Summer Palace, Island Shangri-La: Top Dim Sum Restaurant in Hong Kong

Summer Palace at Island Shangri-La is considered by the locals to be one of the best dimsum restaurants in Hong Kong. This place also has 2 Michelin stars awarded as well. Probably easily inferred from the high prices for your normal dimsum dishes. I couldn't believe that shrimp dumplings (4pcs) could set me back at HKD$80, when most restaurants only price it at HKD$28 (and even cheaper when you go for tea time and breakfast). But I guess the locals know the quality of dimsum best to justify paying such a high premium for the fare.

Char Siew and Chives Pot Stickers 

Their crispy charsiew pork buns are of course, way more expensive than those sold at Tim Ho Wan. However, the affluent and busy wouldn't be waiting in line for the more affordable fare.

Crispy Charsiew Buns

Shrimp dumplings

Despite visiting Hong Kong often, it was the first time I tried the sago pudding. Perhaps it's only served in higher end restaurants? It's pretty good though. It tasted a lot like light custard mixed with sago.

Steamed Sago Pudding

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Shanghai Jade: Classy Shanghainese Restaurant in Hong Kong

Shanghai Jade was a restaurant that demonstrated the perfect blend of Western culture with Shanghainese cuisine. I was dazzled by the plates which had different designs on each of them. Absolutely beautiful and unique. I didn't take pictures of the restaurant itself because I was slightly embarrassed to do so. Everything about it was so classy and chic. It was basically a perfect combination of crystal chandeliers, black and white. Plus it would have been rude and conspicuous if I pointed my camera at other diners. But of course, such things could cost a bomb in Hong Kong, especially since this restaurant is in the Central area.

My set of tableware

Food served here was also delectable. I didnt manage to snap pictures of everything we ordered though.

Sweet and sour fish + tofu skin wrapped duck meat

When with a table of girls/ladies, desserts are always on point.

Mango sago with mango ice cream + Mango pudding

Banana puffs in powdered sugar

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Pho87: Huge, Satisfying Pho

Not sure if it's because it's Asian food, but I think a bowl of pho or wanton noodles or even beef brisket noodles are almost always USD$8.95 or USD$9.95 in Los Angeles. Although it is more pricey than in Singapore, I think the portion of food here makes it more value-for-money. Pho in Singapore isn't particularly cheap, and the portion is about half of what LA offers.

Was supposed to go to some lantern festival in Chinatown with some of my friends, but they were ill-prepared and did not know how to get there. I guess we gave up and decided to get pho in the area.

I don't remember what I ordered, but this was a huge bowl of noodles. The bowl is much larger than my face. There was also a generous serving of beef and all sorts of other things because I ordered the combination. The soup was really good as well, although I have a pretty bad habit of throwing in a lot of seafood sauce (hoisin), srirachi chili sauce and the other kind of chili sauce if available. 

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