@movernie
This was our 1st time dining here ever since this restaurant rebranded to be called “Zunyan Fine Dining 盛世樽宴”. We were here for some afternoon Dim Sum.
This restaurant is quite large and spacious inside. It stretches from one giant space to another, definitely a large space to host parties or special occasions.
We were impressed overall with the service, the food and especially the price of the Dim Sum was attractive.
We didn’t know Zunyan offers special deal of $5.20 CDN + tax for any dim sum categorized as Small, Medium or Large. We only knew about this deal when we got our bill. So, we were super happy when the food were decently good and charged $5.20 CDN which is relatively cheaper than many other competitors.
What’s even surprising is that…they offer this $5.20 deal even on busy Saturdays. For Sunday, it’s the ONLY day of the week where $5.20 CDN per dim sum is only offer from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, otherwise, it’s regular price for all dim sum items. For example, if you come here after 11:00 AM on a Sunday, then it’s $7.20 CDN for large dim sum item.
Tea per person is $2.50 CDN.
We ordered a number of unique dim sum that ain’t available at other Chinese restaurants.
NOTE: My mom luvs ordering BBQ pork oven baked pastries. But interestingly, this restaurant doesn’t even offer it. The closet thing would BBQ pork steam bun.
Items include:
Pork kidney shredded pork congee with preserved vegetables. Nice and hot and quite good. At first, I hesitated about pork kidney which is not a typical item in congee for Dim Sum places, but it turned out they chopped it up with the shredded pork so it was actually delicious. Congee portion (as you can see from the photo below) was quite big. We had 3 people and we got numerous rounds of it.
Fried ling fish balls with crispy rice. The dipping sauce lacks flavour or taste, really useless.
Steam chicken with fish maw. The “Wai Shan” was fresh and added nice texture to the rest of the meat. I wish they put in ham, as I know ham is usually an ingredient in this traditional dish. But my dad told me perhaps high quality ham (Kum Wah ham) could be pricey.
Green chives with pork blood.
MoVernie TIP: Highly recommend you to ask the staff for chili oil and it’s a perfect match with the pork blood that were smooth. I did wish the portion was bigger in a bigger serving bowl though especially it’s categorized as a large item.
Siu Mai (steam pork dumplings)
Moreover, currently, they are offering $5.99 CDN per jumbo size steam oyster (they showed it on a separate daily sign, not on the typical dim sum menu list). However, when I asked the manager how jumbo it is, he said currently, they only have large size at $3.99 CDN and $5.99 jumbo size was currently not available. We decided to try the $3.99 anyway and it was still pretty large and we chose garlic sauce instead of black bean sauce.
Steamy hot large oysters. It’s such a great deal! I mean, for $3.99 each, you get a large oyster, someone shucked it open for you, put in the garlic sauce and green onions and steam it and then present it.
The service from various staff were courteous, friendly, responsive and it was a great experience.
Although I wouldn’t call this high-end fine dining, but it’s a decent place for decent food. I haven’t tried its dinner menu yet so I can’t comment for dinner experience. However, I will definitely add Zunyan on our dim sum roster and will come back and try more dim sum dishes in the near future. Highly recommended! Thank you for a wonderful experience.
NOTE: They charged an automatic 11% gratuity which is lower than some other competitors who usually charge 12% or 13% tip.
Click here to view the entire Dim Sum menu at Zunyan.
Zunyan Fine Dining & Banquet 盛世樽宴 – Scarborough, Canada
Website
Address: 648 Silver Star Blvd, Scarborough, ON M1V 5N1
Phone: (416) 298-8989
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GehHvox9xj6hkScq7
