Some might say Central (中环) is mainly a financial district, but I found quite a lot of historical places and restaurants here, which I'm still regret because I didn't spend enough time in this district. On a windy Tuesday morning, both of us wake up really early just for a dim sum breakfast at one of the oldest restaurant, 莲香楼.
Established since 1918, 莲香楼 still maintain its food quality according to most reviews. Sitting in the restaurant like this will feel a bit strange since we are the youngest among the crowd and only 2 of us order the teapot instead of tea bowl (茶盅). At 莲香楼 don't expect you can get a nice table, so just grab any seat available and aim for the dim sum cart ladies.
Curious to compare our first dim sum with the usual dim sum in Malaysia, so we go for the most typical har kao (虾饺) and siu mai (烧卖) first. Both taste good and the ingredients are so fresh. No frozen meat I guess, every single bite you can feel how serious their selection and preparation. Of course this doesn't make me shout out loud, but this is no doubt an enjoyable breakfast combined with the hums and old ambience.
Something not that usual here; the beef ball (鲜竹牛丸). This looks not so interesting due to crude cuts but I can assure you this is delicious. The pork tripe "mai" (猪肚卖) also new to me and I like this because without the typical pungent smell. Rice noodle rolls (肠粉) should be the one less exciting, think I will just skip rice noodle rolls next time in order to save more rooms for other stuffs (their dim sum portion is quite big, so be prepared).
Finally, we tried their cha siu baau and again like Hong Kong tea, I think the taste will need time adapt to, it is quite different with what we have here, more like our fermented bean curd baau (南乳包) but the meat is a lot less oily. I don't think I like this :-). Total bill HKD 102.莲香楼
Lin Heung Tea House
160-164 Wellington Street, Central (See map R6)
Tel : 2544 4556
16 comments:
Wow..! really lots of old folks.. :) I think they would find it funny to see youngsters there.. ;)
rice noodle rolls is chee cheong fun isit?
mama bok : but really not many uncle want to talk to us :-)
teckiee : you are right!
The pork tripe "mai"... taste good even jz a look frm the pic..
Dim Sum in HK...sigh.....your HK post is really killing me ...softly..
no char leung??? aiyoh..
beefball sedap!! althou quite out of shape lolx.. woah love the char siu bao alot!! yammmmmmmm~
beef ball?? it looks exotic though..
hahah....Apart from asking where's the charleung ? Where's the lap cheong steam bun??? :o)
I never did get to try the dim sum in these old coffee shop places when I was in HK...this is definitely more interesting compared to modern day restaurants!!
I always love heritage stuffs:) (also depending on cleanliness though:p)
Kenny : sometimes i will doubt whether the restaurant clean it properly or not, but Lin Heung's pork tribe so far no weird smell :-)
Precious Pea : i should have eat dim sum every morning... sigh.
Joe : yes, no char leung. not sure they sell here or not, but no one shouting this at old restaurant like this.
yammylicious : yea, the beef ball is good but i don't like the bao.
MeiyeN : ha ha, as long as it tastes good, i don't care how it looks like ;-)
wmw : same, no lady pushing this on cart.
Christy : no worry, this is absolutely clean enough. i have no chance to try modern dim sum place this time, maybe next visit you can let me know which one is good!
Their dim sum also look er..."bigger" than ours here.
jason : yes, a lot bigger! 2 person only managed to try 6 - 7 types.
That Tea House looks really good. I am dieing to go to hong kong one day. I would try all the food all and the drinks, I would love it.
oh the pork tripe mai is delicious,i've tried this at Lin Heung,the food is good n reasonably price but the hygience....errrrrrr
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