DIM SUM

i love many foods
i love food
but dim sum hold a special power over me
i discovered it about 20 years ago
but i didnt fall in love with it until about 10 years ago
in love to a point where i would have it a least once a week where possibe
and crave it when not possible
not like food cravings that send me to the kitchen to make cabbage rolls or cookies or chile
because i cant make dim sum
i havent tried, but...
the variety is too much to try to dupicate at home
i have eaten dim sum all across north america
in my home town i have a trail of places i go
i am consantlly seeking new places
i will list below my top ten toronto places
perhaps at a later date explore the details of each dumpling:O)
1.mountain villa
finch and don mills
menu always
always fresh and yummy
small, sometime with a short wait
thxs jackie for sharing this fav

(retired)
new world closed early 2009
after a slow and painful fall from grace
we stopped going
it has reopened
under a new name?
we hope to revisit soon
1. new world (currently named...empire)
vic park, south of steeles
we have been going here almost weekly for a long time
recently the quailty has slid
they are now offering two dollar dim sum, m-f from 9am to 3pm
carts on weekends, menu week days and at other times

2. pearl
harbourfront
overlooking toronto harbour
quailty dim sum
with a slightly higher price
mostly carts, can order from menu

3. Paradise
norteast corner at finch and leslie
recently renamed
yummy and again a bit more up scale
always menu

4. dragon dynasty
brimley and huntingwood
big and busy...long wait go early
becoming our fav
carts, with some side stations

others i have been to...
perfect chinese on sheppard east
dynasty on bloor
bright pearl on spadina
swatow on spadina
lau wah heen on chestnut
yiu wah on dundas
i-cook on warden at steeles
elegantview on vic park
sam woo on warden
buddist vegetarian kitchen on midland north of finch
not just dim sum (dinner dim sum) on finch, west of yonge
very fair at sheppard and kennedy & 2nd location finch east of kennedy
red ruby at finch & mc cowan(closed OCT/09 due to poss. deatlths, closed by health dept.-YIKES!)
jade (something) on hwy 7
forestview on dundas
i have also been to places in richmond hill, new york city, chicago, phoenix

places i have yet to try...
always looking!