![]() HKD16 Steamed chicken feet with black bean sauce. Acceptable but probably a skip on my next visit. I have had better but this is not too bad. HKD26 Vermicelli rolls stuffed with shrimp I must say that it is quite rich and you may not want to take too many of these. The buttery top crust accompanied by the slightly sweetened char siu is awesome. The popular must try is the polo bun char siew pau. The flavors were spectacular and overwritten all Dim Sum that I have tasted in my life. There are pictures on the table-glued-menu.ĭim sum translated from Cantonese means Touching the Heart and I must agree, my heart was touched. You grab a chit sheet and tick the items that you want and hand it to the staff. The ordering style is very native to Hong Kong. The place was packed but there was still a few more tables.Ī la Hong Kong style, compact and literally next to the person on the other table, sit on one chair and that is about it. This was probably due to luck and having arrived after the lunch crowd and before the tea time crowds. There was no crowd waiting outside like the long queues that Tim Ho Wan has been famous for. We arrived around 3pm and there was no crowd to our surprise. If you have Chinese characters, it will help a lot. Shop 72, G/F, Olympian City 2, 18 Hoi Ting Road, Tai Kok Tsuiĭo take a map and the address and show them to the cab driver. The cab ride from the hotel to Tim Ho Wan in Olympian City Mall costs HKD26 as we criss-cross the roads of Kowloon. They used to be nearby in Mongkok but due to expansions and upgrading, they relocated to the Olympian City Mall. Google around, I managed to find a Tim Ho Wan in Olympian City near Jordan. It was not cheap for the quality presented. ![]() I would say the Singapore version was a pale let down and dim sum for two people costs about SGD100. ![]() What is the uproar about Tim Ho Wan? They are a Michelin 3 star rated restaurant and boasts to be one of the cheapest 3 star Michelin restaurant. I was rather skeptical but since my buddy told me I will not regret it, I bit the bullet and decided to try Tim Ho Wan at the source : Hong Kong. I have had a mediocre experience with Tim Ho Wan in Singapore and the quality was really normal. I buzzed my Hong Kong based schoolmate who recommended Tim Ho Wan for dim sum. ![]() It was already 2pm by the time we settled down in the room. **The photos are cumulative of 2 days visit. ![]()
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