Photo by Min Jiang
Min Jiang is your best bet when it comes to savouring authentic dim sums in Singapore. While these are available as ala carte dishes, it’s only during weekends and public holidays when diners have unlimited servings at the restaurant’s high tea buffet. The menu is regularly updated but there are some items which you shouldn’t miss: Steamed Pork Ribs where meat just falls off the bone; and the Chicken Congee which is just oozing with Chicken essence in every bite. There are the most common items too like the har gow, siew mai; and char siew buns, which make your trip worthwhile.
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Available during weekends and PH
Address: Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road Singapore 228221
Tel. No.: +65 6730 1704
Pricing: $32.80 (Adult), $16.40 (Child)
Buffet Timing: 3pm to 530pm
Signature item/s: Kurobuta Pork Char Siew and Steamed Prawn, Bamboo Pith Dumpling with Gold Powder
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Cherry Garden is known as one of the most authentic Cantonese restaurants in Singapore. And it’s not because of the food alone, the interior sticks to this whole concept from the decorations down to the chinaware. During weekends, it even has a dim sum buffet which serves some of these best nibbles in the country.
There are many must try items at Cherry Garden; the Kurobuta Pork Char Siew, which is made from crunchy and juicy pork. Seafood lovers can opt for the Steamed Prawn and Bamboo Pith Dumpling with Gold Powder… a specialty of recently-appointed Cantonese Chef Hon Chau.
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Available during weekends only
Address: Mandarin Oriental, 5 Raffles Avenue Level 5 Singapore 039797
Tel. No.: +65 6885 3538
Pricing: $48 per person
Buffet Timing: 11am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 3pm
Signature item/s: Deep-fried taro paste wrapped with truffle and mushroom
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It will definitely be a dim sum feast at Jade restaurant at Fullerton. With about 50 dimsum items plus ala carte dishes at the buffet spread, you will need more than one stomach to try them all out.For calories’ sake, just zero in on its specialties such as the Deep-fried taro paste wrapped with truffle and mushroom. Fried to golden brown perfection, bite into the tender and hot taro filling mixed with bits of mushroom and truffle. Other must try items are the Steamed Crystal Shrimp Dumpling and the Steamed Abalone Siew Mai.
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Available during weekends only
Address: Fullerton Hotel, 1 Fullerton Square Singapore 049178
Tel. No.: +65 6877 8188
Pricing: $38++ per person
Buffet Timing: 11:30am to 1:15pm, 1:45pm to 3:30pm
Signature item/s: Deep-fried Filo Crusted Seafood Roll and Custard Bun
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Eat as much dim sum as you can at Peony Jade. For its weekday afternoon buffet, this Chinese restaurant features a selection of more than 20 dim sum items which are ready for the taking. It’s also a plus that the price is quite reasonable such that it won’t leave a dent in your wallet.
Some of the must try choices here are the Custard Bun, which is richly filled with what else but custard. Watch the cream ooze out of the bun as you slice it open and just let the sweet taste wallow in your palate. It’s really good! For something more savoury, there’s also the Deep-fried Filo Crusted Seafood Roll to satisfy your taste buds.
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Available during weekdays only
Address: Keppel Club, 10 Bukit Chermin Road Singapore 109918
Tel. No.: +65 6276 9138
Pricing: $26.80++ per person
Buffet Timing: 11am to 2:25pm
Signature item/s: Roast Pork Belly
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Since the early 90s, Wan Hao has already been serving Singaporeans with authentic dim sum. Until today, regulars still flock to this Chinese restaurant at Marriott Hotel to enjoy its traditional offerings they have grown to love. Even with the kitchen being led by new Chef Chan Lam Pang, the quality of the dim sums remains unchanged. Do try the signature Roast Pork Belly, with a very crispy skin that just crackles when you bite. But for us, the best part is the fat, which is just so tender and bursting with meaty goodness.
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Available daily
Address: Marriott Hotel, 320 Orchard Road Level 3/F, Singapore 238865
Tel. No.: +65 6831 4615
Pricing: $36 per person
Buffet Timing: 11am to 1pm, 1:30pm to 3pm
Signature item/s: Xiao Long Bao
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Xiao Long Bao is a tricky dish to prepare. The skin has to have the right thickness so when you pick it up with your chopsticks, it doesn’t burst and make the soup ooze out. Yum Cha is one of the few restaurants which managed to prepare this famous dim sum in a consistently good way. This is one of the reasons why after all these years, this remains a specialty.
For the restaurant’s daily buffet, enjoy this specialty along with other dim sum items – har gao, char siew bun, and siew mai. For an all-you-can-eat restaurant, the price range is so affordable that you can’t really go wrong with it.
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Available daily
Address: 20 Trengganu Street #02-01, Singapore 058479
Tel. No.: +65 6372 1717
Pricing: $19.80++ per person
Buffet Timing: 3pm to 6pm
Signature item/s: Char Siew Sou, Lobster Wok-baked with Superior Stock and Spring Onion
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Classy place which serves authentic Cantonese dishes – this may be the first thing that comes to your mind when you go to Yan Ting restaurant at St. Regis Hotel. But if you want to maximise every penny spent, do try the dim sum buffet. For a limited time every day, the chef will fill you to the brim with signature dim sum items which include the Char Siew Sou and the Lobster Wok-baked with Superior Stock and Spring Onion. The dim sum expert only uses fresh ingredients to hand craft these small bites.
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Available during weekends & PH only
Address: The St Regis, 29 Tanglin Road Singapore 247911
Tel. No.: +65 6506 6887
Pricing: $98++ per adult (without alcohol), $48++ for children (4 – 12years old), $158++ per adult (champagne brunch)
Buffet Timing: 11:45am to 3pm
