Dim Sum at Crown Jewel - A Pleasant Morning

Crown Jewel Fine Dining
325 Bamburgh Circle
Toronto, ON, M1W 3Y1
T: 416-502-2888

http://www.crownjewelrestaurant.ca/

 

Pear-shaped fried meat dumpling!!  The first time I had eaten such a cute shaped dumpling was at Premier Ballroom and Convention Centre (although I've had the traditional shaped one many times before), I'm glad to have found another place that does the same, and just as well.  Crown Jewel serves 3 per dish vs Premiere's 4, but they are definitely bigger.  The glutinous rice dough was nicely fried and had that hint of sweetness while the inside filling was nicely seasoned.  The filling inside was seasoned with 5-spice powder making the taste a little different but still good.

Yummy!

The other dishes were okay, nothing that requires too much explanation.  Everything tasted pretty good and for $2.90 per dish before 11am, it's a pretty good deal.

Har gow (shrimp dumplings)

Siu mai (pork dumplings)

Very good as well, some of the chicken pieces could be more tender though.



Shrimp Rice Rolls: A good amount of shrimp was provided per roll :)

Service was quite good and they spent some time arranging the place settings.  Food came out pretty fast.  I did notice that some things weren't steaming hot when they arrived but was still in the right temperature zone for eating. 

Decor is nice, nothing too fancy but like most fancier dim sum places, they have the banquet style chair covers.  Place is smaller than other dim sum locations like Premiere.

When we were done, I noticed another table had a plate of bbq pork buns, and they look like the ones where it is baked with the sweet crust on top, similar to Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong which was soooo good if you like the savory sweet combo.  I think I'll have to try it next time!