I don't know where the former 3 yr resident writer lived in China, who raved about Mandarin's, but they obviously must not have visited Honk Kong, Shenzhen or Guangzhou in ""South China""! Mandarin's dim sum is ""so so"" and perhaps it's biggest downfall is ""it's clientele"" who are very pushy, rowdy and clickish and who like to be seen as experts by appearing to think that having eaten in an Ann Chin's qualifies them as dim sum connoisseurs to boot!\r
I too lived in China for 3 yrs, but with the ""Cantonese"" population of Guangdong Province, who are the authentic and genuine, original purveyors of dim sum. With that being said I'd have to put ""Yummy's"" as #1 dim sum king of the Twin Cities, followed by ""Ma Village"" on University as #2, follwed by Mandarin's as #3! Whatever your taste, ""enjoy""!\r
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