This is a chain from Shanghai that has opened quite a few shops across Hong Kong. I had eaten at one of the branches here a year or two ago, and remembered a number of little dim sum dishes that I liked a lot, so we made sure to get them today. One was a deep fried bun (sorry, I don't know the official name), which was tasty thanks to the grease and meat stuffing. We also got a crab yolk tofu, although they were out of one of my favorite Shanghainese dishes, shan hu. And of course, we got the obligatory xiao long bao, although the skin was a bit thicker than I'd like.
One interesting piece was a pork and steamed bun-type thing. A big chunk of fatty pork is tied up and simmered in some red (non-spicy, not too sweet) sauce, which you shove into a little steamed pancake thing and eat away. It was interesting and not bad, although I won't get cravings for it either. Anyway, if you come here, be sure to get some of those fried dim sum plates. It's a bit different from the Cantonese dim sum that one usually gets in HK.
The fried bun should be called 'sheng jian bao' in chinese or 'sung jin bao' in cantonese if I didn't remember wrongly. :)
ReplyDeleteIf you like Shanghai cuisine, you may want to check out Hu Cui (part of Crystal Jade Group - not sure if you like CJG but Hu Cui is really quite good - better than Lao Beijing and Ding Tai Fung in my humble opinion). Hu Cui has a wide selection of Shanghai dishes and has an all-day dim sum menu. The dim sum is very affordable and delicious. I haven't tried much of the dishes though, as they are rather pricey.
ReplyDeleteHu Cui is at Ngee Ann City, 2nd floor.
And nope, I don't work there and earn no commission.:)
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