Dim Sum restaurants in Hong Kong
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City Hall Maxim’s Palace
Noisy, gaudy and cheery, this is the kind of restaurant that formed the earliest memories of yum cha for many Hong Kongers. The dim sum (11am to 4pm Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm Sunday) comes in infinite varieties and is paraded on trolleys. A table by the window will let you watch land reclamation in progress where the old Queen’s Pier used to be.
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Wu Kong Shanghai Restaurant
If you don’t mind the staff looking daggers when you dawdle over your banana fritters, the specialities at this pleasant Shanghainese restaurant – cold pigeon in wine and Shanghainese pot-au-feu – are worth a trip across town. The four-course hairy crab meal (from $400, October to December) is also divine.
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Lei Garden
Military-like quality control (which obviously doesn’t extend to the decor) has earned two of nine Lei Garden branches, including this one, a Michelin star. Don’t miss its award-winning creation: sweet sago soup with mango and pomelo ($25 a bowl). There are branches in Central (2295 0238; Shop 3007-3011, 3rd fl, International Finance Centre; 11.30am-2.30pm, 6-10pm; MTR Hong Kong, exit E1), Wan Chai (2892 0333; 1st fl, CNT Tower, 338 Hennessy Rd; 11am-3pm, 6-10.30pm; MTR Causeway Bay, exit A), West Kowloon (2196 8133; Shop 2068-70, 2nd Level, Elements, 1 Austin Rd West; 11.30am-2.30pm Mon-Sat, 11am-2.45pm Sun, 6-10.30pm Mon-Sun; MTR Kowloon, exit A1), and Mong Kok (2392 51…
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Fook Lam Moon
One of the top Cantonese restaurants in town, FLM is dubbed ‘celeb canteen’ by the local tabloids. But even if you’re not a tycoon, FLM takes care of you from the minute you walk out of the lifts, with cheongsam-clad hostesses waiting to escort you to your table. The huge menu contains expensive items such as shark’s fin and abalone, which would shoot your bill up to at least $1000 per head. Dim sum (from $50) is available till 3pm. The branch in Wan Chai (Shop 3, Newman House, 35-45 Johnson Rd) has a one-star Michelin rating.
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West Villa
West Villa does the char siu (barbecued pork) job well – just slightly charred at the edges and with a golden lean-to-fat ratio. But char siu ($118) alone would not have earned this modern family-run operation a Bib Gourmand from the Michelin people. It also makes some of the best soy-sauce chicken in town ($150 for half) and a beautiful soup ($298, pre-ordering required) comprising chicken, conch meat, honeydew melon, and a dozen other ingredients its competitors would kill to know.
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West Villa
West Villa does the char siu (barbecued pork) job well – just slightly charred at the edges and with a golden lean-to-fat ratio. But char siu ($118) alone would not have earned this modern family-run operation a Bib Gourmand from the Michelin people. It also makes some of the best soy-sauce chicken in town ($150 for half) and a beautiful soup ($298, pre-ordering required) comprising chicken, conch meat, honeydew melon, and a dozen other ingredients its competitors would kill to know.
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Lin Heung Tea House
In the morning, this famous tea house is packed, just as it was in 1926, with older men reading newspapers. Dim sum (from $12), served from trolleys, is quickly snapped up, so hover near the kitchen if you want more choices. The big bun and liver siu mai are coveted items, prized more for their nostalgic value than their taste. But the lotus-root patties and the braised stuffed duck ($150, advance booking required) live up to their reputation.
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Luk Yu Tea House
This elegant establishment, known for its delicious pig’s lungs and almond soup ($140), is arguably the most famous teahouse in Hong Kong. With Eastern art deco interiors featuring ceiling fans and stained-glass windows, it could almost be the setting of a mystery novel. In fact, a property tycoon was shot and killed here by a hitman a few years ago. Dim sum is available till 5.30pm.
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Island Tang
With its stunning art deco interior à la 1930s Shanghai, Island Tang could easily have been the kind of restaurant where, as the Chinese say, one comes to ‘eat the decor’. But, surprisingly, you’d come for the food too. The Cantonese selections range from fried milk to abalone, which means a meal can set you back $300 or $3000. Dim sum is available all day.
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Lung King Heen
The world’s only Chinese restaurant to receive three stars from the Michelin guide. The food is excellent though not peerless in Hong Kong. It’s the view of the harbour and the service that make Lung King Heen truly unbeatable. Dim sum is impeccable; the signature steamed lobster and scallop dumplings sell out early.
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Forum
The abalone dishes at this expensive eatery have fans from across the world. What restaurant owner Yeung Koon-Yat does with these molluscs has earned him membership of Le Club des Chefs des Chefs and the moniker ‘King of Abalone’. If on a budget, you can make a meal of dim sum for under $200.
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Pak Lok Chiu Chow Restaurant
This old Chiu Chow restaurant still turns out reliable crab cakes and oyster omelettes, and you get unlimited refills of ‘kung fu’ tea – ‘Iron Goddess’ tea drunk the Chiu Chow way, using many tea leaves and a short infusion time. The cups are tiny, but downing too many of these will keep you up all night.
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Pak Lok Chiu Chow Restaurant
This Chiu Chow restaurant turns out reliable crab cakes and oyster omelettes, and you get unlimited refills of ‘kung fu’ tea – ‘Iron Goddess’ tea drunk the Chiu Chow way, using many tea leaves and a short infusion time. The cups are tiny, but downing too many of these will keep you up all night.
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T’ang Court
If the baked oysters with port ($220) and crispy eel with lemon and honey sauce ($190) make you wonder why T’ang Court has got only two Michelin stars, wait till you try the award-winning dishes. This suave establishment captures some of the finest moments of Cantonese cuisine.
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Spring Moon
The Peninsula hotel’s flagship Chinese restaurant, Spring Moon is a graceful teahouse in 1920s art deco style, where you can savour excellent teas and dim sum (from $50, lunch only) while basking in friendly service and the croonings of 1930s songstresses.
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Heichinrou
This stylish Cantonese restaurant is arguably the most elegant eatery in what makes up the four-level Food Forum (floors 10 to 13) in the Times Square shopping mall. The dim sum (around HK$16 to HK$45) is excellent.
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Hong Kong Old Restaurant
The walnuts with smoked eggs and the braised pork hock are so good at this restaurant even the cholesterol police would make an exception. Herbivores will drool over the 40 vegetarian offerings.
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Hong Kong Old Restaurant
The walnuts with smoked eggs and the braised pork hock are so good at this restaurant even the cholesterol police would make an exception. Herbivores will drool over the 40 vegetarian offerings.
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