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Fook Lam Moon 福臨門
English Address : Shop 3, G/F, Newman House, 35-45 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
Chinese Address : 灣仔莊士敦道35-45號利文樓地下3號舖
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Phone No. : 2866 0663 (Add to Contacts)
Categories : Guangdong | Chinese Restaurant | Dim Sum Restaurant | Dim Sum
Spending : $301-$500
Overall Score : 4.2
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Opening Hours: 星期一至日: 11:30-15:00, 18:00-23:00
Number of Seats: 280
Payment Method: Visa、Master、AE、Cash、JCB
Alcoholic Drinks: Yes
May Bring Your Own Wine: 可以Corkage Fee:
$150 per bottle
10% Service Charge: Yes
Quality Service Accreditation: Yes

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Not cheap, but worthwhile
2013-05-06
hedgehog0822 (1 Review(s))

While the price is not cheap and the restaurnt maybe filled with tourists, yet it is truly worthwhile for its authentic food and service.
Well, cannot miss its famous abalone plus duck fin. Duck fin was particularly excellent with all sauce absorbed. Smaller size abalone with 30 heads was good enough.
Equally excellent dish was this --- pork belly steamed with chinese pickles.I am a big fun of this dish but sometimes it tastes too oily -- this version was perfect with no grease.
And lotus leaf-wrapped rice with dried scallops and so forth --
Excellent desert to finish off the traditional meal, running-egg castard buns.

Date of Visit: 2013-05-05
Table Wait Time: 0 Minutes
Spending per Head: HKD2600 (Dinner)
Rating : Taste5 Environment5 Service5 Hygiene5 Value for Money4

Leaf Wrapped Glutinous Dumpling with Red Bed Paste
2013-04-22
Stephs852Diary (141 Review(s))

I am usually not a big fan of traditional, old-school Chinese food, but there is a traditional Chinese dessert at Fook Lam Moon that I really adore.

(1) The Leaf Wrapped Glutinous Dumpling with Red Bean Paste is really amazing. Wrapped in a piece of leaf, as the name suggests, the glutinous dumpling is smooth and fabulously stretchy. The red bean paste filling is not overly sweet and has a strong, natural taste of red bean.

(2) The Baked Stuffed Crab is another must-try item at Fook Lam Moon. Stuffed with generous strands of crab meat and delicately crispy on the surface, this dish is a real treat!

Rating : Taste4 Environment4 Service2 Hygiene5 Value for Money2

A Hong Kong institution and well worth the money
2011-12-26
hkgweilo (9 Review(s))

Fook Lam Moon, long a Hong Kong institution, has a long history of providing top-rated cantonese cuisine, with prices to match. Is it worth it

Going for yum cha on Boxing Day, we arrived to find the restaurant surprisingly empty at 12:45pm. We were promptly seated and tea brought to us. The hostess also brought over some english dim sum order forms also, although the menu options were considerably less than the standard version. (Ok for most but if anything special you want, and don't have someone who can speak canto, is to get someone to write the dishes you want on paper for you before arrival.)

There were just two of us but we ordered eight dishes. The roasted pork (siu yuk) was heavenly. Although this can be found all over Hong Kong, the FLM version was perfect, with just the right balance between the crispy skin and the meat marbled with fat. Wow.
We ordered the steamed shrimp and vegetable dumplings (鮮蝦蒸粉粿). Not to be confused with the more common "har gao" (also offered at FLM), these are made with shrimp mixed with bits of water chestnuts and vegetables. The skin, very nice and thin and steamed perfectly, complemented the filling without being too sticky or heavy. smile

We needed some vegetables and went with the choy sum fried with garlic. Again, nicely done but nothing special compared to other kitchens. I wanted to try the dau miu (peashoots) since its the season but was overruled.... sad

Also on order the salt water dumplings (Haam Sui Gao 家鄉咸水角)....another dim sum standby, these can be too heavy at times, or overly sticky. These were neither. The filling was a little similar to the steamed shrimp dumplings mentioned earlier but the texture of the casing makes the taste totally different.
As if we didn't have enough shrimp already, we also went with the fried bean curd skin with shrimp filling. These were a little oily but the taste was also very fresh. FLM definitely doesn't skimp on the filling, or try to substitute expensive shrimp with cheaper vegetables or starches.

I wanted to try the steamed beef tripe (薑蔥牛百葉). While tripe may not be everyone's cup of tea, the execution here is excellent. The tripe is steamed long enough so its tender with just the right amount of chew. The 'soup' is made from celery and onion with a taste of something sweet, but I can't place it. In any event, highly recommended.

We also went with the spring rolls. Again, these had a generous filling of shrimp and vegetables. Actually, it was nearly all large pieces of shrimp. The rolls themselves were so fat I could barely get half of one in my mouth.

To finish off we had the steamed brown sugar cake...light and fluffy, and not too sweet, it was a nice way to end the (very filling) meal.

Service was efficient and pleasant. This place has a reputation for favoring VIP's and regular customers but we were treated very well and made to feel welcome even though it was our first visit to the original Wan Chai location.

FLM is not cheap, lunch for two was over $600, but for special occasions, or for top notch dim sum in an upscale environment, FLM is well worth a visit.

Date of Visit: 2011-12-26
Table Wait Time: 0 Minutes
Spending per Head: HKD300 (Lunch)
Rating : Taste5 Environment4 Service4 Hygiene5 Value for Money4

My first visit to the "canteen of the affluence"
2011-04-12
ngarnuen (5 Review(s))

I was delighted to have lunch with my colleagues in Fook Lam Moon to celebrate the success of a project after hearing many positive comments from this well-known restaurant in Wan Chai.
We had ordered many dim sum dishes including cha siu baau, shrimp dumplings, shaomai, rice noodle rolls, curry squid, phoenix talons, lotus leave rice, spring rolls, tofu skin rolls, turnip cake, steamed sponge cake, etc.
The dim sums were delicious but our forward-looking dish was the freshly-made Roasted Pig!! The roasted pig was served in two-way: the blistered, crispy skin and the succulent porky meat!
We were so comfortably full after finishing the whole pig!

Recommended Dish(es): Roasted pig
Date of Visit: 2011-04-12
Spending per Head: HKD300 (Lunch)
Rating : Taste4 Environment5 Service5 Hygiene4 Value for Money2

MIL's Birthday dinner
2011-04-12
Busymouth (101 Review(s))

Mother in Law celebrated another year of her ripe old age. After trying many different venues, her favourite seems to be Fook Lam Moon still, so for the last few years, her birthday dinners have been here.

The menu was decided by Brother in law, so we just turned up for a good meal.
I forgot to take photos of the 6 starters as we were all too hungry but remember thinking they were quite nice.
The first dish was roast whole suckling pig. For some reasons, the skin was not crispy. Luckily the sliced meat of the pig was also served and it was tasty, with a good texture and with the saltiness should have on the underside.

Shark's fins is shark's fins. I don't particularly like the dish nor think it environmentally friendly to eat and so no comment. I am sure it was fine. I do like the bean sprouts and ham slivers though, so took lots to put on the soup.

Abalone is my favourite dish and the abalone had a sticky centre with a sauce that was not to overbearing and the right consistency. The sauce made the braised web and vegetable really delicious too.
Stuffed crab shells are not found in many restaurants and it needs to have lots of crab meat and not so much onion or creamy sauce that is too rich. This is a good example of this dish and they also deep fry it carefully so that the outside isn't greasy. Nice.

I didn't remember to take a photo of the deep fried chicken before it was all shared out. This popular dish is one of the ones they pride themselves on. This dish is famous here and they consistently cook it well. It was delicious and the chicken meat and skin is just the right texture and flavour. Many people started giving up when we go to the noodles and rice but I am a carbohydrate lover and always leave room for some. Lotus leaf rice is again an old fashioned dish that Fook Lam Moon masters at and braised noodles tasted better than it looked.

Dessert was bird's nest in coconut soup and I found the coconut soup to be too watery. Anyway, I don't like bird's nest as much as the coconunt soup.
There were 2 types of birthday buns. Lotus paste is pretty standard but sesame paste is unusual, I don't think I have had if before and I like the gritty texture, strong sesame fragrant and they were not too sweet.
We now have a year to look forward to the next birthday dinner.

Recommended Dish(es): Abalone,crispy fried chicken,baked crab shells,lotus leaf rice
Date of Visit: 2011-03-05
Table Wait Time: 0 Minutes
Occasion: Birthday
Spending per Head: HKD1650 (Dinner)
Rating : Taste4 Environment4 Service5 Hygiene4 Value for Money3

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