Kam Ding - Coquitlam, British Columbia

No frills dimsum place so don't expect much. $6.50 for all dimsum dishes. Standard places charge at least $8-9 for "large" value dimsums now. The upside of these no frill places is that they serve some old school stuff that newer places don't serve. The newer places like to serve more expensive ... ingredients so they can make more money per dish. This place has deep fried wontons, pan fried bean curd rolls, black sesame filled deep fried sesame balls. The food comes out between warm and hot, even though they claim it just came off the stove/fryer. I guess I didn't mind since the crispy stuff is still crispy. Maybe it would be less pleasant for dishes like rice rolls. Best thing - they don't charge for tea. Other places can charge $1-$3 per person for tea. However, they do use a lot less tea leaves so steep the tea longer before you drink. For the price point, this was better than I expected. Some restaurants charge even more for even worse dimsum. --edit June 2023-- They raised the price fo $7 per item. The quality is bad now. We went there when they opened and already all the deep fried dishes were premade and sitting there. It was soggy and cold. I saw them cut through the deep fried sesame balls and there was no sound. They push items on you too. Once someone sits down, one server calls to the other "get the plate of (premade) deep fried dishes." You get items pushed to you even before you get tea. When you ask for an item from a cart, they try to give you two. The only thing decent is the rice rollws which have a good texture. I don't think I can come here anymore. Read more

We came on a Saturday for dimsum. There were a lot of tables full but we snagged an empty one. They have lots of tables so no need to worry about not getting one. All their dimsum is the same price except for their fried noodles and rice which you order ... off another menu. The servers bring around trays with food to tempt you with. We got the fried youtiao with rice roll wrapped around it, lava steamed buns, sesame fried balls, scallop rice roll, tendons, shrimp dumplings, fried seafood bean curd, fried meat balls and siumai. Their fried items are all really delicious. Especially the deep fried meat balls (ham sui gok) and the seafood bean curd. We ordered 2 rounds of the ham sui gok because they were THAT good. Don't get the sesame fried balls they are not good. The rice rolls are also very delicious. You could taste the rice flavour in the rice rolls which is pretty rare and they are generous with the fillings. The siumai and Har gao I would skip next time as they are nothing special. The beef tendon was well flavoured and really tender. The lava steamed buns I would definitely order again. It really streamed out like lava and the egg yolk flavour was nice and strong. It also wasn't overly sweet. Overall the food is pretty delicious, especially the fried items. Their servers are all really friendly and most importantly the price is justified for the quality they give you. It's definitely a no frills place but they make you feel comfortable and the food makes you feel satisfied. Read more

We went to get Dim Sum at Kam Ding in Coquitlam today. The restaurant was busy when we arrived shortly after 11am but it didn’t take long for the 3 of us to get a table. Service was excellent and the food was SO good we devoured 2 plates before I ... remembered to start taking pictures 😅 Each dish was delicious, seasoned with well-balanced flavours. All the dumplings were also generously sized and SO satisfying to eat! We left with very full tummies ☺️ In total, we had 10 plates with a final bill of $60.90 before tip. Read more

Old school push cart dim sum place. We had 4 dim sum, two were good two were so so. Dim sum for small, medium and large are all set at $5.80 per plate. .The price is reasonable and there's no charge for the tea. Fast service and ... friendly staff. We may go back to try out other dishes before changing the rating. Read more

This is pretty good real Chinese food with the old style push carts of dim sum during the day (though you can still get sweet and sour pork and other westernized dishes)! If you know Chinese, you can request really anything. And it comes out fast. The cooks know what they're ... doing and the servers are actually nice and remember regulars (which I find rare in more traditional Chinese restaurants). A few don't speak English very well, but they try. The proprietor is one of the hardest working people ever and I've seen the same roster of servers for years and years. There's a lot of seating but it gets really full during weekend afternoons for dim sum, even though dim sum is available every day all day - the wait is usually not too long. We get dim sum here regularly and can be full and happy and out in 35 minutes. Pro tip: I buy a dozen frozen no mi gai (streamed wrapped sticky rice and meat) from them to take home from time to time and steam them for quick easy lunches. Read more