Feb 21st, 2010




" Yum Yum Dim Sum! "
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| Value for money |
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Suitable for... |
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| The food |
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.. a date |
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| The service |
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.. business dinner |
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| The decor |
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.. with friends |
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Today I ventured to Eest for the all you can eat dim sum and I absolutely loved it!
The restaurant is a really nice place, light and airy, and you can actually here the orchestra, piano, and opera singers et al from downstairs at the fancy a million kuai pp buffet or whatever it is, so it has a really nice ambience.
The staff were surprisingly good for an all you can eat, some of my expereiences so far have included waiters reluctant to take your next order when it's not a buffet, but here it was no problem. They were also very attentive, filling up water and tea without being asked, offering cutlery when they saw one of my friends struggling etc...you know the little touches you expect back home that seem to get lost sometimes here!!
On the menu there were about 30 - 40 different dishes from Japan, Thailand and Japan inlcuding soups and desserts. It's not like the typical dim sum i've had in Hong Kong where it's all dumplings in steam baskets, there's a lot of appetizers such as Thai fish cakes, spring rolls, sushi, spare ribs etc etc as well as the traditional Cantonese offerings.
We stayed the full duration from 11 - 2 as it wasn't busy and it was a really relaxed atmosphere. No on was pushing for us to leave or slamming the bill down in a hint to get us to go!
Some of the portions were small, for example only one piece of chicken tempura came out, beautifully presented mind you, or the salmon maki was two tiny pieces, but that's the beauty of an all you can eat....just order more!
Drinks aren't included in that, but they aren't over priced either, we stuck with soft drinks at 15rmb each, and kept getting refills and were only charged once which is a nice touch.
I would say this place is more like Thai, Chinese and Japanese tapas than dim sum in the way the dishes are brought out and presented, but for 98rmb I think it was a great bargain considering how much we ate, and would recommend it to anyone, especially if you have friends or family visiting.