Hi everyone, how are you? Here is my post about the best dim sum, well the best I have tried so far in London. I have been coming here since I was very young, it is opened by people from Hong Kong, and has been opened since the early 90's so it has that level of authenticity when it comes to the Cantonese dim sum|！It's a great place and it is always filled with people so I would recommend to reserve a booking before coming!
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| Joy King Lau 3 Leicester Square |
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| Cheung fun 腸粉 (£3.60) also known as rice noodle roll (they call it for some weird reason lasagne at the restaurant which I cannot stop teasing them about till this day). I s made from rice flour, taipoca flour, corn flour oil and water. The process of making this dish requires a lot of technique as the skin of the cheung fun is quite delicate, the process is like this, the chef prepares the cheung fun mixture, and it is placed in a square steaming apparatus, once it is steam the chef then has to put the filling on top of the mixture, and roll it into shape. The more see through the cheung fun is the better quality and if it is very smooth it also shows the skills of the chef as well. However with this one, it's okay smooth, but not very see through, for us Hong Kong people living here this cheung fun will do. It is better than most restaurants in London, but that day when I was there, the scallops but a bit off taste, so I was slightly disappointed. |
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| Deep fried squid with a sweet and sour sauce (slightly watered down) 酥炸鲜鱿 (£2.50). I wouldn't say that this dish is really special but it is something I enjoy eating every now and then as it was favourite when I was young. It's a bit like calamari but the batter is slightly thicker none the less it is a good dish. |
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| Steamed chicken bun 雞包仔 , The bun is made in the same way as the bbq bun except it's filling does not have bbq sauce, it has minced chicken, bamboo shoots, dried shrimp, and coriander, and does have pork as well. 7/10 |
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| Shui mai, minced pork and prawn dumpling 烧卖(£2.40) The yellow layer covering the dumpling is made from a thin sheet of wrapper made from lye water dough. The pork is slightly fat though but that's how it is haha, it also has some minced mushroom as well. |
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| Pork and chicken feet in black bean sauce with rice. (Chicken feet is optional) £4.50. The pork ribs is marinated with soy sauce, MSG, sugar, meat tenderizer powder, shallots, garlic,rice wine, black bean. Chicken feet are first cleaned, then deep fried before being marinated with soy sauce, sugar, rice wine, garlic, shallots. Something like that. And is placed on top of the rice and steamed. It is also garnished with red chilli pepper. And dressed with dark soy sauce.
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| Dried mixed meat with glutinous rice 臘味糯米飯 (£3.50), The glutinous rice is fried with some spring onions, mushrooms, and Chinese sausages (to make the Chinese sausages is quite similar to those of the Western sausages, it is made from pork, pork fat, rose water, rice wine and soy sauce. It is then smoked and left to dry, it can keep for a very long time. And is usually eaten during winter.) We Chinese people love eating this dish for Winter as it is a very warming dish, but I found that the Chinese sausages here didn't taste so good but overall the dish, apart from it's greasiness was quite good. |
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| Cocount paste 馬豆糕 Made with gelatine, agar agar powder, coconut milk and yellow sweet peas (£2.40), not the best ever but it is okay, the best I have had was in Macao. The coconut flavour should be stronger and I wish the texture was not so sloppy. Final verdict Food 7/10 , a few dishes I would also recommend is: Marinated octopus (small octopus), £3.00. Char sui (BBQ pork) croquette, more like a puff pastry with BBQ pork filling £2.40 (AMAZING!). Assorted meat glutinous rice £3.80, which is glutinous rice with some chicken, pork, Chinese sausage, mushroom, bamboo shoots, wrapped with a big lotus leaf. Braised noodles with roast pork £6.00 (BBQ pork), also a really nice dish! Fried ho fun with beef £6.00 (dry which means that it doesn't have a sauce all over it, but don't worry it is not very dry, it's really good!). Custard bun £2.40 and butter mai-lai ko £2.40, worth trying if you have never tried it before. Environment 6/10 as it does get a little crowded and noisy at times, but otherwise it is okay. Value 7/10 it is good value for money, prices ranges around £2-£3, it is especially good if you go with a big group of friends so you can share the food and costs, and as I remember students have 10% discount at the restaurant (well when I was still a student a year ago, just show your student card to the server before you order). Service 6.5-7/10 or so it depends on the server and the time of the day but otherwise overall the service is alright, they are quite efficient servers, just don't expect over the top friendliness. Joy King Lau Opening times Monday-Saturday 11:00-23:30 Sunday 11:00-22:30 Telephone number 020 7437 1132 and 0207437 1133 Menu and more information available at their website http://www.joykinglau.com/ |
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