After the walkabout in Hong Hu Garden, this was where me and my colleagues headed to for brunch; New Star Seafood Restaurant. It came highly recommended by colleagues who ate there before.
Chrysanthemum tea. RMB6 per head. There was a better grade of chrysanthemum but it was RMB12 per head. Am no tea connoisseur so we chose the cheaper grade. haha.
Pork porridge and "lor bak" cake (white radish cake?). Both were nicely scented with the aromatic smell and flavour of pork. YUM.
Some kind of char siew bao...but not the steamed or baked variety. This one came in a proper sticky bun. Not my favourite.
Custard bao...the piping hot filling spurted out a little when we opened the bao. Haha. Custard was savoury and fragrant. Best eaten hot.
Siu mai. Moist, flavourful, succulent pork topped with some fish roe in normal wantan wrapper. Also best eaten steaming hot.
Har Gow. This was a DISAPPOINTMENT. Looked so promising from the outside, smelt delicious, but one bite into it revealed less than firm/crunchy prawns. Not sure if it was the over-steaming or use of less than freshly caught prawns that made the difference. Prefer HK (and even Malaysian) Har Gow. Will try to have a HK dim sum photoblog sometime soon.
Dan Tat @ Egg tart. Filling was creamy, smooth, egg custardy and altogether tantalizing to the tastebuds. However, the skin/pastry was oily and slightly overpowered the delicate texture of the egg custard. Prefer the egg tart in HK (refer to recent post).
And...the result of the brunch? Empty plates and cups, full stomach, and the damage was only RMB 95. That's about RM 48. For the 7 dishes, not too bad i guess. But a weekend surcharge did apply on the bill, so it could have been cheaper if we went on a weekday morning.
If i were to rate the place, it would get 7/10 for food quality, 8/10 for service, 7/10 for ambience. It wasn't that easy to find the place, but after some searching, we found it. Just head to Shenzhen Metro (Dongmen) Lao Jie Station, Exit A. Come out, and look for the Holiday Villa Hotel. The entrance is somewhere around there. Can't miss it.
gosh, there are different grades for chrysanthemum tea? actually all the various types of chinese tea boggle my mind ... i can sort of remember their names, but i can never tell the difference between them! :D i like dim sum too, but i rarely manage to eat it, since i never wake up in time for breakfast and often skip lunch :D
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