One of my favourite places to go for Dim Sum is Yum Cha in Chinatown. This time we went with some friends, one vegetarian, so it was an excuse to order extra dishes, and also some we wouldn’t normally try (ie. the vegetarian ones).
It transpired to be quite a challenge finding vegetarian dim sum, but we ordered up the following which all sounded veggie enough:
Crystal Chive Dumplings – turned out they had prawns in, Fried Carrot Cake – tasted very fishy so we decided it wasn’t vegetarian at all.
Vegetarian Spring Rolls – definitely veggie
Crystal Vegetarian Mushroom Dumplings – the veggie hit of the day, inspiring a double order
Coconut Flavoured Plain Bun
We also ordered up some non-veggie dishes:
Steamed Pork Buns
Xiao Long Bao
Steamed Pork Ribs with Bean Sauce
And also some old favourites which didn’t let us down – Yum Cha Shrimp Dumplings, Sesame Prawn and Mango Rolls, Fried Garlic Prawn Dumplings and Dumplings in Special Spicy Sauce.
So all in all a bit of a mixed bag really… some disappointing, some as good as ever… I think I’ve had better experiences here, but I still enjoyed it and will of course be back again soon… our veggie friend has been to a specifically vegetarian dim sum restaurant… so that’s always another option for next time…
Yum Cha – http://www.yumcha.com.sg/
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