Monday, August 22, 2005
The Rebirth of Canton House
On the way to China Delight last weekend, under the impression that Canton House was still closed for renovation, I noticed that our faithful dim sum location had, in fact, reopened its doors. And so my sister and I ventured back up Buford Highway this past Saturday to have some translucent shrimp dumplings and siu mai, under fancy schmancy chandeliers and on top of a new hard wood dance floor.
Although the space has transformed quite a bit, the food remains the same. Exactly the same. No new and improved anything. The service, however, seemed to have been lacking, and I attribute this to the fact that there were carts that never made it past our table. Now, I don't really care if I don't have my fish balls or sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves, but to not have siu mai or crystal shrimp dumplings? That's a sin!
After being offered dishes from the cart jam-packed with tripe and braised chicken feet that had, by that time, paused by our table at least five times, I asked our waiter to fetch the girl with her cart piled high with circular metal steamers within which the highly anticipated dumplings were happily keeping warm. From where we were sitting (near the stage loaded with DJ equipment and effect lighting) it seemed as though she was putting up a fight, and twenty minutes later my sister and I gave up on the dream. We did, however, venture to try the barbecued pineapple bun, pictured above.
So while Canton House is probably still figuring out cart path efficiency and working on getting the AC to cool the entire dining room, I would hold off of returning to this dim sum institution until they have it functioning like it used to before the reno. What about Happy Valley in the meantime?
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