H.L. Peninsula Restaurant

Opened 4.5 months ago, so everything looks nice when it's new. High ceilings, the place feels very airy. Two huge TV screens, lots of tables and lots of staff. We came here for dim sum on Sunday morning, it got filled quickly. There is plenty of parking in the front. Overall food was fine, nothing special. No unique dish on the menu. Service was great initially when it wasn't busy yet, but once the place got filled, there weren't enough servers, so I had to wave them down to get more hot water for the teapot.

It is great to have a proper Cantonese food restaurant in the area. The dim sum is delicious, and multi variety. In addition to all the standard options, you also have squab, pandan custard pies, rolled cucumber slices, etc. We ordered fresh crab, it was well made and yummy. Service at HL is still a work in progress. We have to strain to get the staff's attention. But this should get sorted out in time.

Best (and only) whole King Crab I've ever tasted! They prepared it 3 ways: knuckles in egg yolk flour and pumpkin, legs in a light garlic sauce over glass noodles, and head in a delicious sauce over snow pea leaves (you can choose rice instead). The crab meat was so sweet and tender. I'm glad it was delicious because it was quite pricey - $700 for 10 pounds (MP $68 per pound). We also ordered a Dungeness crab in chili oil and that was also cooked to perfection. The texture was so juicy and flavorful. I've eaten a lot of really great crab yet I've never had it cooked so well. Other great dishes my family ordered that we enjoyed were the cucumber salad (very refreshing), honey walnut shrimp, crispy pork belly and the fried rice. They were very understaffed so although the service was painfully slow, we gave them grace for it since the restaurant has been open for less than a month and figuring things out. When we were attended to, the staff was very knowledgeable and kind.