I simply love dimsum. Just that I think a dimsum meal cost more and given that I am after all a stingy fella, dimsum is not my staple meal. Dimsum for lunch? Now, that is a great idea for a long Friday lunch break. With all the new shops opening in medan bistari Ipoh area behind Tesco Ipoh Garden, there bound to be a dimsum shop opening in time. Tucked in the middle of a row of new shops behind Spice of Penang, opposite Zento Sushi in Ipoh Garden, is this small dimsum shop, Li Yuan DimSum. 
It is a small shop, so do not expect the usual crowd in most dimsum shop. Service, given the small crowd, tend to be faster and better. The place, being new, is rather clean and simple. The place though small, is rather spacious, unlike other typical Chinese dimsum shop which try to squeeze patrons next to each other. 
And most important thing, the food... one would expect dimsum here. Although you still get a few pages in the menu dedicated to dimsum, it is still rather too simple compare to most similar shops. One of the beauty of eating dimsum is the varieties in bite size. I would expect to eat at least few types of dimsum at a sitting. There I am, browsing through the menu with the simple prawn or pork dumpling. After eating in Dragon-I in the last weekend, it did not help the issue. Not many choices here, but fear not, the simple dimsum are still around. The prawn dumpling (hagao) is average, the prawn do taste fresh enough. The pork dumpling (siumai) tasted ok, not the best ones around. The bun such as chasiu pao is rather average, nothing to shout about. Do not expect more complex stuff such as Shanghai soup dumpling here.
What it lack in varieties in dimsum, they make up for in varieties in other main course. Expect some noodle and rice dishes here for lunch. We tried the Shanghai style ramen (lai mian). Cost only RM5.50 per dish, it is rather reasonably priced considering this is a dimsum shop. However, the portion is not big so it is suited to have together with a few dimsum servings. Ramen in chicken stock or sour/ spicy variant do taste good. The noodle taste rather like factory made with poor consistency. But the soup and stock do make up for it and lift the ramen above average. The steam rice with pork, according to my friend, SQ, tasted bit bland.It did looked bit simple.
Overall, it is an average dimsum joint. It did lack on the dimsum side but make up for it in other offerings. For lunch, it is rather a good option. Not that expensive, but I would still prefer Dragon- I.
ratings: 2 half poink!
comments: sorry, I was hooked to Shanghai soup dumpling and laosa pao so anything without those would get lesser ratings. Bias!!!
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