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2009-04-05
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Hi!I am new to Openrice and just came back to Hong Kong after living in the US for 10+ years. 請多多指教!If you have lived in Manhattan, you probably realize how hard it is to find good dim sum places in Chinatown. If you want slightly better versions, you will need to go all the way to Flushing, but that doesn't even get you good dim sum like those in Hong Kong. That said, not every dim sum place in Hong Kong is great. There are too many chain establishments that serve cheap but mediocre dim sum
I am new to Openrice and just came back to Hong Kong after living in the US for 10+ years. 請多多指教!
If you have lived in Manhattan, you probably realize how hard it is to find good dim sum places in Chinatown. If you want slightly better versions, you will need to go all the way to Flushing, but that doesn't even get you good dim sum like those in Hong Kong.
That said, not every dim sum place in Hong Kong is great. There are too many chain establishments that serve cheap but mediocre dim sum. In my opinion, it’s totally worth it to pay the extra dollars to have great dim sum like those at 富聲.
Everyone seemed to rave about the 叉燒 @ 富聲. So when we had lunch there last two weeks ago, we ordered 3 different 叉燒 dishes: 和哥叉燒, 酥皮叉燒包, and 傳統叉燒包 . The 和哥叉燒 was definitely one of the highlights of the meal. The fatty portion was soft (鬆化)and flavorful while the skinner portion was still tender without being dry or stringy. The honey glaze was slightly sweet without being cloying. It had less char than the 叉燒 I had at 西苑 which I found to be a bit bitter in taste with the char. Personally I prefer the 叉燒@富聲 but that's just a personal preference.
The 酥皮叉燒包 and the traditional 傳統叉燒包 were great but not as spectacular as the plain 叉燒. That's because 1) the buns were quite small (the pictures made them look big) and 2) the 叉燒 pieces were chopped up too small with too little inside. The sauce was plentiful so flavorwise it was still terrific, but it lacked the texture (口感)of biting into the 叉燒 pieces. (I recalled the buns being bigger and with more fillings in the past. Was it because of 金融海嘨?). Next time I may order the 和哥叉燒 and tuck in the pieces into the 酥皮包 to “supersize” my 叉燒包
A good dim sum place can't just survive with 叉燒包 alone, and sure enough 富聲 offered other scrumptious dim sum:
- 七味豆付 was extremely good, crispy outside and silky inside;
- XO醬煎腸粉 was soft and thin with the right amount of soy sauce (XO醬 on top), not a bit oily;
- 素菜包 was a surprise because they were hot and full of fresh vegetables and mushrooms with just a touch of sesame oil to enhance the flavor;
- Even standard items like 蝦餃 (big juicy shrimps inside), chicken feet, and 春卷 were steamed/fried fresh and hot. Overall we were very impressed by the 點心 here.
For desserts, we had 脆麻花, 薑茶湯圓, 楊枝甘露. I think the 脆麻花 were quite good as they were freshly fried, warm and crispy. The other two were decent but nothing to right home about.
Service left a lot to be desired. They missed two of our orders (one being the dessert) twice and it turned out that they didn't put in the orders at all. For the desserts they even suggested us to cancel the items and pay the bill at once as if they wanted to kick us out to turn around tables. We were there on Friday and I couldn't imagine what their service would be like for weekends. This was frustrating because the poor service ruined the otherwise superb dim sum lunch.
Overall, 富聲 may not be the best dim sum place in town, but I will certainly consider it as one of the top-tiered dim sum restaurants.
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