It was a public holiday in Hong Kong so I went with my wife to Prince in Lee Gardens shopping centre for a leisurely dim sum lunch.
As the restaurant is located in an upmarket shopping centre the setting is affluent as well, with decent sized and well laid-out tables with nice tableware. We ordered the following dishes as described below.
Spring rolls arrived first and fairly swiftly. These were different in that they were longer and thinner than the standard ones, plus it was served in a wine glass as shown below. The filling was different too in that it had fish meat that was quite tasty, rather than the usual pork and vegetable mix.
The picture below has four dishes. Scallop and vegetable dumpling at the top of the shot did not much scallop, disappointingly but overall OK. The egg tarts were the best dish of the lunch; they had really nice pastry and good sweet filling and we saved these treats until the end of our meal. The savoury dumpling was very standard, with a crispy sweet outside and pork based filling. The 'Har gow' had an adequately sized prawn wrapped by a decent pastry on the outside.
Another dish we ordered was the Turnip Cake. This fried dish was a little bland to taste but was served with some peppers for a bit of colour.
Apart from the Egg Tarts and Spring Roll the rest of the dishes tasted not that much better than other dim sum restaurants that are common place here. Service was fine too.
One last point is the whilst it is a more high-end dim sum restaurant than usual ones, there were no napkins or serviettes that one would probably expect from a tea house trying to differentiate itself from the rest.
Scores:
Food: 3/5
Presentation: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Setting: 4/5
Overall: 13/20
Total Bill: $284, about £12 a head.
I ate: All of the above.
I drank: Cups of Dragon's Well tea.
As the restaurant is located in an upmarket shopping centre the setting is affluent as well, with decent sized and well laid-out tables with nice tableware. We ordered the following dishes as described below.
Spring rolls arrived first and fairly swiftly. These were different in that they were longer and thinner than the standard ones, plus it was served in a wine glass as shown below. The filling was different too in that it had fish meat that was quite tasty, rather than the usual pork and vegetable mix.
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| Spring Rolls |
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| Clockwise from top: Scallop & Vegetable Dumpling, Egg Tart, Savoury Dumpling, Har Gow |
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| Turnip Cake |
One last point is the whilst it is a more high-end dim sum restaurant than usual ones, there were no napkins or serviettes that one would probably expect from a tea house trying to differentiate itself from the rest.
Scores:
Food: 3/5
Presentation: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Setting: 4/5
Overall: 13/20
Total Bill: $284, about £12 a head.
I ate: All of the above.
I drank: Cups of Dragon's Well tea.
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