Dim sum @ Yum Cha, Chinatown

Hey hey....time for food blog! I have always loved this part cause nothing worth more than enjoying your life with 3Fs: Family, Friends and FOOD.

Last Friday I was on afternoon shift and dar-Ann was off so we decided to try something different for breakfast. Then we chose the most-recommended dim sum restaurant, Yum Cha Restaurant. 

They have got two branches, one in Serangoon and one in Chinatown. Link: Yum Cha Restaurants 

So, the one we visited was in Chinatown. They also offer dim sum buffet at odd hours 3-6 pm @ $19.90 per pax which is quite worth while if you can eat a lot.


Opens only at 11 am on weekdays and 9 am on weekends. As we were there 45 minutes earlier, we walked around Chinatown and I found it very impressing. Red lanterns were hanging in the air so much like the atmosphere of CNY.

Arrow pointing Yum Cha Rest.

Nth to do so snap photo...with dustbin??

Saw these bunch of huge GIANT bamboo shell in one of the seafood restaurant.

Finally 1055 am! We headed back to the restaurant.

Using escalator to go up

So, we were lucky to be considered first customer...reward?? no need to wait in Q. haha...

Very nice environment..very oriental

 Well, this time around ordering is ala carte. So I don't see the waiters/waitresses pushing carts of dim sum around. And they only made upon ordering, which is, quality assured! 

See their menu?? wow..

Ok, let's start the craving and drooling!

Prawn and Mango Saseme Fritters

This is the perfect combination! The mango was still sweet and juicy even after high heat frying. And the prawn was huge. OMG..this is must try.

Next is Yum Cha Prawn Dumpling. Making dumpling is not easy especially the skin must be thin and soft yet not easy to tear off upon steaming or else the juice would be wasted and it would be bad for presentation. Yum Cha made these just nice. Excellent!

Huge prawn in it..

So we didn't wait for long before all of our orders were out.

But I will still introduce them one by one.

Sth healthy, Spinach Siew Mai

The meat was very tender and again, very fresh and juicy. If you like chillies, then you can eat with chillies sauce.

Xiao Long Bao topped with shark fin

See how juicy inside? yummy to the moon!

Coming up was sth I would not order but not now...

Mini Goose Liver Xiao Long Bao

Goose liver freak me out a bit in the first place but having that it is very famous triggers my curiosity to give it a try.

OMG...THEY ARE SUPERB!!

Very delicious...

Dumpling is all around the place from hawker stalls to restaurants. But this is sth outstanding here at Yum Cha. It has got shark fin..i mean real fin in it! 

Shark fin with meat dumpling

I like bak zhang, so must give this Lotus Leaf Glutinous Rice a try. I super love the texture of the rice. Sticky, soft, not too overdone. And the amount of meat was  just nice as some others would have put too many meat in it making me feel like I am so carnivorous.

Last but not least, a dim sum must have, Siew Mai.

Fish Roe Siew Mai

A total of 8 buckets of dim sum cost $45. So it makes about $23 per pax. So if you think you can eat more, go for the buffet.

Rating: E/F (aka Excellent/ Fabulous) !! 

This explains why...

Just 10 minutes after dar-Ann and I sat in.