Fancy Chinese Cuisine

Sometime last month we were treated to dim sum by a "future brother in law" over at Fancy Chinese Cuisine Restaurant in Markham.  We were given a VIP seat in the back of the restaurant as the main part of the restaurant was packed like crazy.  I have been to this place many times before and every single time, there is no parking and there is always a line up to get into this place.  This day was no different at all. 

Beef Rice Noodle

What turned out as a simple dim sum day turned into somewhat of a feast.  We were treated to not only some very good dim sum but to some very special rice and noodles here at the restaurant.  As tradition with all my previous blogs on dim sum, I won't go through every single dim sum that we had here that day.  Instead I will just mention two or three of my more favorite dishes that I had that morning. 

Shrimp with Rice

Snow Peas Leaves

With respect to the dim sum, the best dim sum I had was probably here was the pork "Siu Mei".  The meat was very juicy and although this is usually quite a fattening dish, the siu mei here was one of the best as it was not as fattening as some of the other places I had eaten and the taste was superb as it was perfectly flavored.  A must have if one is here at this place.  We also had the usual shrimp dumpling, tripe, BBQ pork buns and sponge cake and all of them were more than above average. 

Siu Mei

Crab

The specialty dishes really takes this restaurant to the next level.  The shrimp on baked rice and the crab were my absolute favorite.  The beauty of the shrimp rice specialty was that the shells of the shrimp were already cracked open  Although some would argue that this would cause the shrimp to lose its taste it was actually quite delightful in that one did not have to get their hands dirty while eating this rice.  The shrimp itself was still quite juicy and not as dry and bland as one had thought.  A very creative dish where the tenderness of the shrimp was retained and that the rice was not dry but nice and fluffy as well.  The crab was also very very good.  Who would have thought we would be eating crab as the first meal of the day?? However here it was and it was very tasty.  The crab was steamed to perfection with some ginger and green onions.  There was plenty of meat and there was plenty of membrane in the crab. 

Tripe

Sponge Cake

Overall, this is a very good place to eat.  As mentioned earlier, BEFORE I met my potential future brother in law (wink wink), we had been to this place many times before and each time no matter what time of day it was, one would always have to wait because it was always very busy.  In other words, one needs to get there early or else be prepared to wait. The staff I was told has been together for almost 20 years so this is definitely a very experienced group.  Highly recommended for anyone looking for a good dim sum place with very good prices.  Overall I give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Fancy Cuisine Restaurant
7750 Kennedy Road Unit 4
Markham Ontario

(905) 475-2822