Yum-Cha
*belated post
When they mention the words "yum-cha" here, I get all excited each time. Until they tell me -- no, not your type of yamcha. "Yum-Cha" here means going for dim-sum. The yamcha I'm accustomed to simply means -- mamak, meeting up with old/new friends, going for drinks/coffee etc.
Melbourne has some nice places to yamcha. When I say nice, I actually mean ambience NOT nice, service NOT nice. The only nice thing's the food. Instead of going to the city this time, we went to Springvale (Cranbourne/Pakenham line). Here, its the typical chinese-vietnamese environment. Service MUCH better than Shark Fin House (city). Dimsum choices quite varied.
First, the people:
Not many pics of the food, only special ones such as this ~
Known as "zhar-leong" in cantonese, its a fusion of cheong-fun and yau-char-kuai. Usually have to order from the servers. If it comes cold from the trolley, half the experience is lost already. Some places have it, most places don't. Have never seen it back in Malaysia. Coming from HK (akin to dimsum capital of the east), PakKei says the zhar-leong's quite good. Its soft and the outside,and crunchy on the inside. Drizzled with a mix of sweet rich sauce..
Now I didn't take a photo of the coagulated pig's blood + kidney + whatnot that the guys liked. Urghh. With soup, fine. But I can't bring myself to bite into a chunk of blood. =P
When they mention the words "yum-cha" here, I get all excited each time. Until they tell me -- no, not your type of yamcha. "Yum-Cha" here means going for dim-sum. The yamcha I'm accustomed to simply means -- mamak, meeting up with old/new friends, going for drinks/coffee etc.
Melbourne has some nice places to yamcha. When I say nice, I actually mean ambience NOT nice, service NOT nice. The only nice thing's the food. Instead of going to the city this time, we went to Springvale (Cranbourne/Pakenham line). Here, its the typical chinese-vietnamese environment. Service MUCH better than Shark Fin House (city). Dimsum choices quite varied.
First, the people:
Not many pics of the food, only special ones such as this ~
Known as "zhar-leong" in cantonese, its a fusion of cheong-fun and yau-char-kuai. Usually have to order from the servers. If it comes cold from the trolley, half the experience is lost already. Some places have it, most places don't. Have never seen it back in Malaysia. Coming from HK (akin to dimsum capital of the east), PakKei says the zhar-leong's quite good. Its soft and the outside,and crunchy on the inside. Drizzled with a mix of sweet rich sauce..
Now I didn't take a photo of the coagulated pig's blood + kidney + whatnot that the guys liked. Urghh. With soup, fine. But I can't bring myself to bite into a chunk of blood. =P
posted by xaverri at 3:43 pm
2 Comments:
whoa, looks delish :P must try it one day.. and yeah i agree, service not nice, ambience lagi not nice.. sharkfin hse @ city is one of the worse! and yea, when i came for a month long holiday right after pre-u finals, i was thinking..YUMCHA?! what's the name of the place u went? is it exp?
Hi Jean! the place's called "Gold Leaf" if i'm not mistaken. Its at the centre where KFL Supermarket is located. Is upstairs, take the "flat" escalator up. Prices quite reasonable, came up to bout $15 per pax.
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