Food (**** of *****) Chicken in wine has a lot of wine flavor. Many other places will skimp on the…read morewine to save money. Not here. The noodles are hand drawn here in an open kitchen. The food is not as good as din tai fung, but it is a very close second. For example, din tai fung will chop their veggies up by hand into very tiny pieces. The veggies here are not as finely chopped but still taste great. Atmosphere (**** of *****) modern chinese decor with upbeat soft techno muzac. Service (*** out of *****) typical quick hong kong service, brusque, yet efficient. Conclusion (**** out of *****) very good shanghainese food, yet inexpensive. Gave them an extra star for value since they do not add a tea service fee nor a mandatory service charge to your bill.

Really clean place. I only drank from this place since I was very thirsty. The soy milk was…read morefine, but I had better elsewhere. The milk tea was very flavorful.

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A hole in a wall type Shanghai restaurant with delicious authentic food. You must order the…read moreShanghai fried noodles and fried dumplings! They are to die for!! We had the Xiao Long Bao 小籠包 as well, they were okay. The juicy meat was there but the skin was a bit thick, not practically good for the HK standard. Nevertheless, eveything else was delicious. If you go during lunch, they have lunch sets that include a dish, vege rice or white rice and a soup for less than $50 HK. One down side for westerners is that everything is in Chinese and I'm not sure if they have an Eng or a picture menu. If you don't read Chinese and are alone, you can look for the dishes you want in traditional Chinese and bring the list there. It's worth it for an authentic experience!!

Wow, almost ten years later, my updated review of Din Tai Fung (DTF) in New Town Plaza of Shatin…read moreis now posted. The location remains well alive at the basement level near several other eateries and the movie theater. The other tenants have already come and go while DTF is kicking. The crowds are still very present and seating is hard to come by without any wait, especially during dinner hours regardless of being a weekday or weekend. However, their previous system of securing a table by reservation online via an app has long been gone. The only way to reserve a table is to wait in line in person and they won't seat you until the entire party is present. The service is still great and quite attentive. The menu extensively includes a variety of dumplings, including those pan-fried, steamed, or soup dumplings. They also offer amazing noodles, noodle soups, fried rice, hot and cold appetizers, vegetable dishes, and a nice handful of desserts. The flavor is also on point for all the options I've ordered and not one dish to disappoint. My group and I always found a favorite item such as the pork chop fried rice, spicy chili oil dumplings, crab roe soup dumplings, jellied ham, and more. It's really an endless list of must-gets because there's hardly anything on the menu we would refuse. Overall a group favorite because of all the options on the menu plus legendary handcrafted soup dumplings that has thin enough skin to hold all the soup without the leak and juicy meat. It's still on my must-visit list everytime I'm around.

I was craving some good XLB and I knew Din Tai Fung would deliver so I came here for lunch. Good…read morething I came early because there was a line by the time I left. Service was excellent and I loved how attentive the staff were. I ordered the pork XLB, the Dan Dan mian, and a Coke. Everything came out super hot. The XLB was very juicy and wrapper to meat ratio was perfect. I would definitely dine here again if I'm ever in the area or craving for XLB again.

We got this place recommended from a friend we bumped into at Tsuen Wan Plaza. We were looking for…read moretasty dinner, something Chinese. The location has a windowed kitchen for curious patrons, and the seating area features floor-to ceiling glass to look out onto the parkette between Tsuen Wan Plaza and Citywalk. Quite scenic, I imagine this location to be an excellent low-to-moderate spending dinner date location. We got there just as they were filling up for the first round of dinner, and were immediately intrigued but their multi-flavour xiaolongbao variety set on the very first page of the menu. We decided it wasn't worth the price to get such a risky/avant-garde item. The rest of the menu consists of all your other Shanghainese classics: xiaolongbao, dumplings, fried pancakes, buns, hand-made noodles, casserole soups, etc. In the end we ordered two noodle soups, one order of xiaolongbao (4 pieces), one order of potsticker dumplings (4 pieces), and some plain greens. The dim sum items were fresh and tasty, with traditional textures (thin skin for xiaolongbao and thicker for potstickers), and the noodles were definitely tasty and had the hand-made noodle taste to them. While everything tasted fine, it was obvious that the restaurant was a chain and a reliable choice if anything - nothing super exciting but nothing missing the mark. I was quite happy with my orders and the place deserves a solid 4 stars for reliability and taste, and even convenience of its chain's locations. The portions are typical of updates Hong Kong places - just enough to fill, no leftovers. If you're a big eater be sure to order some extra noodles. The service was very quick and we never had to wait except for the food to be prepared. There was some wait time for food to come out, but we were willing to wait if it meant freshly prepared food. Our teacups were kept filled throughout the night, which made the wait tolerable.