Dim Sum at Hua Ting (Orchard Hotel)

Dim Sum at Hua Ting

After hearing raves about the Dim Sum at Hua Ting from Jo Jo, I finally decide to go try it myself. It is my sis birthday and she wants to eat Dim Sum. Well, despite my efforts to go on a diet, i cannot refuse a pregnant lady and since i temporary forgot her b-day, she is pestering me to make up for it. Well, our family birthday is always celebrated over Dim Sum or Crabs, so it is a break from our usual Dim Sum place.

When it comes to Dim Sum, i always go for the prawn. Everything else can be average but the prawns definitely must be BIG and springy. So the very first dish i have to order is always the prawn dumpling. If the prawns fails, i wouldn't even think of spending too much money on the food. The prawn dumpling definitely looks tantalising. The prawn is sooo huge. I just put the whole dumpling in my mouth. Talking about etiquette. It is too irresistible. Had to order another round of that.

Loved the "Siew Mai" as well cos it is stuff with prawns unlike the usual "Siew Mai" that is stuff with oily and fatty pork. Then there is also the "xiao long bao", sooo sweet and juicy but they should be more generous on the ginger to go with it.

The chicken feet is also nice. Big (I wonder where they find chickens with such gigantic feet) and Tons of skin. The sauce is a bit bland though and it is not spicy enough.

The pan-fried bun with cod fish is quite special. Hate to eat buns cos i think it is a waste of my stomach space. My daddy used to always order char siew buns which i cannot understand. Why eat buns when there are other nice food to sample. However, this bun i like cos it is very soft but the fish is a tat too little (even had a second helping).

The "Chee chong fun" is a bit disappointing as the skin is a bit too thick and mushy though the scallop is quite big.

Then lastly, the "Ee Fu" noodles. The noodles are harder then the usual we had, which is a bit soggy. I prefer this compared to the soggy ones we had, though my bro thinks it was not properly cook.

We ordered almost every dim sum there is except the buns and the rice items, which is too filling. Overall, love the place. Can't forget the big and springy prawns.