Tim Ho Wan landed in our shores

Tim Sum is 1 of my favourite food and after hearing so much about Tim Ho Wan, I wanted to try it badly. Brought mummy once there on her bday but gave up due to the long queue.

So on 1 fine sat morning, we decided to wake up early to go try our luck. My piggy bro had told us that if we were to reach b4 9am on a sat morning, chances r we need not queue too long for a seat.

True enuff when we reached b4 9am, there is only a handful of customers queuing up. And they are open for business oredi though the official time is stated at 10am.

Menu

 As piggy bro was late, we couldnt go in as the rule is that every 1 should be present b4 we can get seated. Was so anxious as I am afraid the queue will get longer as time goes by. Luckily, we didnt wait too long for him.

We were given the menu while waiting and I was surprised to find the small variety offered. Piggy bro told me that the outlet is in Hong Kong where this restaurant originated from offers the same limited items also.

Hot tea

Overview of the items

We decided to order 1 of every thing we like 1st before going for a 2nd round. Here's an overview of the things we ordered.

1). Chicken feet with black bean sauce (鼓汁蒸风爪）

This is a must ordered dish for Mr Love though both piggy bro n I dun eat..He gets to eat the whole serving every time we go for dim sum. According to Mr Love, the chicken feet they served here is not bad, the black bean sauce compliment the chicken feet well...

Mr Love's favourite chicken feet

2). Baked Bun with BBQ Pork (酥皮叉烧包）

This item is classified as 1 of the Big 4 heavenly kings (四大天王）of Tim Ho Wan and piggy bro insist that we should order though I dun fancy eating cha siew bun but he convinced me anyway.

The crust of this bun is realli special, unlike the conventional char siew bun. It reminds me of the papa bread bun crust. Filling wise, there is nothing special, juz normal BBQ pork. I normally dun order this dish and thus there is nothing for me to compare. But if you asked me, its worth a try because of the special crust.

Baked bun with BBQ Pork

3). Pork Rib with black bean sauce （鼓汁蒸肉骨）

This is 1 of my favourite dim sum selection but then not every where serves nice version of this. The 1 served here is not to my liking either. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth after eating.

My best guess is they are using frozen meat and thus explain the taste. But I am sure there is a way to prepare remove the smell during preparation.

Steamed pork ribs

4). Prawn dumpling （晶莹鲜虾饺）

My favouirite dim sum dish. Usually I can eat 1 serving all by myself and thus we ordered 2 servings for this. Hehe.

I must say, this dish they served here did not disappoint me. The skin thickness is juz nice, prawns are fresh and succulent. Without fail, I ate 1 whole serving by myself and 1 more from the other serving. Haha.

My favourite Har Gow

5). Pan fried carrot cake (香煎萝卜糕）

This is also 1 of the Big 4 Heavenly kings listed and we decided to order and try. Not sure whether they prepared it earlier but it was served cold. Thus, it was not as cripsy as I tot it would be it. Taste wise is acceptable, it went well with the chilli..Anyways, I would really prefer it to be hot.

Carrot Cake

6).Vermicelli Roll with BBQ pork (密味叉烧肠)

I would prefer the prawn version anytime, but since we are oredi having alot of prawns in other dishes, we decided to order the BBQ pork version. The thing I like about Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun (as commonly known in SG/Msia) is the skin. Its thinner than our version, so much thinner that it cannot realli hold the stuffings inside without breaking.

Another thing I like is the soy sauce sauce that it poured over it.The 1 served here is not the most fantastic version I ever tried but still I like it qutie well.

Char Siew Chee Cheong Fun

7).Beancurd Skin Roll with Shrimp （鲜虾腐皮卷）

This is another of our must have during di sum and I had high expectations of it due to the fact that I can DIY at home. If the standard is not higher than my lousy skills, why should I pay to eat this outside?

The 1 here is surprisingly good, served piping hot, the skin is super cripsy. Breaking into crumps as we bite into it. The only thing I wanna complaint is the present of parsley inside, I totally cannot stand the smell though Mr Love keep claiming that it added to the taste of this dish. EEKKKKKSSS

腐皮卷

8). Beancurd skin roll with Pork & Shrimp  （美味焖鲜竹卷）

This is the steamed version of 腐皮卷 but added with pork. Not sure why we chose it but than its normal only. Prefer the deep fry version anytime.

Steam beancurd roll with pork & shrimp

9). Pork dumpling with shrimp （鲜虾烧卖皇）

You cannot say you are eating dim dum without ordering 1).Har Gow, 2). Siew Mai. So here's the must order. Its bigger than the 1 we usually see, topped with 枸杞子. 

The meat and shrimp used are pretty fresh and since it was served hot, there is a little of sauce flowing out as I took a bite. 

Last but not least, Siew Mai

These are basically what we ordered and the total bill came up to 60bucks for the 3 of us. I must say, this restaurant is abit over rated. Not having a wiee variety is something that I am not particularly impressed with.

The pricing is also on the high side given the quality of the dim sum. Piggy bro told me that he finds the HK outlet serves better dim sum than here thought the queue is equally crazy.

Having said that, I think 1 should at least give them 1 visit at least. The char siew bun is still worth a try if the queue is not crazy.