I remember going there with her in 2015 for my birthday, but I don't remember clearly how I thought the dumplings were nor do I even remember what I ordered... I, however, do recall waiting an unusually long time for our dumplings...
There weren't a lot of people when we arrived, so we were seated right away. I felt the place was less packed than when we went in 2015, which was nice.
Our table
My sister ordered beef and coriander dumplings and I ordered pork and coriander. I was a bit disappointed because the server asked my sister whether she wanted her dumplings fried or steamed, but didn't ask me (and assumed I wanted mine steamed), while in reality, I would have liked them fried. I know I should have just told the server I actually wanted my dumplings fried, but I was too shy/embarrassed. I don't mean to say the service stinks, just want to mention it because it made me sad a little right at the beginning. Speaking of the service, I thought it was great. The dumplings arrived faster than last time (took approx. 8-10 minutes). Our glasses of water were also often refilled. Staff was courteous.
I don't remember my sister's, but my dumplings arrived all stuck together. It was really annoying. Attempting to use my chopsticks to unstick the dumplings from one another was far from being a success. The skin would most of the time peel out, but maybe I didn't have the right "technique"?
Sorry for this repulsive picture, but eating each of my dumplings looked somewhat like the above—a total mess. I would get sauce everywhere on my face and turned two napkins completely orange. Part of it is because I am simply incompetent at eating with chopsticks, but also because I couldn't shove a full dumpling into my mouth. Some dumplings can be eaten in a couple of bites, but this one is the kind of juicy dumpling that has broth in it. (T▽T)
Although the taste wasn't exceptional (after all, it was pork and coriander), the dumplings tasted really good. I ate them all and also ate two of my sister's. But in one of my sister's dumpling, there was way too much coriander, it looked like the mixture beef-coriander had been unevenly distributed (I don't know if the one I bit into was an exception or not).
The sauce was okay but it tasted a little bland. I think it's because there weren't enough pepper flakes, most of it was just oil.
PC: my sister
However, I finally managed to buy 3:15pm Milk tea. It is my former Taiwanese language partner who introduced it to me back in 2013. I strongly recommend this flavor even though it doesn't taste like tea (it's really soft & sweet and not bitter as tea is IMO). For about one year, I had been going multiple times at this supermarket that usually sells it, but they never had the milk tea flavor. One day I bought the oolong one, but I really didn't like the taste.
Hello Kitty soy sauce. Very cute, isn't it?
I've seen it on Pinterest and didn't think I'd actually see it in Montreal.
Earlier during the day, I also had bought this dress at Forever 21. I had a credit since I had previously bought an item and wanted to return it—only to learn that the store didn't accept returns (I was surprised since it's the first store I had come across that didn't issue refunds).
The dress is available here on the website. Gingham seems to be really popular this season and I love this pattern, so I was happy to find it. I also bought a white shirt but didn't take a picture with it.
You can see that I'm wearing my Bobon21 low heels, in size 36. I know I wrote a post a couple of months ago about my disappointment with Bobon21 high heels being too big (size 36). Well, I ordered a size 35 earlier this year (low heels this time) and they were too small. -_- Thing is, the high heels seem bigger than the low heels (in the same size), not much in terms of the shoe sole, but more the shoe vamp that is tighter. Because of this, I can't even wear socks with the low heels. x_x Nevertheless, they still look really cute...
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