Summit Garden

This delightful gem in Mississauga (Dundas & Winston Churchill strip mall) doesn't really advertise dim sum but it seems to be a specialty for lunch every day of the week. On weekdays, with the work crowd, we try and get there for 11:30 to beat the rush. On weekends, get there pre-noon and avoid the 30-60 min wait in the lobby.

The waiters etc aren't the friendliest, but the carts go round with decent efficiency and we usually have enough tea and water to wash things down. Perhaps not the best place to go with a whole pack of dim sum rookies. It helps to have at least one person who knows what they are doing.

Favorites for Ian are har gow and sui mai. I like the flat noodle things in the special cart with soy type sauce. Pork is especially good, but seafood lovers seem to enjoy shrimp. Other good stuff we get are: fried dumplings, mushrooms with noodles, greens - either chinese or bok choi (order specially), sticky rice, steamed dumplings with pork, seafood, greens etc, curry squid, pork in buns, fried eggplant with shrimp, fried greenpepper with shrimp, tarro dumplings with or without pork. The authentic chinese people that come with the work crew seem to like the congee, chicken feet and tofu.

If you want leftovers or have a big crowd, order some singapore style noodles or fried rice off the menu to keep the price per person down.

When it's all done - we usually end up spending about $10 each for a big crowd. Ian and I more like $15 each, but I think mainly because I favor the pork and he likes seafood so we end up with more food than we need.

Here's the website link.