After picking up a few essentials at Manning (like an upscale Walgreens) in Mongkok, Hong Kong, we…read moredecided to explore the building where it was located, and found Grand Plaza mall, which was conveniently located just across the street from our hotel, the Cordis. As we wandered through the mall, we noticed it housed a variety of restaurants and eateries. That's when we discovered Paradise Dynasty, a restaurant on the 2nd floor (3rd floor by U.S. standards) specializing in Shanghainese cuisine. Intrigued by all the pictures on their display, we returned that evening with our daughter, and it was love at first bite. We ended up dining there a total of four times in the nine days thereafter! The restaurant was clean, comfortable, and filled with small tables that created a cozy atmosphere. Despite the crowds, we never had to wait for a table. The staff were consistently welcoming and courteous, making each visit pleasant and hassle-free. Menus were available both via QR code and in physical form, in both Chinese and English, complete with photos of every dish, making ordering incredibly easy. One of the standout dishes was their Xiao Long Bao, soup dumplings with delicate wrappers and flavorful fillings. We highly recommend the Specialty Dynasty Xiao Long Bao, which includes eight different flavors for a fun and tasty experience. Other favorites included the La Mian with Prawn and Pork Wonton in Signature Pork Bone Soup (Wontons with Noodle Soup), a comforting bowl featuring four plump wontons and a generous serving of noodles, perfect for sharing. We also never skipped dessert: a warm bowl of ginger soup with three glutinous rice balls filled with fragrant black sesame paste. Though we were usually full, we always found room to share one glutinous rice ball each, just enough to satisfy our sweet tooth. With its convenient location, reasonable prices, varied menu, consistent quality, and great service, Paradise Dynasty quickly became our go-to restaurant in Hong Kong. We are already looking forward to our next visit!

Located in Grand Plaza Center, this was one of the best Shanghai restaurants I've been to. The…read moredouble boiled chicken soup tasted like my mother's homemade soup, which I loved. The stir fried xiao bai cai was the best. I'm glad this was the last place we ate at before the flight as the food wasn't too heavy or salty.

If you are near here, eat here!…read more We were the only westerners in the restaurant, which gives a good hint about local quality. The menu had a LOT of items, each numbered and with short descriptions in English. Everything was, as you'd expect, served family style. We had the hot and sour soup, some veggie dumplings, shredded beef with vegetables, shrimp in chili sauce, all served with tea. Each was fantastic! Seriously. Not good. Not great. Fantastic! There was enough soup for four, which magically disappeared from our table for two. We cleaned every plate, and not because the servings were anything short of generous. The service was also great, while a bit hovering as they seemed worried about how we might handle everything. For one, I was happy they noticed us struggling while making a mess trying to shell the shrimp, bringing us a knife and fork (and extra wet-wipes). Interesting to me, this was the first time we each had two sets of chopsticks. Thankfully, the internet quickly taught us that one set was for serving ourselves from the community plates, and the other for eating. Don't use the eating pair for serving or the serving pair for eating -- it is bad form, especially with COVID being so huge here. Note: they are happy to bring serving spoons, forks and knives if you ask (or appear hopeless). My other mistake, in addition to the shrimp peeling fiasco, was not tipping. When I saw the 10% service fee, and knowing tipping is totally optional and not expected in Hong Kong (and most of SE Asia), I still should have left a bit more, especially considering how helpful they were.

Very good restaurant, I like roast duck very much, it is very delicious and clean, all are cooked…read moreby the chef, the ingredients are very fresh, I brought my children to eat there, the children like it very much, the price is very cheap, and by using FlashGet Kids Parental Control App, I don't have to worry about the children running away, I can see the children's location in real time. Overall, it is a very good experience.

Feels like each time I'm back in my 2nd home, Hong Kong... we always manage to eat at DTF. Since…read moreour hotel is near CWB... we end up in this location. We still like the TST branch much better. Quality and service. This is a spot when you don't know what to eat... and it happens to be here. Ordered the usual, the cold salad, string beans, veggie, XLB, wontons and a noodle. We were still full from lunch so this was perfect. Very standard... somehow, the TST branch makes the XLB with more soup... who knows.. again, if you've been to one DTF, you know what you're getting.

While I am not mentally prepared to fight for a res and splurge on the Din Tai Fung in NYC, I was…read moreable to dine at DTF twice in Hong Kong. The walk-in line is always short and the pricing is "relatively" more affordable. The menus of HK and NYC DTF are more or less the same. Read on for the comprehenaive review of all my favorites: ＊Steamed Pork Soup Dumpling 小籠包 After all these years, DTF's xiao long bao still has a special place in my heart -- thin wrapper and juicy meat fillings. The temperature and dumpling size are just perfect. ＊Spicy Pork & Veggie Wonton 菜肉紅油抄手 ＊Fried Pork Chop Egg Fried Rice 炸豬排蛋炒飯 My second top recs are the spicy pork & veggie wontons + fried rice combo. My taiwanese friend taught me to drizzle some spicy sauce over the fried rice -- chef's kiss. The scallion egg fried rice is flavorful and the pork chop is grilled to perfect tenderness. ＊Spring Onion & Soy Sauce Dry Noodle 蔥油拌面 If you are more into noodles, you should definitely get their scallion mixed dry noodle. It is bursting with flavor and I saw many tables ordered the same dish. ＊Braised Wheat Gluten 上海烤麩 ＊Braised Beef Soup 紅燒牛肉湯 Our go-to sides to enjoy with the dumplings and mains. ＊Steamed Taro Paste Dumpling 荔芋小籠包 ＊Steamed Mini Black Sesame Bun 迷你黑芝麻包 For dessert, it is interesting to try the taro paste xiaolongbao. It is not too sweet and the taro filling is smooth. The mini black sesame bun is packed with nutty and earthy flavor.

This is a classic Shanghai restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui . We have a table of six so we can tried…read moredifferent dishes . Slow cooking soup with pork and corn . Rich in aroma . 5/5 Drunken squab . Meats are tender and the wine in cooking has elevated the taste perfectly. 5/5 Two appetizers: stewed beef shank , preserved vegetables Two cold plates : toasted peanut in seaweed , jelly fish & shedded radish Giant size stewed pork hock with sauce and baby bok choy . . This is like the soul of the diner . Skin and meats fall off the bone . Rich in favors and some chewy on the skin . It looks and taste maxing ! Grilled sea bass with okra . Fish is tasty and very healthy dish Eel clay pot rice . I enjoy the crispy rice bottom of the clay pot , mixed with the eel in sauce. Stir fried shrimp with sliced mushrooms and vegetables. Shrimp is large size , tasty and crisp . 5/5 Steamed xiao long bao . 5/5 . Lots of soup and it is delicious! This is a Hong Kong classic . Reservation is a much . What a delicious and enjoyable meal !

Since the Hong Kong side branch closed. This place is always packed. Most of the employees here…read morehave been here over 30 years. Always great food and service. Reservation is strongly suggested. Restaurant is in a basement on Peking road across from I Square. So it is not physically challenge friendly.

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.

I am a huge fan of Crystal Jade, but always divided between this place and Din Tai Fung. There are…read morea few slight differences in terms of the menu offerings and the preparation of the dishes, but you can be assured that the food at these two establishments are top notch. If you decide on Crystal Jade, be prepared to wait. If you go before the peak lunch and dinner time, there is little to no wait, less than 5-10 mins at the most. Once you hit dinner time, the wait is an excruciating 30-45 mins, especially at the popular Times Square, IFC, and Ocean Terminal (TST) locations. I've been pretty lucky to avoid any wait at Din Tai Fung, but then maybe it's because I've only gone during the weekdays. Back to Crystal Jade, here are my must-orders: - Xiao Long Bao (4 pcs per order) 小籠包 - Dan Dan Mian 擔擔麵 - Gluten with beans and black fungus - Pork wontons in chili vinaigrette 紅油抄手 - La Mian with Deep Fried Pork Cutlets - Hot/cold soy milk 熱/冷 豆漿 I love the juiciness of the XLB at Crystal Jade, the pork filling was wrapped in a delicate dumpling skin that I found more chewy than the DTF one. Dan Dan Mian had a spicy kick with a classic peanut-vinegar-y sauce. They cut the noodles in half for you, so that it's easy to share. I do wish there was an option to add some chicken or pork to the dish. The cold soy milk comes in perfectly to counter-act the spicy DDM noodles. The fried pork cutlets surprised me. A lot of the dishes here at heavy on the carbs, and for someone who's on the lookout for protein, I decided to test my luck with this. The pork cutlets were deep fried with a marinade of curry and some paprika for color! The pairing with the La Mian was delicious with a nice contrasting light broth. The pork wontons in chili vinaigrette 紅油抄手 are what distinguish different restaurants from each other. I'd say that it's a close tie between CJ and DTF, with CJ slightly better. It was overwhelming spicy and the prawns inside were juicy.

Solid for won ton noodles in Tsim Sha Tsui. Came for a late lunch and seated immediately, did have…read moreto grab my own chopsticks from a nearby table, but all good. Service is efficient, interior is typical Hong Kong contemporary, and the won tons are typical Hong Kong sized. Overall, the whole meal was quite tasty, and on the upper half of the won ton noodles I've had recently.

We heard some nice reviews for this place, so while in Tsim Sha Shui en route to our next…read moredestination, we happened to have come across this place and gave it a try for dinner, especially since there was almost no waiting. The food was good (especially the massive wontons) and came out fast enough. Portions were good and we didn't feel hungry once we got to our next destination. However, their place felt cramped, as there wasn't much room for our child's stroller, and the staff informing us that they had no child seats, forced us to take turns eating. This place, while good to eat, definitely isn't as family-friendly as we hoped. Space issues notwithstanding, we will keep this place on our shortlist for the next time we are in HK, though the next visit will have to be with grownups as it's not an ideal choice for families with small children.

I don't even know where to start, but I guess it will have to be that I'm so sad I missed the rave…read moreevent they hosted here LOL. Back to the actual topic of food though, honestly any dim sum here in HK exceeds Houston by so much that I can't even bridge the gap with words. Portions were larger, dumpling skin was thinner/softer, rice noodle/rolls were silkier, and pork ribs were so damn tender. The flavor of chicken feet done just right. Maybe this is nothing special for those who have regular access to dim sum in HK. For those of us overseas who can only find half decent imitations, Lin Heung Lou is as good as it gets #373

Old school place for dim sum with a great vibe and superb har gow, translucent skins, right number…read moreof folds. Pai gut (pork spareribs) pretty good too, although not too meaty. Service is good, main knock was that selection was more limited than I expected for such a well-established place. Still, well worth a visit of you're doing a dim sum tour of Hong Kong, even if it's not my favorite place.

Dang this was a big letdown. I've heard so many good things about Din Tai Fung so I was truly…read moreexcited when I saw it at the mall. Getting to try it in Hong Kong, the home of Dimsum, I thought this was going to be a 10/10. Yeah, not quite. The wrapping of each dishes were thicker than most places, so that was already offputting. That plus the taste of the fillings inside the xiao long baos, it's like you eat one and you already feel fed up and over it. And then there was no Har Gow in the menu, one of the most essential in a dimsum restaurant... Price was also much more expensive than your typical dimsum places in Hong Kong, and then some outrageous charges like $12 for tea per person, when it's literally one teapot at a table... and adding an additional 10% if you want to take the dishes to go if you don't finish... Yeah, this is a hard no. The only reason why I'm even giving it a two star rating is because customer service was spectacular and the tea was pretty tasty.

Wild recommendations encouraged us to visit today. Located inside of a shopping mall on the fourth…read morefloor, at 8pm it was loaded with mainly Asians consumers. No reservations taken but no waiting for us. We were seated immediately. A menu was provided that described about fifty choices in Chinese and English. I lack a taste for the exotic so the six items we selected had vegetables, chicken, beef, pork, or shrimp. We are less adventurous than some and, without guidance, stuck to ingredients of some familiarity. Rather than bringing all at once, there was a measured pace for delivery to our table. As dim sum lovers, we dug in. The experience of robust flavors and the environment combined to give us a genuine Hong Kong experience. Our total bill was less than $100US.