Dim Sum Breakfast @ Hong Kee

Hello from Kuala Lumpur.

Today, I headed to Damansara Jaya for a dim sum breakfast. The name of the shop is Hong Kee （洪 记）Dim Sum. It is a popular dim sum place here, as testified by many foodies in their blog. Just google "Hong Kee Dim Sum", and you can read about this eatery and feast your eyes upon the yummilicious pictures posted.

This place is not air-conditioned. At 9.30 a.m. in the morning, there were quite a lot of customers. But there were still empty tables waiting for us.

Needless to say, compared to back home, there were a variety of dim sum sold here. We were, however, determined not to overstuff ourselves. We were quite selective with our orders as there were still a whole lot more things that we wanted to eat elsewhere in the day. So it is crucial to save some space in the stomach ;p.

We ordered a small bowl of chicken porridge to share. It came with chicken dices and chunks of century egg. Quite tasty.

Chicken porridge

Char siew pau is a must for me whenever I eat dim sum. The char siew pau here is quite yummy -

Char siew pau

The filling is savoury, sweet and sticky as it should be, and complements the pau pastry wonderfully.

A peek into the char siew pau

We only ordered a few types of dumplings. There were the har gau 蝦餃, a type of siew mai 燒賣 and tofu skin rolls 腐皮捲.

Har gau

A type of siew mai

Tofu skin roll

I like the steamed spare ribs. The meat was tender and flavoured with salted black beans and garlic.

Spare ribs

Okay, we Teochews like yam. So we ordered a yam basket and also yam puffs. I did not like the yam basket much. The deep-fried yam was a bit dry. The filling was something akin to sweet and sour spare rib, and was also dry. The yam puff, on the other hand, was light and fluffy and tasty.

Yam basket

Yam puff

Yam puff

I liked the prawn rolls, but not the mayonnaise that was served with it.

Prawn rolls

I had wanted to eat Yong Tau Foo for so long so I could not resist ordering these. I ordered a portion of stuffed brinjal. Then I requested for a mixed platter of stuffed chillies and stuffed bitter gourd. The waitress was kind enough to oblige.

Brinjals stuffed with fish paste

Bitter gourd and green chillies stuffed with fish paste

Well, there are still a lot more items to be tried here at Hong Kee, and I would need to come back and try the famed items like the Sang Chow Loh Mai Fan, among other things.