New Westminster, Canada
350 Gifford St
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+1 6045288833
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Small plates
First and final dim sum here in New West! So sad that we are in the 3rd wave of this fiasco and now there won't be anymore indoor dining as of midnight tonight for the first time in a year. Luckily my sourdough starter didn't grow fast enough in the cold weather, which means we could go get dim sum before it's too late. We love Kirin, because they are super reliable with great quality food, a great environment, and solid service. We had scallop/peatip/shrimp dumplings, deep fried taro dumplings with ground pork, rice roll wrapped deep fried bean curd and fish paste, deep fried glutinous dumplings with ground pork and mushrooms, BBQ pork buns with ginger, and egg tarts. The scallop/peatip/shrimp dumplings were my favourite - very delicate in flavour and texture with a nice texture contrast from the peatips. Everything else was solid too, but I did find the egg tart pastry a little on the thin and pale side. However, the egg custard filling was on point. For more honest restaurant and baking recipe reviews, follow me on Instagram @vinaeatsandtreats !
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Need more selection for dim sum menu, most of them are chef special dishes. Services are better, if you sit by window. If not, hard to ask for help or they just annoying you.
Gordon made our experience here excellent. Spacious feeling due to covid restricted seating. Tables are very spaced out, giving lots of room and an airy, pleasant, uncrowded feeling. Deducted one star because portion sizes were much smaller than the average dim sum restaurants. Most dim sum baskets here come in 3 pieces instead of 4. But here, the food is clearly higher quality and the fried items are not as greasy.
8.50 for 11 pieces of BBQ pork and 25 for the eggplant dish. That's highway robbery Kirin. 150 for 6 dishes of small portions. This will be the last time any of us and friends will be dining at Kirin. Shouldn't even left them a tip.
Best service and good Dim Sum variety. The lotus leaf rice, soup dumpling and fried bean curd skin is good. Most of the Dim Sums are finely made. Ambience is very good and not so noisy like the regular Dim Sum holes.
Sooooo.... Starlight Kirin, very likely my favourite Kirin. New Suckling Pig menu 278, no dissapointment here. The soul is the pork and there's instruction everywhere to teach you how to prep it at home for the best result. Even after my 30min drive home, pop it in the oven for 2 min, comes out perfect. even my 90 year old granny crunch through no problem. Lobster is a good size, everyone gets a piece if the tail. Giant mushroom with young bean sprout and yes, they only give you the young'uns. The chicken is a simple yet cooked perfectly to loosen up the heavier companion dishes. Dessert is the classic, bake at home, egg custurd. Make sure you save room for that, its quite filling!
Pretty average. The Richmond location is better. Service was pretty good, and we were seated right away, even without a reservation, but we got there about 10:30 AM. The duck noodle soup was the best. The soup was very tasty, noodles were fresh, and the duck was tender and flavorful. Unfortunately, everything else was pretty average. The deep fried chicken knuckles was really bland. Most other place that I've tried has it coated with salt and pepper. These weren't even salted, at least I couldn't taste any. This is also the only place that I can remember that added corn to the filling of their shrimp egg rolls as a filler. Probably not a place that I would come back to, not because the food was bad, but for what it cost, there are way better dim sum places
Been here twice and both times I had great dining experience. Larger area than other Kirin locations and parking is painless. Their signature durian cakes are my favourite. Limited quantity so don't forget to order them in advance. Service can be slow but the managers were very helpful and considerate. Would definitely recommend.
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