Saturday, January 10, 2009

Lunch @ Lai Po Heen, Mandarin Oriental Hotel

After a week of hard work, wat more better way to reward Hubby & myself than a sumptuous Dim Sum @ Lai Po Heen.


Its been a while since we last came here. We used to come here quite often. Every other time we come, we would usually get back our usual window seat with nice garden view. The restaurant was so packed, we did not manage to get our usual window seat :(


Hubby was late as he was rushing some assignments. Sigh..Unfortunately, he is working on Saturdays as well (not alternate but every Saturday).

We ordered a combination of the steamed & fried dim sums.Alwiz liked the ambiance of this restaurant, with decor reminiscent of great ancestral homes of Chinese Tycoons whilst constantly playing a nice selection of Chinese oldies music.

1st the fried dim sum were being served.


Deep fried golden custard buns. Nicely fried to perfection & not at all oily.


Oven-baked mini fragrant egg cream tarts忌淋焗蛋撻. The egg tarts are g8.


Steamed glutinous rice with diced chicken, mushrooms and salted duck egg wrapped in lotus leaf "迷你珍珠雞" is another must try.
The rice are steamed to perfection.






Specialising in contemporary Cantonese delicacies and dim sum, the 2 dim sums below are a MUST have.

Steamed chicken dumplings filled with shrimps sun-dried scallops (simply known as "Siew Mai"). Steamed crystal dumplings filled with prawns & waterchestnut ( simply known as " Har Kau"). The prawns are fresh.







As CNY is around the corner, they offered some CNY special dim sum. Fried yam dumpling with scallop & mayonise was one of those. This dish is worth trying.
You will be able to see the scallop...Yummy..



In addition to these dim sums, we also ordered a healthy vegetable. Stir fried lotus roots with mushrooms & gingko nuts. Though we occasionally come here for brunches on Sunday, we have nv tried their vegetables.

I guess the pic is self explanatory. Its as delicous as it looks yet healthy.

We were so full tat we did not have any room for their desert.

However, we will definitely go back for the rest of the CNY specialty dishes.


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