What is the best thing to do in the morning in Hong Kong? It's definitely eating dim sum. Woots! Personally, I prefer to have my dim sum in the morning compared to the evening because the feeling of starting the day with plates of hearty dim sum dishes paired with a hot cup of Chinese tea is so comforting, one can be assured that she's gonna have a beautiful day after the dim sum feast. Dim sum in Hong Kong has gained so much popularity up to the point that Michelin stars are granted to certain selected dim sum restaurants. You may immediately think of Tim Ho Wan whenever you link Michelin stars with dim sum but Tim Ho Wan is now everywhere in Singapore and we don't feel like having dim sum which we can easily get back home. So it's time for us to venture to another Michelin starred dim sum restaurant, One Dim Sum.
We arrived at One Dim Sum's door right when the restaurant opens at 11AM and yet, a queue has been formed in front of its door. The restaurant is not that big so I was pretty thankful that we managed to get a table. Otherwise, we have to wait for I don't know how long until this 1st batch of diners has finished their hearty dim sum meal. That's so gonna be a torture. So if you'd like to eat at One Dim Sum, make sure you come here early okay. Otherwise, be prepared to wait for a while, depends on your luck on that day.
One Dim Sum has a variety of dim sum items from crispy dim sum such as deep fried spring rolls with leek (HKD 16) and fried skin of beancurd roll (HKD 22), steam vermicelli roll with various fillings such as pork, shrimp and beef (HKD 20 to HKD 26), assorted buns like egg custard and BBQ pork buns (both costs HKD 15), the old time favourite steam dumpling like siu mai (HKD 25) and har gau (HKD 26), plain or pork congee (HKD 16 - HKD 20), some vegetables, other Chinese dim sum items such as steamed chicken paws with chili (HKD 17) and dessert such as deep fried sesame balls (HKD 17). All the dishes sound mouth-watering, we were having a kind of difficulty in ordering.
Since some of the restaurant patrons seem to be a frequent customers (judging from the speed that they take in ordering the food), we took a peek at what our next-table is ordering and ask the waitress which dish that they were eating. Thankfully, the waitress seems to be in a good mood early in the morning and she helped us to order the same thing. Sometimes, ordering in Hong Kong restaurants needs some guts or some mental preparation just in case you get scolded in the process of doing so. LOL.
We ordered a few dim sum items but they did not come together at one go. The first few dim sum dishes which came to our table are the Steamed Minced Beef Ball (HKD 17). The beef ball is rather generous and big and it is stuff with many fillings plus green onions. Underneath the beef ball, you can see that there are layers of bean curd skin seasoned in soy sauce. The beef balls taste pretty good and seasoned although they seem to be prepared separately from the bean curd skin at the bottom.
The other dim sum dish which came early on our table is the Steamed Siu Mai (HKD 25). I love siu mai since young and hence, may be a bit biased toward this dim sum item. These babies are so plump, juicy and flavorful, I keep falling in love with them day by day.
I did not have time to take individual picture at the next few dishes which come together because both YY and R5 looks so ravenous until I am so scared that they gonna stab me with the chopstick if I barred them from touching the food for photographic purposes. I wonder if other food blogger receive the same hostile treatment from whoever eating with them in the midst of their foodie journey. Anyway, from the left to right, our order consists of Egg Custard Bun (HKD 15 for 2), Steamed Shrimp Dumpling (HKD 26 for four), Steam Vermicelli Roll with Barbequed Pork (HKD 21), Steamed Siu Mai (HKD 25 for four), Steamed Minced Beef Ball (HKD 17 for three) and Baked Barbecued Pork Bun (HKD 17 for three).
I personally find the egg custard bun from One Dim Sum is subpar from the one we had at Dim Dim Sum at Causeway Bay but the steamed shrimp dumpling are so plump and juicy, I think it is the best har gau I had in Hong Kong so far. A lot of reviews online prefer the steamed shrimp dumpling with vegetables but I somehow prefer my har gau to be plain with no veggies. #noeatgreens
One Dim Sum is situated at:
Shop 1 & 2, G/F, Kenwood Mansion
15 Playing Field Road,
Prince Edward, Hong Kong
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 11AM - 12AM
Saturday to Sunday 10AM - 12AM
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