blogTO Recent Comments: 2007 Dim Sum Festival at Harbourfront Centre

Faith W

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:06:35 PDT

I agree with the last two reviewers.? I contacted the Harbourfront Festival program office and was told that the "Dim Sum" was a metaphorical term (???) referring to little morsels of Chinese art and culture.? Believe me I am a true culture vulture..however my reaction to this preposterous bit of pretension was to feel truly nauseated.

Metaphorical??? At a free Harbourfront event on a Hot Saturday summer weekend???

I told them to "get real folks" and get in touch with their average Canadian Joe audience who, I think, in the venue described, would not really be looking for deep intellectual enlightenment but rather, a roaring, good old simple good time - good eats, good fun, without too much deep thought.

Unreal.

Lori Kong

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:13:54 PDT

I agree with Kevin. I organized a group of friends to meet-up at the Harbourfront early afternoon to check out the food and performances. To my disappointment, there wasn’t much to enjoy. Perhaps we weren’t looking hard enough but then again, I’ve never had to put that much effort into finding a festival before. After a while of walking around the waterfront, we all went up to Chinatown for DimSum, sipped on Bubble tea, and spent the rest of the gorgeous afternoon enjoying real culture down by the Distillery District.

Kevin Hilditch

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:21:55 PDT

Very disappointing. We had all expected much more "Dim Sum".? The only Dim Sum was at Pearl Court and it was not at The Harbourfront Centre.?

I have been to a number of festivals at the Harbourfront Center with many displays and, opportunities to sample the food and various events. I enjoyed The Peking Opera but all other opportunities were few and far between.

We will not be back again.