Furama Cake & Dessert Garden

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curry beef bun and ham and egg bun / box of ha gow

For days I'm feeling cheap...moreso, I like to go to Furama in the Sheppard Centre food court for some cheap chinese buns. In addition to the usual buns and desserts, they also sell patties and dim sum. The store itself is pretty small so the selection of buns is a bit more limited than most chinese bakeries and at $1.20/bun, the prices are higher than most too. I guess for chinese bakery standards that's pretty expensive but it's still alot cheaper than anything else in the area.

I got a curry beef bun and a ham and egg bun. Both were pretty good, they don't cheap out on the filling here and the bun itself was nice and fresh. I also decided to get a box of ha gow but at $3.20 + tax for 4 I was already regretting my decision turning my cheap lunch into a not so cheap one...I mean I guess I should have expected it coming from a food court but for science! I had to try it out. As expected they weren't that great, flavour was ok but the texture was kind of uhhh pasty? It felt like it was lacking some sort of...grease...and definitely not worth the $3.20. I'll just go to real dim sum for that and for much cheaper (and greasier!).

So overall not a bad place for a cheap lunch but I think I'll just stick to the buns.

Furama Cake & Dessert Garden
2 Sheppard Avenue East (In the Sheppard Centre food court)
North York, ON