Originally Posted by evergrn

Okay, thank you. When I read your post, I looked up Chiu Chow and realized for the first time that it's the name of a city (been going to HK regularly for over a decade, but I don't know anything about the mainland). I thought Chiu Chow was just the name of my favorite dumpling at Tim Ho Wan.

Asides from those Chiu Chow regional things, it's not like this restaurant puts some sort of 'Chiu Chow style spin' on all the usual Cantonese dim sum items (hargow, char siu bao, etc), correct?

All in all, I am leaning towards Lippi CC now. Being an acclaimed hotel restaurant, I guess it's no surprise that Summer Palace sounds pretty much along the lines of Shang's and Yan Toh Heen. And if you don't think the quality is that much better, then it would not be worth paying 2x.