Good Dim Sum and Bad Dim Sum
Published by simon on March 30, 2009Went to this new dim sum place in Bandar Puteri 5 yesterday, it just broke the record for ‘worst dim sum restaurant ever’ in my record books. I thought the previous record couldn’t be broken (this place in Puchong Jaya) but it was. The waiters were sarcastic, the food barely edible, and the staff were more interested in eating their own meals than preparing our food.
That’s the problem with dim sum restaurants here, there are good ones, but there plenty more bad ones. Look, I’m being realistic, i don’t expect Ipoh quality dim sum here (just like how Penang folks always say the assam laksa and char kuey tiau is never the same here), but it must be good.
How do we know its good? well by our standards, the seven main dishes should be reasonably good – siew mai, woo kok (yam cake), lor mai kai, tan tart (egg tart), yu tarn (fish ball), lor bak kou (radish cake) and char siew pau. If you can’t get any the basic 7 dishes right, then you probably shouldn’t be in the dim sum business.
We actually don’t have a favorite good dim sum restaurant here in the city anymore. We used to go to this one in Seri Petaling many years ago, I can’t even remember its name but its along Jalan Radin Anum next to the KFC (not the few on the main road facing the school). But like most popular restaurants, the quality has dropped significantly and we haven’t been there for awhile.
Recently we’ve been going to Kam Hing (in Puchong Jaya and Bandar Puteri) but recently both branches have mysteriously closed down. Two others that are pretty decent are in SS2 and Seapark respectively (i’m bad at remembering names).
Another one that is quite good is Jin Xuan Hong in Damansara Jaya, its pretty upmarket and packed in the mornings, but its open at night.





































































