Dim Sum in Hong Kong 2008

Dim Sum Place in Sing Woo Road

In the travel books that we borrowed, it mentioned that we should try Dim Sum at Happy Valley. So on our final day, me and Mom set out to find this restaurant. We got down at Tsim Sa Tsui or some other train station and walked and walked and walked. Seriously we walked probably for an hour till we were far away from the city. It began to look more like Hong Kong, i remember dispensaries and corner stalls. We even walked past a cemetery of some sorts. For a moment we were beginning to think we were lost. But eventually after asking some for directions we made it.

Hard at Work making Dim Sums

The interior was very English. Odd but there were the hard wood, and fans and booth seating. I was honestly puzzled as to what we were supposed to do and at dire times, the old adage 'monkey see monkey do' came in very handy. We saw another young couple looking at the menu and ticking things they wanted. But mind you we weren't seated yet. All four of us (including the couple) were sorta jammed in the front of the restaurant. Though finally the four of us shared a table because we would have had to wait for long and sadly we didn't have that luxury.

Char Siew Bao

Mushroom something Dim Sum

Fried Tofu Skin stuffed with something

I ordered the Char Siew Bao for myself and the rest of the dishes had to be vegetarian.. Mom.. so we had mushroom something dumpling, tofu skin something.. i seriously had no idea what they were.. i just remember looking at the pictures.. i think that's why this place was recommended in the travel books.. the dim sum menu comes with pictures so you can see what you want even though you might not know what you're eating.. talk about a brave eating experience..

The bao was good.. i mean how could i go to Hong Kong and not eat Char Siew Bao right.. it was really god... the rest of the items were okay but the chilli was supremely salty. I had no idea if that was the way it was supposed to be but there was just way too much sodium in that tiny dish. I must say i didn't really enjoy it. Maybe it was the worry of getting back on time or the reality of having to backtrack our steps. It just didn't hit the spot for me.

Some Dessert and Egg Tarts

At least the egg tarts lifted me up a bit. They were so cute and light. They tasted similar to the ones we can get back in Singapore though more delicate i must add. The dessert thingy, though good, in retrospect, i think it was red bean paste or something, was okay in texture but it had this herbal taste to it. Like a tea of some sorts. I could taste the red bean but then it was also accompanied by that herbal after taste.

I think by the end of the meal, i was more than ready to head back home not that i didn't enjoy the meal but i was beginning to get homesick.