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Guangzhou Restaurant Dim Sum, Guangzhou |
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Friday, 01 September 2006 |
Guangzhou Restaurant
2, Wenchang Nan Lu
Guangzhou, China
non-halal
Guangzhou Restaurant is a one of the older restaurants in Guangzhou (established since 1935) and has several branches. You will need to specify to the taxi driver which one you want to go to. We went to the original outlet on Wenchang Nan Lu for Dim Sum, which many say is still the best. But I think China being the homeland of Dim Sum, any place that we may have gone would still have been excellent.
 A hostess welcomes you at the entrance and tells you which floor has a table. Each floor has a different theme and gets more posh as you get to the higher floors but don't worry, they all cost the same. Waiting for a table during the weekend could take over 45 minutes even if you arrive before 8 am. So this time around, we were there on a weekday.
On weekends they would assign a table for you but on weekdays the crowd is less so you can pick your own table. They will also help you make tea on weekdays. The first you will be asked is what sort of tea you want and how many packs is it for. So if there are only two of you, ask for 1 pack of tea leaves.
If you are feeling cold, just tell the restaurant and they will provide
you with a shawl. How's that for customer service?
Ask for the order
form so that you can put in your orders, otherwise you might just be
sitting there for awhile. However, the entire order form is in Chinese so you will need to have someone who can read Chinese in your party - otherwise you might have to start pointing to other people's dishes.
Sharing a table is common here unless you have at least 4 people in your group and take the small table.
The har kow & siew mai were soooooooooooooo good. Not only were the ingredients fresh but the skin was also tasty by itself. Unlike many of the skin that we get here in Malaysia which is dry and powdery, the skin here was moist and not powdery at all.
The pork & century egg porridge didn't look very good when it arrived.
It looked like teochew porridge - a bit watery. But it tasted
excellent. The century egg especially was outstanding with a very nice
tangy taste. The cheong fun was fresh & has a stalk of vegetable in it. The skin was smooth and my wife loved it.
The fried prawn popiah was good as well. The popiah skin was very thin
& crispy but fully containing the ingredients of prawn & taugeh
(bean sprouts) in it.
The "poon tong kow" had the soup contained within the dumpling and
there was lots of goodies within it. But after having had the siew mai
& har kow, somehow the "poon tong kow" seemed somewhat lacking.
The durian pastry (yes, they have thai durians here) was excellent. The puff pastry was nice & crisp and with a generous amount durian flesh in it. The egg tart, however, was the biggest letdown. The pastry was hard & the egg custard nothing to shout about.
All in our meal came up to RMB86 for 2 persons. |
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