Dragon Boat Fusion Cuisine

I have heard many good things about Dragon Boat.  My mom has told me that people line up outside the restaurant before the 9am opening time so they can get a table.  I also have a coworker that takes a day off of work every month, and makes the drive from Mississauga to eat dimsum because it's that much better than the dimsum in Mississauga.  Although to be honest, that really isn't saying much because I've tried the 'best dimsum restaurant in Mississauga', and found it mediocre at best.  In any case, we had a friend visiting from Hong Kong and she wanted to have dimsum, so we figured that it would be a good of a time as any to try them out.  However, I didn't make it to the restaurant.  So this review is based on take out, and comments from my friend and hubby that did eat at the restaurant.

Parking there is apparently atrocious.  But there are 2 people in reflective vests that guide you to park.  Inside the restaurant, before 11am (not sure if it's that you have to order before 11am, or you pay the bill before 11am), it's cheaper.  Not 100% sure of the pricing per dish, because hubby got seated at 1110a.

Dishes ordered include steamed shrimp dumpling, steamed assorted mushroom & vegetable dumpling, steamed pork dumpling, steamed angus beef rice roll, steamed rice roll with fried dough, deep fried octopus tentacles, steamed salty egg yolk cream bun, and  steamed egg yolk paste layer cake.  The general consensus was that everything had a lot of MSG in it.  We were all very thirsty after.  In terms of the steamed dumplings, the skins on the dumplings were very thick.  So thick to the point we questioned whether the dumplings have been cooked through.  Friend took a bite and couldn't stomach the rest.  I found the shrimp to be very fishy smelling.  Steamed rice rolls were good.  Nothing particularly special about it.  Octopus tentacles were good, no mushy pieces.  Steamed salty egg yolk cream bun looked deflated.  But i'm not sure if it deflated because of the time it took to get to me.  Steamed egg yolk paste layer cake.  This I liked, but I think I liked it because of a nostalgia factor.  Not many restaurants make this dessert anymore because of the amount of work involved.

Overall, I would skip this restaurant, and head to any other restaurant for dimsum.  There's better ones out there.

Dragon Boat Fusion Cuisine
60 East Beaver Creek Road, Suite 4-6,
Richmond Hill, ON
L4B 4A7

Phone: (905) 731-3718

Hours:  Monday - Sunday 900a - 1030p

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