Tang Court, Langham Hotel

Hubby and i were HUGE fans of Masterchef in 2009. We were even more hooked onto the TV show when they went to HK for their culture challenges. During the show the contestants stayed at Langham Hotel, and apparently they had a reputation of serving up some of the best dim sum in HK. So naturally when we go to HK we had to go to Langham hotel to try their famous dim sum.

Scallop dumplings with roe- delicious! it had nice chunks of fresh scallops and steamed perfectly.

In the front is jelly fish with pork [? i forgot], at the back is crispy friend fish [forgot] with salted golden egg yokes.

pork cheaks - tender & succulent dipped in peanut sauce [ HK people like their "satay sauce"]

Crispy fried rice flour roll, cooked in chilli XO sauce. This was a real surprise when it came out, not what we expected at all but was absolutely delicious.

All in all it was a great dim sum meal, favourites were the rice flour roll and the scallop dumplings. For HK prices they were pretty up there, but once we converted them to AUD, it was pricey but still reasonable. Tang Court is a fine dining restaurant, fantastic service, beautiful decor and very different from the normal dim sum back in Perth.

weekend of gluttony

wow.. the weekend just passed... was a total food fest.

we have either eaten at a restaurant or a take away meal from friday night to sunday night.
Most of it was a chinese restaurant of some sort, which means total greasy goodness. but by sunday morning, my stomach did not quite agree..... how ever we had a lunch and dinner date to attend and could not decline.

so to yum cha we went for sunday brunch, at dragon seafood on francis street.
food is good, variety - just the usual, nothing made us excited ...BUT!! the crowds... OMFG the crowds was crazy. sure, the size of the crowd is a good indication of the restaurant's food, must be bloody good.

But geeezz... i definitely dont want to wait 30-40 minutes every time we go to yum cha.
2 thumbs up for great tasting food (prolly really high msg... eheheh)
but i'm not impressed by the crowds.

i'd rather go to our favourite dim sum place, royal seafood on aberdeen street.
5-10 minutes to get a table (no booking) - GREAT variety of foods that make you go.."hmm i'd like to try that" ..."ooo that looks good".... "whats that! i want it "
and no crowds!

xxoo
clio

ps: my blabber mouth ways have bitten me back in the bum.
have learnt my lesson, keep your mouth shut, be a professional.