Saturday, July 18, 2009
Food Blog: Victor's Kitchen (Hong Kong Authentic Dim Sum)
When I first heard of a dim sum eatery somewhere near Bugis, I was wondering where it was. Furthermore, when I was told that they have a decent and cheap ones, it was still so unbelieveable. Little did I know..
Located at Sunshine Plaza off the corner at Bencoolen street, lays this small and humble shop, Victor's Kitchen. It is a no-frills, grab-your-seats kind of place. Seats are limited, you must be prepared to queue up for them and squeeze in the small seating area if the crowds get really crazy. Well, more like a small eatery than a cafe or restaurant kind of environment.
There wasnt much people around the day I went. Chose a seat and I was handed a piece of order chits for dim sum & beverage by the staff (who was black-faced -_-) There werent a lot of options available so gotta make do with it!
King Prawn Dumpling
Prawn dumpling or rather, known as har gao, is another mainstay in the dim sum menu. The skin of the Victor’s King prawn dumpling is rather thin and the prawns looked like its going to burst out anytime. The fresh prawns go easy on the palates and always welcome with second helpings.
Phoenix Porridge
The century egg porridge is transformed into phoenix porridge. Even though it's a healthy option, light and non-oily, with a run of the mill watery porridge which I like. I dun think it's worth the $3.50 as the ingredients are pathetic with bits of century eggs and chicken chunk! Then again, I still like it as it was not too over. Oh well..
King Prawn Chee Cheong Fun
I presumed the prawns are the same as the ones in the har gau, and they are fresh and good. Bite them and you could hear them crunch! Mama miaaa~ But the sauce is kinda salty for me though.
Milky Custard Bun
Rated as one of their signature dish. It's really good, godlike to be exact! Simply love how the rich creamy egg custard blended perfectly with the salted egg yolk - Sweet with a slight tinge of saltiness. So you wont get sick of it. Smart!
Fried prawn beancurd
The fresh and succulent prawns wrapped in beancurd that are not too salty. Very crispy and light. Sinfully good! Vinegar is given but I think chilli sauce is good enough. lol
Summer Ice tea
How can a meal of dim sum without tea? huhur.
Man!!! This cup of tea is SOLID can! Served in a dish filled with ice and water with the cup of tea emerged in the centre. The rational is not to let the ice melt to alter the taste of the tea. Totally fell for the novelty of it being served in this manner and the TEA! GOOOOOOOOOOOODLIKE! Totally felt like in paradise!
Though Victor's Kitchen looked rather "lok kok" with minimal attention paid to its renovation, the food is rather up to value. However, the service was quite bad. They were pretty rude and unfriendly. hahah.
I miss the teaaaaaaa...
Labels: Bencoolen Street, Dim Sum, Food - Chinese, Sunshine Plaza, Victor's Kitchen
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