Yum Cha restaurant is another Instagrammers dream! For me, the cute food was a case of "It looks better than it tastes."
I came here after my friend told me about it and even though she went earlier in the week she was kind enough to indulge me and go again.
We got a window seat and looked at the menu. It was great for tourists because it had English and pictures. It was Easter so we decided to get some Easter themed items like the Carrots (fried taro cake) and Turtles (cabbage and pork buns). My eyes are always bigger than my stomach and over ordered but that was okay since my friend's daughters would be more than happy to eat the leftovers. We took a good 7-10 minutes to take tons of pictures before we dug in.
We ordered:
Pig buns (BBQ pork) - Your typical BBQ pork bun, the cute pig was *almost* too cute to eat, but it actually tasted decent, with lean and fatty pieces which had good texture.
Mustache buns (peanut butter) - This was one of my favorite dishes. The peanut butter was on the runny side and when you bit into it, the peanut butter was warm and not too sweet.
Orange buns (egg custard) - I think I enjoyed this more than the mustache buns. I've always loved egg custard so to bite into the orange bun and taste the slightly sweet custard was oh so good.
Turtles (cabbage and pork): This lacked in flavor for me. I could taste the pork and the slight crunch of the cabbage but it wasn't enough.
Birds in cage (sweet lotus root) - I like deep fried lotus root, it was a little bit crunchy and not oily. I actually felt kind of guilty biting the bird's head off.
Fried taro cake (carrots) - This I liked a lot, again fried perfectly and not oily. Yum.
Rainbow har gow - No different from any har gow but I felt the skin was just a tad bit thicker than other places.
I enjoyed coming here for lunch, it wasn't too crowded and the food was not bad. They have a huge orange bun statue in front so you can take lots of pictures with it. The restaurant was whimsically decorated without being cheesy. Service was attentive to no complaints there. read more