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2010-03-11
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Since we were visiting HK, we obviously wanted to do yum cha / dim sum. I had a list of places I was thinking about trying. A friend's bf said that he knew the “best place for dim sum”, against my better instincts I let him choose (every place he had taken to us to was a dud, but I didn’t want to be rude). Hang Tsui Village is a reasonably nice typical dim sum restaurant in Central in a small shopping center. We got there pretty early on a weekday, so it was fairly empty when we got there. O
On to the food:
- Siu yau gai (soy sauce chicken / jiang you ji): as you can see, I’m a big fan of this dish and I ordered this dish before my friend’s bf ordered. This was actually very good, tender chicken, great flavor, just generally good. This was one of two winner’s here (unfortunately, neither of them were dim sum dishes)
- Spring rolls (chun juan): I never order these as I don’t really like them, these were a good rendition. Not greasy, nice and crispy exterior and good flavorful insides. Not much more to say about them.
- Rice with chicken sauce (I have no idea what this was called in Chinese or English): someone else ordered this. This was the other dish and the one dish that was outstanding here. It comes in a wide glass bowl thing. It’s steamed rice with a brown sauce that consists of diced chicken, mushrooms, broccoli stems and maybe one or two other things. It’s sort of hard to explain, but it was really good.
- Shu mai w/ scallops (shao mai): these were just decent, I mean were cooked okay, but I wasn’t wow’d by the filling and I’ve had way better shu mai than this (my grandmother’s were about 100x better)
- Meat balls (always forget what these are called): these are those steamed meatballs that you put Worcester sauce on. Not my favorite dish and just okay.
- Cha siu bao (cha shao bao / steamed pork buns): one of my all times favorite foods. These were just okay, the bread was fine, reasonably soft although not as soft as it should be, filling was decent, but sweeter than I like. Fine but nothing mind blowing.
- Ha Gao (Xia Jiao / steamed shrimp dumplings): my relatives once told me that these are what you are supposed to judge a dim sum place on. Well, these were just decent. Skins weren’t as delicate as I like them, filling was fine, but just nothing to write home about. I know places in the US that do a better job than here.
- Pai guat (pai gu / spare ribs): another favorite dim sum dish, another just okay rendition
Now it wasn’t bad and if it was in the US it would be considered good / above average, but I’ve had way better dim sum in HK and this place just didn’t cut it for me. From now on I’m just going to take charge of the situation or listen to people I know have good taste.
张贴
