So for my first restaurant that I'm going to review is 3×6×9 Shanghai Dim Sum located near
Kennedy and Highway 7. It’s been a long time since I've paid a visit there, but
this was not a visit on purpose. I guess I was just craving for some rice cakes
so I figured to just head there, knowing that they probably will have some.
The restaurant is not a place where you’ll get actual dim
sum like cha siu buns, despite the name. It’s more of a small Chinese family restaurant
where you can get dishes to share with. This wasn’t a problem for me, but the menu
was all in Chinese. I’m not sure if they have an English one but it might be a
risk to go in without anyone knowing how to read Chinese.
TS and I got 4 dishes:
Siu Long Bao
The Siu Long Bao were very delicious. It was filled with
juice and the skin was very thin, just how a good siu long bao should be. There
were two other flavours available, crab miso and dried scallops. This was the
original flavour and also the cheapest.
Shanghai Stir-Fried Rice Cakes
When the dish arrived, I was surprised to see that the food
was relatively white. There had been countless times when I had the same dish
in other places where they added quite a bit of soy sauce during cooking. This
was quite light in flavour which suits me as often all I can taste was soy
sauce in other places.
Salty Sticky Rice
I didn’t have high hopes for this but I’m really glad we
ordered this. The Sticky Rice is very delicious and I finished my half in a few
minutes. A sweet option was also available for this.
Sitr-Fried Vegetables with Bean Paste and Chilli
I was quite disappointed with this one. The veggies were not
all peeled so occasionally I would get a big chunk of veggie with the stem of
it. Also, I expected a bit more of the bean paste to stand out, but most of what
I got was garlic flavours. I would probably not order this again.
Overall:
I would visit this restaurant again, but I would probably
only order their dim sum dishes. The food was very nice, and the price for it
was quite cheap. Service was average, nothing that made me rage but nothing
that I can compliment on. I would recommend going with a group of friends as they
do have a variety of starters and dim sum dishes so everyone can have a taste
of everything.
(5 as highest)
Food: ©©©©
Service: ÖÖÖ
Price: $$
Re-visit? Yes
3×6×9 Shanghai Dim Sum
8380 Kennedy Road
Markham, ON L3R 0W4
(905) 305-7713