Enjoying Life: Tim Ho Wan, Michelin dim sum in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is labelled as shopping and food paradise and I totally agree with. In my last trip to Hong Kong my favourite meal was at Tim Ho Wan, the michelin dim sum.

It was my second visit to Tim Ho Wan, the first time was with a friend to the branch at Sham Shui Po a few years ago, I was very impressed with the baked bun with bbq pork at that time.

This time I went with my mother and a friend to the branch at Olympian City which was recommended by the taxi driver as this branch is newer and the environment is more comfortable.

We arrived in the morning about 10am and there was a small crowd waiting to get in to the restaurant. I already pre-warned my mother before Hong Kong trip that we would need to queue up for restaurants especially those popular one. I registered at the counter and was given a ticket number for our table. We picked up a menu at the counter and decided our orders while waiting, got in after 30 minutes, handed over the order list to the waitress and the dim sum arrived shortly, everything was about efficiency!

There wasn't many selections on the menu which I was quite surprised, but everything that we ordered was delicious. My friend and my mother are both very fussy with food but they both agreed that the food there was good.

My favourite dish is still the baked bun with bbq pork which is their signature dish, the bun might not look very appealing but it tasted so good. Each portion comes with 3 buns, next time I will order one portion for myself, no sharing for this super yummy bun!

I was also quite impressed with the steamed egg cake, it was fluffy and soft, totally didn't expect it to be that good. The other dim sum that we ordered were turnip cake, spring roll, cheong fun (vermicelli roll), sui mai, pork and preserved egg congee, osmanthus jelly, everything was just good.

We spent about HKD200 which I think is quite reasonable for good food and efficient service.

Tim Ho Wan opened its first branch in Malaysia a few months ago, I will give it a try when I next go home, hopefully the standard is maintained.