It had been a while since I last update the blog. I still had not finish with HongKong and Macau photos yet. And to note that the dimsum I had in HongKong was bit disappointing. It was not bad either, it could be just that dimsum here is getting better in comparison. Recently while bringing my dad for followup I found one rare dimsum gem around in Ipoh.Inside Ipoh Garden South, behind Pantai Hospital, is this new dimsum joint. Though the area is not too big, but the amount of shops and the one way street may make the search bit difficult. If anyone know BeeGaik, this restaurant is just across the street, in the corner. Just look for the new ChooiYue signboard.
Arriving on saturday morning, there is quite a lot of patrons in the shop enjoying their breakfast. We were lucky to find an empty seat so there was our start of dimsum adventure here. The deco is simply, typical of street style dimsum shop rather than the posh ones like FooShan. Service was swift, with few waitress running around inviting you to order the dimsum which they are carrying. Once the dimsum was placed on the table, the waitress will make the necessary marking on your receipt, and once finished, the boss will calculate the whole payment. Typical dimsum style. I just love the authenticity of it.
Now, the most important thing. The dimsum itself. First thing that reach our table is the deep fried ones. It was surprisingly good. It was just crispy. The oil used was fresh, therefore there was no weird taste of the usual oil which was used for frying repeatedly. The prawn used is rather fresh and one can actually taste the prawn rather than just pork. The mayo used was bit letdown though, but did not affect the taste of the deep fried dimsum. Next was the fishball. Typically good. It still did not have the fresh taste of fish but the consistency is rather "bouncy" which just taste good in the mouth. The steam siumai was rather good. My wife was impressed with it, though I preferred it with more pork. Not the best I ever had. The chucheongfun was one of the better ones, though it was bit too thick in consistency. However, the soya sauce which sort of flooded the chucheongfun was brilliantly done, simply lift the taste to a different level. Next was lomaikai, which my dad simply love. Much glutinous rice was used, unlike most joint which would mix it. Therefore, the consistency was rather different, leaning towards the usual rice we had for normal meal, not so much sticky at all. The taste was great. Yam pie or wukok was good and freshly fried, therefore was simply great. The fillings was tasty, with the taste of chasiew simply irresistible.
Pricing is reasonable, unlike the posh dimsum restaurant which charges a arm and leg for one simple dish of dimsum. An average dimsum cost about RM 2.40-Rm 3.60 and overall, we spent RM24 for 3 person inclusive of tea, dimsum, chucheongfun and lomaikai. Very reasonable indeed.
It was simply nice, unexpectedly, since this was the first dimsum after I came back from HongKong. The only regret was we did not taste hakao/ prawn dumpling since it was so popular that everytime the steam dimsum reach our table, hakao was just finished. I would come back again definitely.
ratings: 3 half poink!
comments: top of the list for street dimsum. challenger for the rest of those posh dimsum restaurant.
Chooi Yue DimSum
2, Tingkat Taman Ipoh 12,
Taman Ipoh Selatan,
Ipoh
016-5345965
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