From the strip mall parking lot, the restaurant resembles any other neighborhood Chinese diner. Through glass doors and a mirrored foyer lies a quiet dining room completely insulated from sunlight and traffic. No ambient music intrudes on table conversation, in keeping with Chinese sensibilities. Unlike most restaurants, Golden Sun has no dim sum maids to parade the food around the room in carts. Each table fills out an order form and the waitress serves food directly from the kitchen.
Service is fast and friendly.
First, never pierce a morsel with chopsticks to pick it up. Second, tea is the only suitable beverage to accompany dim sum. Third, for a pair of diners, drink one small pot of tea for every three plates of dim sum. Fifth, refrain from using soy sauce too heavily or frequently. Many Chinese prefer to start with freshly baked or steamed buns stuffed with meat or custard.