Our day started off early. We had a prior engagement to attend to at 8:30am. That unexpectedly lasted until 10am. By then, rather than beginning our approximate 2 hr drive to our planned destination, we just had to feed our bellies first. Since our morning appointment was in the city of Richmond, we decided it was most convenient and quick to do a Richmond brunch. The most bustling part of this city has a large concentration of south Asian immigrants--mainly from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. This is where you would go to choose from a wide variety of Chinese seafood restaurants if you wanted a nice dim sum experience. Sure, there are some scattered around Vancouver and surrounding municipalities, but those are few and far between.
The outside of one of my favourites looks cheesy as they had not updated their signage for well over what feels like 20 years now however, I do not recall exactly how long they had occupied that spot for, but it has been a long time. They do regularly update the decor inside which is rare for any Chinese restaurant outside of Asia. I love their English menu as they keep it updated with their new dim sum items and the numbers of each match up with the order sheet! How convenient for those who cannot read understand or read Chinese.
This is not a cart-around place. The ones to go to for FRESH yummy dim sum are generally steamed-to-order locations. Occassionally, trays of some daily feature makes its rounds carried by a server and/or manager.