Casa Imperial

Casa Imperial is the Steeles mansion that does Hong Kong-style dim sum inside a Victorian house: 4125 Steeles Avenue East. Official site casaimperial.ca lists hours Monday–Sunday 9 a.m.–10 p.m. with a 4–5 p.m. close, phone (416) 756-2788, email info@casaimperial.ca. Chef Liang has been in the kitchen since the 2006 opening; the room is paper-ticket yum cha, not carts, in a setting that is the opposite of a plaza banquet hall. First-timers: arrive at the 9 a.m. open for the calm version, order har gow and a couple of fried items, and know they pause mid-afternoon. Reservations are on the official site. This is the drive-to-Steeles pick when you want a room with a story, not another chandelier warehouse.