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2011-04-17
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I met my overseas chef friend as he was in town and we decided to have a Hi Tea Buffet ($12.80++) at Lao Beijing to catch up after so many years. Having high hopes that they serve good Chinese food, we entered the restaurant and were seated by one of the waitress.Some of the food items on the buffet menu were self service style at the buffet counter. The hot food was placed in heater trays and the appetizers were displayed on huge plates on the buffet table. The soup, which was Sichuan style
Some of the food items on the buffet menu were self service style at the buffet counter. The hot food was placed in heater trays and the appetizers were displayed on huge plates on the buffet table. The soup, which was Sichuan style soup (not pictured) was in a huge heater pot which didn’t taste nice at all as it tasted quite blend and too much corn starch were added into it.
The Appetizing Cucumber, Beijing Style was very light and crunchy. It was lightly seasoned in some finely chopped chili slices, garlic and a bit of vinegar. This dish had nothing too special about it but it was something light and appetizing.
This dish, Zhajiang Noodles is also one of their house specialties also one of Beijing’s dishes was disappointing. I had better Zhajiang mian out there at smaller eateries compared to this from Lao Beijing. The noodles tasted very flourish and filling and the sauce wasn’t fragrant enough to bring out the flavor of the “zhajiang”. Perhaps, it was done this way to make customers filling during their buffet?
The Beijing-style Juicy Shao Mai is worst than those you can find at coffee shops. There were many of it in the steamer on the buffet table and it has been in it for a long time. It was very dry and not juicy at all. From the looks of it, its machine made and the pork meat in it tasted hard and dry. The overall gave me an impression that it was frozen exactly like those found in the supermarket. My friend agreed too and I was speechless that a Tung Lok Chinese restaurant is serving dim sum of supermarket frozen food quality in their restaurants.
The Steamed Juicy Meat Buns (Xiao Long Bao) I have to say it was the most decent dim sum I had out of all that they have to offer and it is also one of their house specialties. It took a while before it came out of the kitchen after I ordered it. The skin on the outer layer was a little dry which shows that it was over steamed. Overall, I find that it’s the best out of all the items in the dim menu.
After this experience, I don’t think I will ever step into Lao Beijing again for their hi-tea buffet. I guess I'll be heading to other renown restaurants for dim sum instead.
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