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2012-07-11
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After trying many great dim sums in HK (like One Dim Sum, Dao Xiang), i was definitely expecting another amazing experience in Lin Heung Tea House. On the contrary, i got the worst experience and i will never patronise this place again.The place was packed when i was there but i got a seat immediately as a group just left. After observing that there are no waiters to take orders and i have to appraoch the dim sum carts to get my food, i quickly made my way towards the carts (i have no issue with
The place was packed when i was there but i got a seat immediately as a group just left. After observing that there are no waiters to take orders and i have to appraoch the dim sum carts to get my food, i quickly made my way towards the carts (i have no issue with this as we do have a few restaurants adopting this format of food serving too in Singapore). However, i was disappointed with the choices that were available. Whatever is avail are definitely not appetising at all. What's left are some buns, chicken feet and some strange looking dumplings were available. Well, i did came at the off-peak hour at around 2 plus so i took it in stride and took some of the dim sums back to my table to try.
However, the food is AWFUL!! the chicken feet is cold and tastless, which leaves me to wonder if it was even cooked in the first place. The buns were cold as well so it was not appealing to me. I made a second attempt to get more food but came up disapppointed again (a lady cut queue to snatch the last siew mai from me! anyway, the siew mai does not appealing too, maybe it was better this way). The rest of the food was just as bad.
Then, i realised that there are some food items that i can order so i decided to give it a try, in case the bad food was due to the limited food choices remaining on the carts. However, the crispy pigeon which i ordered was even worse. It was again cold and it was so salty. It really felt like leftover food which was cooked by some amatur apprentice. the fried mee with prawns was the only decent food as it was the only dish that was still warm.
On top of that, the place was a dirty mess. I know that this place has a long tradition and it pride itself in staying true to the authentic cha lok feeling, but the place could do with better cleanliness. It was a scary experience and i don't dare to look at the place too much, as i am afraid of what i may find. Before you say that i am a cleanliness freak, let me explain that i have eaten at Sheng Xiang Yuen (Da Pai Dang) a stall on the streets with tentage above and i have no issues with that.
Lastly, the service was bad and it made me feel like they were trying to get us to leave the place as soon as possible.
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Anyway, i just want to post this review to warn all of you of the experience so that other people do not have to go through what i went. The experience could be much better if i went during lunch or break hours but i will never have a chance to find out for myself as i will never step into this restaurant ever again!
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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