Came here around 2pm on a Saturday after visiting the giant buddha…read more This place is very special. The pear and the pumpkin shaped dimsum was super cute and delicious. The other more 'standard' dimsum dishes were also very good. No surprise it was very good in comparison to the dim sum eaten in the US. All the ingredients are very good. The cha siu bao had noticable pieces of meat in it. The ma lai gao (sponge cake) is definitely more light and fluffy than any other that Ive had. The flavors of all the dishes were very good. The stir fried noodles was a bit dry but had a lot of shrimp in it. Overall, would highly recommend this place to eat especially since it is in a convenient location. You can come here to eat after shopping around in the city gate outlets or after you go ride the cable car back down from seeing the buddha.

The best dim sum restaurant hands down in Tung Chun. It is located at the expanded Citygate Outlet…read more It has really comfortable seating, offers one of the best dim sum and has really good service. A few dim sum dishes I would recommend: 1) Truffle shrimp dumplings 2) Red rice crispy shrimp rolls 3) Tofu skin rolls 4) Fresh shrimp siu mai Really enjoyed my visit at this gem, and would love to come back at a heartbeat.

This Crystal Jade is fast, clean and service is surprisingly warm. Had dinner here twice in two…read moredays! Edit: I changed my initial rating of 4 stars to 5 stars. Five stars! One for each of the things that do it for me: Service, ambience, food, price and "Will I come back?" Edit: Was Shanghai Hairy Crab Special! So tried the Crab Roe Xiao Long Bao, Shanghai Rice Noodles with Crab Roe, Glutinous Balls with Crab Roe in a light broth. All fantastic. All worth the price. I had: Double boiled chicken soup with lamian. Soup is incredible, rich but not overpowering. Savoury and subtle. This is my favourite. Paired with a bowl of plain lamian, pour the soup over the noodles and swoon. Fried pork rib (actually a pork chop) with lamian. The noodles come in a bowl of savoury clear broth. This is so good by itself. The pork rib is deep fried and over cooked, so, meh. Xiao long bao (XLB). Each order comes in a bamboo steamer. The 4 little dumplings are perfect, the skin is delicate encapsulating a spoonful of tasty gravy and minced pork. Be careful picking each dumpling up! You don't want to accidentally break it, spilling and wasting all the juicy goodness. You also want to let it cool a bit first before biting into it. Pan fried pao. Three pork paos are lightly pan fried, giving the bottom of each pao a crispy crunchy base. So moreish! Pork jelly. Delicately pulled pork is set in a jelly and cut into cubes, served chilled. I dip each cube in a light vinegar before eating, so refreshing and light! Yum. Gyoza. Really juicy gyoza. Nuff said. Steamed pao. I tried the vegetarian version. Fluffy and light with some chopped vegetables wrapped inside. I should have just ordered the pork pao. The service staff were attentive and kept the hot tea refilled. I like that! The price of noodles are about HK$60 to $100. XLB and other baos are about HK$40 to $50. I may have found a new XLB favourite. Might even be better than Din Tai Fung. Will need to compare!

This Is one of our favorite places for Soup Dumplings and La Mian noodles when we visit Hong Kong…read more The food is always good here and the service fast and efficient. If you arrive early enough, you can get a table close to the window with a nice view of the harbor. Highly recommended.

This branch in the Popcorn mall is closed but we headed to the close-by Po Lam's MCP Central store…read morefor lunch instead. The location of the Po Lam store is on the ground level, phase 2, next to the movie theatre. I haven't had their dimsum in 4 years and it was just as good as I remembered them to be. Affordable, lots of variety and just simply delicious. Every time I'm back in Hong Kong, I have to eat here.

Serving up dimsum all day, feels like eating at an old school HK dimsum place minus the cart…read morepushing (as in no pushcarts). Ambience not the cleanest: a hole-in-wall, re-wash all your dishes place. But great dimsum that's pretty cheap - hence they are known as the most affordable Michelin Star restaurant in the world, with 1 star for good quality tasting food for price range. This location is just one of their many Tim Ho Wan branches so if this location is too far for you, there's several other branches in HK and even elsewhere in the world (e.g. NYC). Take out is an option- especially if you have children you don't want touching all the less clean surface areas. They do have high chairs and they don't exempt tea charge for toddlers. As for the dishes, our favorites were the Baked Bun with BBQ Pork and Steamed Egg Cake, which they are known for and indeed taste delicious. Hubby liked their Pan Fried Turnip Cake. We also liked the Glutinous Rice Dumpling which was 1 huge leaf wrapped steamed rice with meat (law mae gae). The Steamed Rice with Chicken Feet and Spareribs was another tasty dish. The Steamed Pork Dumpling with Shrimp (har gow) and Deep Fried Dumplings filled with Pork (ham sui gwok) were OK but was smaller than usual and didn't stand out. The Vermicelli with Beef Roll is one to avoid since the beef in it was too chewy. Overall, great tasting dishes! If looking for elevator to take you down to the lowest level of the mall where they are located, find the elevator on the 2nd floor next to Manning Kids.

Delicious food. Lots of amazing things to try. Fast service and good prices. Hopefully I can go…read moreagain someday.

Came here on sat night, restaurant located in MoKo mall. I arrived hk first night and we stayed…read moreat Royal plaza next to the mall! Love the moko mall, it has so many options for shopping, and restaurants. Always love their soup dumplings. Tried their dinner combo, comes with 2 drinks, appetizer, 2 dishes. Service is ok, you can order with server or order on line. Ambiance is ok, no wait on weekend. The only complaint is food did takes quite a long time to get deliver, but they are delicious.

The best dim sum I've had, I'm serious. But as in my previous HK food reviews; culture here is much…read moredifferent than in the US. Waiters don't ask if you've been here before or how it's going. We sat there for a good 15 minutes just waiting. We saw the dim sum cart so we thought it'd eventually get to our table. We then saw waiters bringing out plates to other tables so then we got super confused. Luckily there was a nice couple sitting next to us that could speak fluent English. He explained this place and with newer dim sum places you scan a QR code and order. He also went through the selection on what's good and what portion is big, etc. I swear we lucked out that night with this kind gentleman otherwise we'd be sitting there clueless for hours. Food was top notch. You know often times you order mindlessly (literally in our case because there were no photos to reference to so we went by the names and the gentleman's recs) and there will be some misses. Not here! Everything was delicious. Literally all. You can't go wrong with anything here, take my word. Just remember to scan the QR code to order so you don't sit there cluelessly like us.

Great dim sum spot! My friend recommended this place when…read morewe were trying to figure out where to go for dinner. They were packed but we were seated quickly. Everything we ordered was absolutely delicious! I love the cute faces on a few of the dumplings. It was also such a reasonable price. For 4 of us, we split the bill and it was about $15 each. We ordered a lot - probably around 10, if not more, dishes. Note of caution: The water with lemon is not a water with a slice of lemon, but also has sugar on the bottom that visibly separates and needs to be mixed. It was interesting.

Have been coming back n visited dinner time during Mooncake Festival - Mid-Autumn Festival night…read more.... People usually eat Mooncake, that it's so sweet n favor still n also created a new ice cream Mooncake!! Ordering classic authentic Cantonese Soup!!! Plus Beef Stew n Tendon casserole, giant razor clams with garlic vermicelli, chives flower stir fried octopus cutter fish!!! Plus dessert with Mango coconut roll, green beans soup n Fanda soda drinks!!! Services were so excellent and proper steps of services for fine dining Chinese cuisine... Classic environment Chinese festival with cheerfully enjoyment when any traditional festival coming!!

We were staying right next door in Jordan (Kowloon) and stumbled upon this place. It's a very…read moretraditional Hong Kong style restaurant and one of the few spots that opens early in the morning, which was super convenient for us to grab breakfast before heading out. We ordered a huge spread of classics: * Har gow (shrimp dumplings) * Siu mai * Phoenix claws (chicken feet) * Sticky rice in lotus leaf * Rice noodle rolls * Congee Everything tasted good, it hit the spot for a dim sum craving, but I wouldn't say it was outstanding or life-changing compared to some other famous spots in HK. It's definitely reliable comfort food, though. The service was good and efficient, which is always a plus during the morning rush. If you are staying in the Jordan area and need a convenient, traditional meal, this gets the job done!

The food is good but it depends on what you get. The ambiance is NOT romantic or quaint in any way…read more I'd come back but I wouldn't go out of my way for it Food: GET THE ROAST PORK BUN. This is the best roast pork bun I've ever had - hands down. Otherwise, why are you here? It's what got them their Michelin star. I got the ha gow, ha cheurng (rice noodle wrap with shrimp), fried noodles. The waiter said don't bother with their short ribs or radish cake. Price: pennies. For 5 dishes it was 10 USD. Cheap af. Ambiance: it's like eating on the subway train when the floor is wet. Do not go to the bathroom unless it's #1. You've been warned. Bring your own napkins. Service: slam dunk service - all business. In and out in under 20 min. Wham bam thank you ma'am

This chain definitely earned their Michelin Star. It was affordable and delicious. My friends and I…read morecame here and basically ordered their whole menu. I have nothing bad to say about all the items that we had. Each one of us paid about 80 HKD and was able to try 13 different items. The quality of everything was top notch and comparable to bougie dimsum in America where each dish would be $5-$7 USD. The item that stood out to me was the bbq pork bun. The breading was soft, bbq pork was tender and full of flavor and the top was sweet. Overall I thought that the flavors and texture were spot on and made this a wonderful plate. Can't wait for Tim Ho Wan to come to America. Hopefully they retain their pricing as well.

Just had a lovely dim sum lunch with friends at Kong Chiu Lau (港潮樓) in Tsim Sha Tsui and tucked…read moreaway on the 1st floor of Harbour Crystal Centre on Granville Road. It's a solid spot if you're after decent, no-frills Cantonese dim sum without the usual chaotic crowds. The food was genuinely tasty - nothing mind-blowing, but everything fresh and well-executed. We went for their special set lunch, which comes with a great mix assortment of dim sum classics (har gow, siu mai, char siu bao, etc.). Portions are generous, and it's perfect for sharing. What I really liked was the vibe: the interior feels elegant with those big chandeliers giving it a touch of class, but it's still relaxed enough for a proper catch-up conversation. No yelling over noisy tables here - it's surprisingly chill for TST, especially at lunchtime. Service was friendly and attentive (a nice change from some rushed spots), and the prices are super reasonable - way better value than a lot of the touristy places nearby. Great for a casual meet-up with pals when you want good dim sum, a comfy setting, and no madness. Definitely adding it to my go-to list for easy lunches in the area!

I ordered dim sum here and was not disappointed…read more The standouts are the Deep Fried Bitter Melon with Salty Egg Yolk and the Pan-fried Squid Cakes. I love both for their flavors and textures. Among the dishes I ordered, most was above average with the exception of the Steam Sesame Sweet Dumpling which has thick skin and the Deep Fried Sweet Pumpkin Cakes. Both of which the contents inside are quite sparse. I would come here again in a heartbeat.