While the best signifies a place only one can claim, it is funny how this little dim sum place which has been awarded 1 Michelin Star is claimed by the residents to be the best dim sum compared to the 3 Michelin Star one in Four Seasons Hotel. Or maybe it is just the aunties and uncles. Nonetheless with journalists from all over the globe adding to the hype, the wait for the best dim sum was a catastrophe. Just try for yourself, get on Google and type Tim Ho Wan. xD. Major newspapers such as The Sydney Morning Herald had it featured in its travel section in one of the few weeks before X’mas.
Mom and I came about 10 am to join the already waiting queue when the restaurant had just started opening its doors to customer. People from all races were in the queue! There was this guy which looked like Mika Hakkinen too ahah.
The insane line which is about 3 to 4 shops long.
As the shops were about to open, the waitress started passing out numbers so that the crowd would disperse. I was no. 22!!! We waited for awhile until my dad and sister joined us to wait for the dim sum. And after awhile a Caucasian family came with their translator and asked for a number. I think they got no.200+ HAHAHAHA! They’ll probably only come back @ night since this place is open till 10pm daily!
After waiting for more than an hour, the number was still stuck at no.11 because there was this family of 16 people still inside oh my gosh!! I was astounded when I found out about that family being in there… 16 people @@. O well my hungry tummy could no longer wait so we headed somewhere for a light meal:
Jeng Jeng Jeng. Super Crispy Roast Pork :P This place was nearby the dim sum restaurant so we just chilled there for awhile.
No idea what the name of the restaurant is.
Mongkok in B&W.
Even after the pork roast slices, I was still starving. God my, the hypes fadinggg but as the number gains its paces towards no.22 I was getting stoked. RWARrrrrrrrr and YESSSS we finally got in after 2 hours of wait @@!
The kitchen that makes all the food is very small. I guess that is why they only serve 30 customers at any one time. We ordered whatever that was featured in the newspaper reviews posted outside as well as some stuff we would normally have in a dim sum place as well.
My camera wouldn’t focus on the congee because it was so smooth there was almost no detail for the camera to work on =.=!
The glutinous rice which had lovely yummy well cooked rice which isn’t too soft or too hard. Loved it!
Char Siew Cheong Fun! Rice roll with BBQ pork. The fillings were one of the best my sister says she has ever tasted. For me I really liked how this place had me piling heaps of praise on the consistency within each of its dishes. It really feels refined.
The beef ball did not feel hard to bite into neither was it soft! And I often shun from ordering this dish in most restaurants because the tangerine taste was often too strong :(! But this one was just fine. Or maybe my hungry tummy locked out the fussiness in me ahah.
Dumplings? :S! Not really sure what this is. It feels like “Gao Chi”. But the fillings are totally different from the ones in Malaysia.
This one was FUNNY! Called it like King Siew Mai. But damn hell it tasted like the ones in Malaysia. So JUST this ONE dim sum is not in my good books. Later in the trip we had another dim sum meal at the hotel, the Siew Mai was like this too =.=!
This Malai Kao?Kow? Ok its some kind of steam cake a Malaysian can find in the market for RM0.50 or more like 10 cents in AUD. lol. Call it cheap call it market food but this place makes it wonderful. Its just different, got to try to know.
Pan Fried Radish cake which is one of my favourite whenever I have dim sum! These were a tad different from the ones I would normally have because it has a pinch of bitterness in it. My mom says they did not wash something of the radish or something like that. Not quite sure.
This is chickennnnn feet! I liked the sauce but the meat wasn’t soft enough. HAha I remember not liking these when I was young and now hohohoho I’ll eat it if its ordered!
Simple Spring Rolls but I liked the filling. The pro chef very carefully arranged the prawns in these :)! The colour of the spring rolls look good too right?
Lastly we had these little buns for dessert. The pressure put on these little delight was massive considering the praises and words I read in articles and blogs. So how was it? Hmmmmmmm…
Hmmmmm….take a look at the filling first….
Haha I’m not telling. Time to go Hong Kong to try it or if you’re already there, go get yourself one. They do takeaways too! In fact I saw people buying boxes of it away.
Overall the hype of this restaurant being really good is true, but thinking of the long wait, really, it keeps me feeling unsettled. I mean 2 hours for food is a bit of an overkill is it not? But if I happen to pass by and its empty. I would definitely rate this place the hidden gem of Hong Kong. OFFICIALLY. But yea right, the chances of that happening is like having Perth snow. Almost impossible. This however shouldn’t deter food loving people from giving it a try. At least once no?
Regards,
WenY
