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2009-04-21
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Lately there has been a dim sum trend (點心風) for going to dim sum specialty stores. I am a big supporter for these stores as I LOVE dim sum and can have it anytime of the day. Dim sum at lunch time in restaurants just couldn't satisfy my continuous cravings anymore. On the other hand, just like dim sum in restaurants, not everyone is uniformly great, and I learnt a lesson at 發仔記 the other day.Sure, the room was clean and the service was pretty good. They didn't even charge you for the tea whi
Sure, the room was clean and the service was pretty good. They didn't even charge you for the tea which you could choose from 普洱 or 香片. But the good news pretty much stopped right here. When I tasted the 蝦餃(大點, $15), it was exactly like what Smashing Pumpkin said: 小朋友著雙加大碼衫. But I would add that it was second-hand Northface jacket because the skin was thick and mushy and the tiny tiny shrimps were completely overcooked to a chewy piece of dead-meat. In fact it didn’t taste too different from 叮叮點心…(except they looked better outside). 雞扎(中點, $13)是腐皮包着火腿,豬肚,豬皮及雞柳. The chicken was coated with an extra thick layer or corn starch, pig skin was soggy, pig stomarch was extremely chewy, and suddenly the ordinary ham that you could get from supermarket became the best of the bunch.
At time of 金融海嘯及經濟不景,大家想的是用便宜的價錢吃酒家質數的點心, not the other way around. In this case, you may be better off with your $28 at 稻香in the afternoon tea hours which will probably give you a few more discounted dim sum dishes without any tea or service charge.
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