Chijmes Lei Garden Restaurant
This month's fast shaping up into a whirlwind of meet-ups with friends. We had lunch with Ernie and Thom, who are bunkmates at our Phuket wedding, to catch up. Ernie's on a 3 month leave so he's got loads of time to meet up. And Thom, being the sweetheart that he is, will always make time to meet up. My friendship with both guys go such a long way back I can't even remember how we met! I think I met Ernie through another friend at a party (though I cannot, for the life of me, remember which friend or which party or when), and Thom, I think I also met him through a friend (though I also cannot remember which friend and when). As mentioned earlier, because we've got so little time for meet-ups this month, we've decided to combine our meet-ups so we get to see all of our friends.
We all felt like dim sum, and Lei Garden at Chijmes is the one place we know will always have availability at the last minute without reservations.
We started off with a portion of the Crispy Roasted Pork ($14.80), crackling top skin, tender and tasty meat with a decadent sliver of fat wedged between the layers.
We also ordered the Fiance's favourite, the Steamed Custard Buns with Salted Egg Yolk ($3.80), chocolate-swirled fluffy buns encasing smoothened mashed up salted egg yolk custard.
The Steamed BBQ Honey Pork Bun ($4.20) is also another favourite, fluffy and moist buns with a filling of sweet sticky barbecued diced pork.
The Steamed Rice Roll with Prawns ($5.20) was Ernie's favourite (he loves anything with prawns). A drizzling of delicate superior soy was all it took to season the chewy rice rolls with fresh crunchy prawns.
The ubiquitous Steamed Pork Dumpling ($4.80) was as usual, juicy, succulent and bouncy.
The Pan-Fried Carrot Cake with Waxed Meat ($4.80) soft and mushy with slightly toasted caramelised crust and interlaced with cubes of Chinese sausage and julienned radish, was also yummy.
It was just too bad the Beancurd Skin Roll with Prawns ($4.80) was laced with too much parsley, I left this to the rest to eat.
The Har Gow ($5.20) was also one of the better versions around, with thin translucent chewy skin, fresh bouncy sweet prawns.
The Beef with Black Pepper Rolls ($8) were also a hit with the boys, juicy peppery beef stuffed in a flaky shortcrust pastry that was baked to perfection.
The Grilled Cod in Japanese Style ($9.80) was fresh, flaky, and soft, with a hint of aromatic coffee.
Chijmes Lei Garden Restaurant
Chijmes #01-24
30 Victoria Street
Tel: 6339 3822
Open daily from 11.30am to 2.30pm for lunch and from 6pm to 10.30pm for dinner
Website: www.leigarden.hk/eng/
We all felt like dim sum, and Lei Garden at Chijmes is the one place we know will always have availability at the last minute without reservations.
We started off with a portion of the Crispy Roasted Pork ($14.80), crackling top skin, tender and tasty meat with a decadent sliver of fat wedged between the layers.
We also ordered the Fiance's favourite, the Steamed Custard Buns with Salted Egg Yolk ($3.80), chocolate-swirled fluffy buns encasing smoothened mashed up salted egg yolk custard.
The Steamed BBQ Honey Pork Bun ($4.20) is also another favourite, fluffy and moist buns with a filling of sweet sticky barbecued diced pork.
The Steamed Rice Roll with Prawns ($5.20) was Ernie's favourite (he loves anything with prawns). A drizzling of delicate superior soy was all it took to season the chewy rice rolls with fresh crunchy prawns.
The ubiquitous Steamed Pork Dumpling ($4.80) was as usual, juicy, succulent and bouncy.
The Pan-Fried Carrot Cake with Waxed Meat ($4.80) soft and mushy with slightly toasted caramelised crust and interlaced with cubes of Chinese sausage and julienned radish, was also yummy.
It was just too bad the Beancurd Skin Roll with Prawns ($4.80) was laced with too much parsley, I left this to the rest to eat.
The Har Gow ($5.20) was also one of the better versions around, with thin translucent chewy skin, fresh bouncy sweet prawns.
The Beef with Black Pepper Rolls ($8) were also a hit with the boys, juicy peppery beef stuffed in a flaky shortcrust pastry that was baked to perfection.
The Grilled Cod in Japanese Style ($9.80) was fresh, flaky, and soft, with a hint of aromatic coffee.
Chijmes Lei Garden Restaurant
Chijmes #01-24
30 Victoria Street
Tel: 6339 3822
Open daily from 11.30am to 2.30pm for lunch and from 6pm to 10.30pm for dinner
Website: www.leigarden.hk/eng/
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