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To view all photos taken and the full review, please visit http://gingybite.blogspot.sg/2014/01/yum-cha.html.It was near Chinese New Year and we were strolling around Chinatown. Being a popular gathering place during Chinese New Year, this place was swarmed with locals as well as tourists from abroad. With the crowd, our instincts told us to find a nearest restaurant to settle our lunch first, which happened to be Yum Cha.Yum Cha provides spacious and comfortable seatings, the set ups are in woo
It was near Chinese New Year and we were strolling around Chinatown. Being a popular gathering place during Chinese New Year, this place was swarmed with locals as well as tourists from abroad. With the crowd, our instincts told us to find a nearest restaurant to settle our lunch first, which happened to be Yum Cha.
Yum Cha provides spacious and comfortable seatings, the set ups are in wooden theme, including the floor. We could feel the wooden floor shaking whenever people walked pass us.
There were waitresses pushing around dim sum on the push cart. In that way, we didn't need to wait long for our food and we could pick our dim sum right in front of us.
Paper wrapped chicken ($4.6) is one of their chef recommended dishes. There were two chicken mid joint wings in each paper bag, making it convenient for sharing. The wings had a fragrant ginger taste and the sauce was thick and flavorful.
The secret of a delicious braised chicken feet lies in the sauce and the readiness of the chicken feet to absorb the sauce. This phoenix claws a.k.a. chicken feet ($4) were 'puff up' well, allowing it to soak up the sweet and spicy sauce to produce a succulent texture. It was so addictive that we ordered a second portion!
I love chee cheong fun, especially the type with fillings. The skin is crucial in this dish, it has to be paper-thin, smooth and slippery. This BBQ pork rice flour roll ($3.6) was decent, but the skin bears similarity to those ready made chee cheong fun which usually accompanied by sweet sauce, a tad too thick in my opinion.
This is lotus leaf glutinous rice ($4.2). Judging from the color of the leaves, it looked like it was steamed rather than baked.
Unwrapping the leaves revealed the glutinous rice inside. It was not as plain as it looks, there were generous amount of meat hidden inside the glutinous rice!
At last, the dessert. This pomelo sago in mango juice ($4.6) was sweet and refreshing with the pomelo bursting out the juice in your mouth. However, the color looks artificially orange.
Overall, nice dim sum but a bit pricey. I would expect more with this price range. The seating was spacious and comfortable, perfect for big family gathering!Post
