Early morning at 10 am, we wanted to eat at the newly renovated
Sushi Zanmai at the Gardens Mall but there were only two chefs working and no waiting staff to be seen so we did not go enter the restaurant because the ambiance was not friendly at all. We ended up having dim sum at
The Han Room which is located near to Sushi Zanmai.
Dim sum is served in The Han Room on Sunday and public holidays only. The waiting staff will push a cart with hot dim sum steaming away in bamboo baskets to your table for you to take your pick. There is also a menu for food items not served by the cart and you can order from that menu too.
From top clockwise: 1. Prawn dumplings - green for edamame, orange for carrot and yellow for sweetcorn. 2. Prawn dumplings with sakura prawn on top. 3. Century egg siew mai.
1 of the above costs MYR9.80 ++ (10% service charge and 6% GST) and the other two at MYR10.80++ each.
The prawn dumpling with sweetcorns in it has such a thick skin. The other two prawn dumplings do not have such thick skin so I wonder what went wrong with this one.
From top clockwise: 1. yam (taro) deep fried dumplings 2. deep fried prawn dumplings 3. siew mai (there are 3 siew mai and we have eaten one before the photo was taken.
1 of the above costs MYR11.80 ++ (10% service charge and 6% GST) and the other two at MYR9.80++ each.
This is one of the better wu kok (yam dumpling) that I have eaten because I can detect the taste of yam unlike some where the taste of 5 spice powder overpowered the yam taste. I am not sure whether it is chicken meat or pork meat for the meat fillings because there was no chicken meat and no pork meat taste and I did not ask the serving staff.
The items served from the push carts are priced at MYR7.80++, MYR8.80++, MYR9.80++, MYR10.80++, MYR11.80++, MYR14.80++ and MYR18++ per serving.
They serve refillable chinese tea from a metal jug carried around by a serving staff at MYR3++ per person. So for the two of us, having the chinese tea and 6 dim sum items from the push carts, the bill is MYR80.20 nett. With this price, I prefer to eat dim sum at
Tim Ho Wan with items that are smaller with similar prices but the taste of the dim sum is better in my opinion unless you are planning to order from the menu and not from the dim sum push carts.
I want to laugh at your blog title, at first I thought you are scolding someone, LOL.
ReplyDeleteThe Har Gao I ate before at one Dim Sum Place has thick skin too muahaha
hahahaha! :)
DeleteIf that is the only thick skinned one, you can actually ask them what happened and they will give you another one. I mean, that is the usual practise la.
ReplyDeleteBut again, maybe I am the only 'thick skin' person to be doing that. LoL! >_<
it is ok. thick skin means more skin to eat so as long as it is cooked and not raw skin, I am ok with it.
DeleteI have eaten twice at this restaurant over weekends and had similar encounters like you. That place caters mostly for the upscale guests staying at the 5 Star hotel above. I also love Tim Ho Wan many times more for the taste and price!
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to giggle at the title as everyone bombed me in my wife's very recent facebook for being so thick skinned because I wore shorts and short sleeves at the street outsuide our hotel while looking at the snow falling from the Sapporo skies at night. The temperature was like -5C.
wah you are superman. not afraid of the cold.
DeleteHaven't gone for dim sum for ages, hoping to go for it one of these days.
ReplyDeletesome dim sum should be gluten free and Melissa can eat them.
Deletevery pricey..
ReplyDeletevery true.
DeleteHardly ever go for dimsum because I find it so pricey lor! Me too...thought you were scolding somebody 'thick skin' but disappointed because no gossip to entertain me..haha, just kidding.
ReplyDeletehahaha I am very nice, won't scold people here.
DeleteWow.. that is very steep indeed.. yes, like Merryn said, they can give you a replacement.. the other day, my boys and I got a meal free from Marco Polo cos they failed to inform us that the angus beef we ordered was finished and we kept waiting for it till the cows come home.. hahahaa... well, I am just exaggerating!
ReplyDeletewah like that also can. no more beef but never tell. lucky they remember to tell in the end.
DeleteIf I remember correctly, you prefer thick skin?
ReplyDeleteyes you do have good memory so that is why i did not complain to the waiting staff but just wonder why only one thick skin the others thin skin.
DeleteI love yam dumpling! And egg tart, something I will sure order whenever I go eat dim sum..
ReplyDeleteme too! :)
DeleteI do not mind dim sum on some day.
ReplyDeletei do not mind having them everyday but time is a factor.
DeleteWhenever I go dim sum, wu kok is a must!
ReplyDeletesame with me! :)
DeleteAsk for more of those 'thick skin' dumplings!
ReplyDeleteExpensive to eat dim sum at this kind of prices, since you need to order quite a few per person. Once in a while lah.
hahaha i don't think they know which ones are thick skin just from looking from the outside. yes expensive so eat once in a while only like you say.
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