Cha Liu Dim Sum Shop

A while back, I mentioned that Jeff and I had started going to a dim sum shop at Yonge-Eglinton called Cha Liu when we moved into the neighbourhood. Two years later, it's still one of our favourites. As I mentioned in my earlier post about the shop, the term "cha liu" refers to small shops in ancient China, where travelers would stop for tea and snacks.



When I started writing for blogTO, I wanted to do a review of Cha Liu but discovered that it had already been reviewed several times before (see this blogTO review of Cha Liu, for example). Ah well. Hey, but that doesn't mean I can't keep writing about it in my own blog! :-)



The Supreme Shrimp Dumplings are my favourite:



Jeff's favourite -- the bbq pork buns:



Everything Jeff and I have had at Cha Liu has been delicious, and we've brought family and friends here many times. The interior is gorgeous; I especially like the ceiling painting in the front dining area:




I've always been a big fan of tiny food, e.g. food that comes in small packages or small servings. Dim sum is, as far as I'm concerned, ideal in this regard.



For those of you not familiar with dim sum: the term is a Cantonese term meaning "order to one's heart's content", is often is served in small dishes of three or four pieces each. I prefer having dim sum with several people than by myself because I can sample more dishes that way.



Our visit to Cha Liu was also an opportunity try out my new camera. All the pics on this page were taken with my Canon Rebel XTi with a Sigma 30mm f1.4 lens.

Here's a photo of Jeff with his Dad (and part of me :-)) in the mirror reflection:



Jeff's Dad, while he and Jeff were talking:



The staff at Cha Liu were very patient with my camera experimenting. :-) In the following photo, I forgot to change the autofocus from single point to auto (all) points, so the woman on the left is a bit out of focus.



I've been going through my Rebel XTi books a little at a time, taking a bunch of photos, going over them to see how I can improve, then reading more. Each session, I learn a little more. I found some of my Cha Liu photos to be a wee bit dark; next time in a similar environment, I'm going to pump up the ISO a little.



You can see other pics I took in my Cha Liu photo set.

Jeff has also been trying out my camera (when he can pry it out of my greedy hands, that is :-). Here's a photo he took using the Sigma lens by the dining room table, when I was chatting with his father:





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