cai Tea House was a set of narrow closet door the 2nd floor of this restaurant.
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When I arrived by taxi, the driver pointed to a long two stories building. Archer Street in Chinatown near the Library.
I was suppose to meet my colleagues at Cai Tea House Restaurant in Chinatown.
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