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2014-10-08
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The Location: Hong Kong’s Central district is one of the most diverse districts on the island. Central is Hong Kong’s finance and business heart with Sheung Wan to its West, Admiralty and Wan Chai to its East, Kowloon’s Olympic to its North and Aberdeen to its South. When visiting Hong Kong it is kind of unavoidable not to pass through Central. The Mid-Levels divide Central and the Victoria Peak; in order to facilitate pedestrians and visitors to climb up the “San Francisco-like” hillside, the C
The Location: Hong Kong’s Central district is one of the most diverse districts on the island. Central is Hong Kong’s finance and business heart with Sheung Wan to its West, Admiralty and Wan Chai to its East, Kowloon’s Olympic to its North and Aberdeen to its South. When visiting Hong Kong it is kind of unavoidable not to pass through Central. The Mid-Levels divide Central and the Victoria Peak; in order to facilitate pedestrians and visitors to climb up the “San Francisco-like” hillside, the Central Mid-Levels escalators were put in place in 1992. Since its completion, restaurants, bars, clubs and shops have emerged in the area especially in its lower sections.
The Place: “Dumpling Yuan” is a basic traditional Chinese restaurant located on busy Wellington Street in the heart of Central and not far from the start of the Mid-Level escalators. This part of Central offers a wide range of different restaurants, mainly being Chinese, and attracts many being able to feed a few hungry mouths. It was not my first time at “Dumpling Yuan”, and it came as no surprise to me to find a diverse crowd of people in there - consisting, at the time, of a few locals ranging from young to old, an ABC (America-born Chinese) couple on one of its first dates, a group of, supposedly, starving and Rugby-Player look-likes, a Caucasian Monk in traditional Buddhist (orange) gear, and myself.
The Food & Beverage: As the name might give a hint, “Dumpling Yuan’s” signature dish is dumplings – fried and/or steamed, purely vegetarian or with meat - you can have them all; there were around 20 different types of dumpling to be found on the main menu, and more daily specials on a different menu; in addition to the vast variety of dumplings prepared both the Shanghai style or more like Won Ton’s, “Dumpling Yuan” also offers specials, dumpling noodles, fried noodles, rice dishes, noodle soups, snacks, and different beverages - hot and/or cold. On this occasion, I went for noodle soup with shredded pork and pickled cabbage. The soup was prepared without having added any unnatural ingredients, the noodles were of good quality and cooked “al dente”, the cabbage had been properly pickled and the pork needed some time to soak in the broth to be of a perfect consistency. I really enjoy good noodle soups, and this was certainly not a bad pick - I actually really enjoyed my soup - but for next time I will turn back and have dumplings again as “Dumpling Yuan” just shines when making dumplings. I ordered lemon tea and got a Tetra Pack - I wish I would have received a freshly brewed tea with lemon slices instead.
The Price: Prices at “Dumpling Yuan” are very reasonable. My noodle soup and lemon tea cost me 40HK$; when looking at the menu, the average price for a dish is ca. 45HK$; Chinese tea only comes to 3HK$.
The décor or atmosphere is not flashy at all at “Dumpling Yuan”, however the crowd that comes there is diverse and interesting, the staff is very assertive and kind, the Chef can be overlooked while preparing the dishes, and last and most importantly, there’s a vast variety of dumplings that are just yum - and this is why I will surely go back. Keep the good spirit up. Thanks.
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vast choice of different dumplings, good service, reasonable price, fast service
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