Life hasn't been the same since little nugget's first day of school at his new primary school. Living the life of a primary school kid's parent in Hong Kong is no easy feat. Everything happens so fast and the schedule is so hectic. It calls for some serious adjustment. Not that we're over the adjustment but obviously, Jelloman wanted something different this weekend to spice things up and she already booked dim sum lunch at Yue (采悅軒) at Sheraton Tung Chung (東涌世茂喜來登酒店) without consulting me.
They have two time slots to choose from. An early one that starts at 11:15am and an afternoon one that comes with a late start at 1pm. Unfortunately, she picked the early start so we had to drag ourselves over to Tung Chung real early. To add insult to injury, there's no easy way going to Sheraton Tung Chung except the hotel shuttle bus that takes off every 30 minutes from the MTR station. Not the most convenient spot for dim sum I guess. Finally, we managed to arrive in more than an hour and a half in traffic.
They have two time slots to choose from. An early one that starts at 11:15am and an afternoon one that comes with a late start at 1pm. Unfortunately, she picked the early start so we had to drag ourselves over to Tung Chung real early. To add insult to injury, there's no easy way going to Sheraton Tung Chung except the hotel shuttle bus that takes off every 30 minutes from the MTR station. Not the most convenient spot for dim sum I guess. Finally, we managed to arrive in more than an hour and a half in traffic.
Steamed shrimp dumplings with citrus (柚子蝦餃) – The wrapper and shrimp were both pretty nice. No sign of the citrus though.
Deep-fried taro puffs with roasted duck and mushroom (天鵝酥) – We had this a few times before at other Chinese restaurants. This wasn't bad. Thought the mashed taro worked reasonably well with the roast duck meat and mushroom.
Steamed shrimp dumplings with Chinese cabbage (翡翠如意餃) – Nice presentation but didn't taste as well as it looked.
Steamed beef tripe with satay sauce (沙嗲金錢肚) – Pretty tender but only three pieces, come on!
Wok-fried rice rolls with XO chili sauce (XO醬炒腸粉) – Pretty decent with some serious heat from the housemade XO chili sauce.
Steamed sponge cake with Okinawa brown sugar (沖繩黑糖馬拉糕) – Spongy and I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't too sweet with the brown sugar.
Fried sugar egg puffs (懷舊莎翁) – This was really really good. Very eggy and the texture was almost perfect. Would love having these again.
Deep-fried glutinous rice balls with egg yolk custard and lychee (貴妃香) – Just deep-fried glutinous rice balls (煎堆) with a fancy Chinese name? These looked really cute like real lychee.
These were crispy on the outside with a very nice filling of egg custard and lychee compote. I thought the fragrance of lychee really took this somewhat ordinary Chinese dessert to another level.
Fried rice vermicelli with conpoy and egg (桂花瑤柱炒新竹米粉) – Very bland and missing a bit of "wok hei". A little disappointed with this.
Little nugget wasn't happy with me bugging him while he was watching YouTube!
He was a lot happier when I brought him to Shake Shack for his favorite milkshake after dim sum.
For us to make a special trip to Tung Chung, this meal had to be something that's worth the time, effort and money (wasn't cheap) spent but sadly, it wasn't. The two desserts provided some bright spots for an otherwise uninspiring dim sum lunch. Thankfully, there are plenty of options for a nice afternoon tea in Tung Chung so at least, all is not lost.
Food Rating: 6/10
Price: $$$$
Address: 2/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung, 9 Yi Tung Road, Tung Chung, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Tung Chung
Tel: +852 2535-0028
Opening Hours: 12:00pm - 2:30pm, 6:00pm - 10:00pm (Mon - Fri), 11:00am - 2:30pm, 6:00pm - 10:00pm (Sat - Sun)
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