Yee Tung Heen is a Chinese restaurant nestled on the second floor of the Excelsior hotel in Causeway Bay, where my wife and I were for a Sunday yum cha lunch.
The spacious table was neatly set up as expected in this type of establishment. The picture shows the table layout with condiments and Dragon's Well tea on a warmer.
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| Table Setting |
We proceeded to order off the dim sum dishes menu, with the Siu Mai and Har Gow arriving first, shown below. These classic dim sum dishes usually come in fours in normal restaurants but were served as threes here. These were well made and tasty dumplings, with good portions of meat inside them. A twist in the design of the bamboo steamer was that it was of square form, rather than circular.
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| Siu Mai and Har Gow |
Next was the Rice Flour Roll of three different fillings of beef, barbecued pork and prawn. This is another popular dim sum dish that was done well here at this restaurant; with a good roll that was not too sticky, wrapping a hearty filling. The picture shows the dish before the accompanying soy sauce was draped over it.
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| Rice Flour Roll |
The Spring Rolls followed after. Again the portion was slightly smaller than in other restaurants but it made up in the presentation (apologies for not rotating the picture) and quality as the outer was golden brown and crispy and the inner packed with tasty shrimp.
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| Spring Roll |
We were still hungry after eating the above and I ordered Chicken Feet to fill me up more. This dim sum staple was in a nice black bean sauce and of a decent sized portion, in comparison to the previous dishes ordered.
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| Chicken Feet |
Our last dish was Sesame Roll as dessert. Our first impression was that this was small, with only three pieces for the price of $45. However it was well crafted (the photo cannot make out the detail) and tasted good, which rounded off our meal nicely.
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| Sesame Roll |
The food here was pretty good, although they could have been a bit more generous in the portion size and setting was very plush. Service was attentive and very professional for a dim sum restaurant. Dishes are pricier than standard restaurants in the city but not too bad value. If you want some upmarket dim sum then Yee Tung Heen is worth a visit.
Scores:
Food: 4/5
Presentation: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Setting: 4/5
Overall: 16/20
Total Bill: 318.60HKD, about £13 a head. This included a 15% credit card discount.
We ate: All of the above.
We drank: Dragon's Well Tea.
I wore: Casual jeans and hooded top, which were probably a bit too casual for this venue.
