Tag: sui mai

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Miss Tess

We tried this Asian fusion restaurant for lunch, which was conveniently located in our hotel in Dubai (Taj Hotel). Service here was excellent.

For drinks got the whisky sour and the Mulin Rouge. Didn’t really like their whisky sour (it wasn’t sweet at all). A friend got a drink with ube infused vodka, which I though my actually tasted good.

For appetizers, they served some Asian chips with some dips (best one was the plum sauce one). We also ordered the shrimp Cheung fun dimsum and the chicken Sui Mai. The former was great, the latter, well let’s just say I prefer it with pork.

For main, got the black cod and the pad Thai. Both were excellent (pad Thai had a bit too much sauce, but didn’t mind it).

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Lee Chen Asian Bistro

Went here for lunch since it was near the hotel.

Got a braised beef in egg noodle soup, plus gargle and Siu Mai. Not gonna lie, place was ok, and would probably choose another place since there is so many restaurants around.

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Ye’s Apothecary

So this is labeled as a speak easy, it really it’s just a late night Chinese food place with a full bar / cocktails.

I would go back again for a late night meal. We got the Sui Mai, XLB, noodles with beef, and Szechuan beef. Would get everything again but the beef (pictured below, it was not what I was expecting since it was crispy. Usually it’s not like that).

For drinks, think I just got whisky on the rocks (the usual).

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Jing Fong

Went to this place for dinner in the upper west side.

Overall, great food. The domain (especially the Siu Mai) was excellent, and even the crispy Cantonese chow menu (got the vegetable one because a friend I was with is vegetarian).

The white food pictured below (some sort of rice noodle) was also great.

This place also had lychee martinis!

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Obao (53rd St)

So we went here for New Years since I wanted Asian fusion. This place did not disappoint.

From below, all but 1 dish were amazing, and I would get them all again.

Some of the dishes below: pad see-ew, pad Thai, catfish, steamed dumplings, pork belly, and salt and pepper shrimp.

They also had lychee martinis 🙂

The one dish from below I didn’t like was the brown/red beef dish.

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Thai Villa

An interesting Thai restaurant.

I got their lunch special, which includes a soup plus their version of sui mai, plus pad Thai. I thought the Pad Thai was ok.

Next time I think I’ll try their pad see-we.

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Harborview Restaurant & Bar

A really great dim sum place (you can’t tell by the name, but apparently the Chinese name is more representative). Quality of all the dishes we got was great (from the Siu mai and hargow to the fried rice and chow mein).

Definitely coming back here for dim sum / brunch.

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Palette Tea House

This is a great American style dim sum place.

The lobster filled dumpling along with the scallop Siu Mai are by far the best dishes. Also, would get the soft shell crab and fish (pictured below) again. The deep fried dumpling, and the soup filled dumpling, and the green dumpling below were good. I would not get the swan looking dumpling (looks good, didn’t like the taste or texture).

Finishing off with the egg tart was great. As for the drink, I didn’t care too much for it. Also, even though they served various sauces on an interesting palette plate, I also didn’t really care too much for them.

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Hong Kong Cafe

A great dim sum place in The Palazzo hotel.

Everything pictured below, except the soup filled dumplings, were really good. And price wise, not bad.