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2014-02-14
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Tim Ho Wan has a solid reputation and we were expecting more from our meal at this branch.We were seated quickly and the service was fine - hurried, but it's a busy dim sum place; what do you expect? We ordered the famous baked pork buns, ha gao (ha jiao), chiu chow dumplings, beef balls with ginger, vermicelli roll with beef and siumai. The vermicelli rolls came out first and they were fine. They were the normal slippery little rascals, but nothing defined them as exceptional in any way. Ne
We were seated quickly and the service was fine - hurried, but it's a busy dim sum place; what do you expect?
We ordered the famous baked pork buns, ha gao (ha jiao), chiu chow dumplings, beef balls with ginger, vermicelli roll with beef and siumai.
The vermicelli rolls came out first and they were fine. They were the normal slippery little rascals, but nothing defined them as exceptional in any way. Next were the chiu chow and the ha gau. The chiu chow were not very good and did not hold together well between the pinch of the chopsticks. The ha gau were good - basically the same as at any other decent dim sum joint. The siumai and the beef balls were also fine. The flavour of the ginger was great on the beef and beancurd sheet beneath.
The undeniable star was the set of three perfect little buns. They came out steaming and biting into the hot joyful pockets, they were buttery and satisfied on a very primal level. They were generously filled and were not too bready. I could have eaten a trayful of them and then felt immense buttery guilt. Super buns.
So, the service is standard, as is most of the food. The price is good and for a fairl small amount you can feed a few folk. I will probably try some of their other branches, but safe to say, this one did little to ensure continued repeat custom.
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