Malaysia dim sum where to eat - Dolly Dim Sum Avenue K review

Dim Sum Cuisine

If there's Cantonese, there will be Dim Sum. That's what my father always say. Even thou Cantonese is not my dialect but my family (father side) pretty much lived like a Cantonese thus, Dim Sum is one of our common breakfast.

Dim Sum origin from Southern China. It is a common breakfast for the Cantonese in Guangdong province. Often, it is served in nibble sized bites to go along with Chinese tea.

Malaysia as a multi-race (multi-dialect too!) is known for its variety of food! The choices are just a long list that you would stunned over for a second which you could not find anywhere else in the world. Even thou dim dum is not something that origin from Malaysia BUT BUT.. try our localised dim sum. I have tried Dolly at Singapore and it do taste a little different.

Dolly Dim Sum Avenue K

Dolly Dim Sum has been around at Avenue K for some times but as lunch hour is merely one hour plus the long waiting time, we always give it a skip.

With the honour of having luncheon birthday with our dear colleague, we decided to give this a try and hopefully our lunch is not more than one hour. 

Drink Menu

We did not try any of the drink above. I personally feel that dim sum still goes well with chinese tea.

Food Menu

My benchmark for Dolly dim sum is to the newly opened Tim Ho Wan or maybe Concorde Hotel. Mainly because it is not a cheap dim sum. Each basket consist of 3 piece price ranged from MYR 7 to MYR 10. Each piece of dim sum is roughly a little bit bigger than 50cent bite size. 

MYR 9.50

MYR 8.80

MYR 8.50

MYR 9.50

MYR 7.00

My review on steamed dim sum:

The prawn sui mai's prawn is visible. Not to say it is big but compared to other dim sum stall it is consider visible prawn. As for the prawn dumpling, each dumpling consist of one prawn. Would give this a credit as most of the dim sum shop usually are not so generous. Then again, judging by the price we paid, I expect it to have a much sophisticated taste.

Ingredient and serving - 4 out of 5

Taste vs Price - 2 vs 5

MYR 8.00

MYR 8.50

MYR 11.00

MYR 8.00

MYR 8.50

My review:

Got a little excited when saw salted fish bun on the menu. It is rare to have that in Malaysia but more common in China and Hong Kong. It is rare because of its unique flavour and also it is not easy to make a nice salted fish bun.

It looks good but taste wise.. nah.. It is a little too dry. As for the Che Cheong Fun, we order prawn, chicken and beef. My advise, skip the beef, it is just too dry. Not worth trying. I wonder if the chef ever tried their own cooking. It is obvious over cooked. 

Yam is good. Well, fried stuff rarely goes wrong.

Ingredient and serving - 3 out of 5

Taste vs Price - 1 vs 5

MYR 3.50 - 8.00 per pax

My review:

Guess the premium paid is for the location and environment, not so much on the food. The environment is good, no oily and stick floor. However, for the money that I spend, I think I have other choices to go for.

Love,

Hot MaMa

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Tim Ho Wan @ Mid Valley, Garden (The Long Awaited Restaurant!!)

Finally the long waited cheapest Michelin Star Restaurant is now in the town!

The doors are open! The queue was quite long, even at 2 pm. 

Every one is dying to have a bite of the famous baked siew pao.

Menu and its charges. Not cheap eh. That's the whole menu. 

Limited selection to cater for quick turnaround.

Tadaa! The famous must-try siew pao! RM10.80 for 3 buns. 

They probably need to improve on the consistency of the filling. Not much pork inside my bun. I thought it's not bad, tasty. Ms SS said that the HK bun is better.

Beancurd skin roll with Pork & Shrimp RM8.80. 

Quite tasty, Bigger shrimps to justify the price. 

Glutinous Rice with Lotus Leaf RM12.80.Tasty, and the portion is quite huge. 

We couldn't finish it. Rice is soft and meat is tender.

Pork Dumpling with Shrimp RM10.80 

Shrimp Roll. RM12.80 

Pan-fried carrot cake. RM9.80. Should try this! Yummy! 

Ms SS claimed its better than HK. 

Their must-try Tonic Medlar & Osmanthus Cake. RM6.80 I like it. 

Quite refreshing to end the tasty meal. 

The Verdict:

Food: (7/10)

As a first timer at Tim Ho Wan. I thought the dim sum was pretty decent. I liked the baked siew pao (but I hoped for more filling in my bun), beancurd skin roll and the Osmanthus jelly. But it depends on the personal preference. Won't go wrong ordering anything on their menu, as they specialize in those in that 1 sheet of paper.

Price: Value of Money (5/10)

For 4 pax, we incurred RM115. So, around RM30 per pax. I think that could cover for 2 pax in my usual dim sum shop. Comparing the basic ingredients, I guess, I would much rather take away the baked buns and jelly, the others are decent but probably doesn't really justify the premium? But then again, this is the cheapest Michelin Star restaurant in town!

Ambiance: (5/10)

Ok, I haven't been to any of the Tim Ho Wan so I didn't really know how would it look like. Just a typical char-chan-teng, with square tables like those (kopitiam) coffee shops in the shopping malls. Quite noisy inside, so not a place to catch up etc. This also means, the you don't have to queue outside for long, as people won't linger after they are done with their meal.

Overall: (6.5/10)

I thought it is a bit overrated. Maybe I had too high expectations as it was widely talked about. But, those who have been to other franchises and like it, this concept wont differ much from that. But you should definitely try if you haven't tried their baked siew buns before. It's an experience on its own. haha

Xoxo and have a great weekend (not queuing up I hope),

Ms Sue_eats

(Other contributor to the review - Ms SS)

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