Tao Tao Ju Premium Shenzhen Bay MixC 陶陶居 · 臻品 深圳灣萬象城二期店 (Shenzhen, CHINA) ★★★★☆

My sister is back, and ever since her last visit 11 months ago, she’s been longing for her first-ever trip to Shenzhen. So, after letting her settle in for a few days, I started gathering a small group for a weekend tour.

I decided to take her to one of the most popular shopping malls in town — Shenzhen Bay MixC (深圳灣萬象城). And as usual, no trip to Shenzhen would be complete without a dim sum lunch at Tao Tao Ju (陶陶居).

Signature Hong Kong style milk tea (招牌港式奶茶) (¥22) – As always, I kicked things off with some caffeine first.

Shunde-style Crispy milk curd (順德炸牛奶) (¥33) – These crispy tubes filled with milk curds were, once again, very tasty.

Jumbo-sized Guangzhou-style youtiao (安心廣式大油條) (¥16) – Of course, my sister wanted to try the Guangzhou-style youtiao, and she was impressed with the soft, flaky texture.

Stir-fried rice rolls with beef briskets (牛腩啫珍珠腸) (¥36) – The sauce was always the key here tying the rice rolls and beef briskets together nicely.

Barbecued pork "snowballs" (叉燒雪花球) (¥30) – This new item definitely caught everyone’s attention.

Little nugget ended up having all three of the glutinous rice balls!

Steamed 5+ Rushan oysters with garlic (蒜茸蒸 5+乳山生𧐢) (¥12 each) – The Rushan oysters were, once again, very fatty. My only complaint was the sparse amount of diced garlic. Ideally, the oysters should be buried under a mountain of garlic!

Steamed scallops from Dalian (蒜茸蒸大連元貝) (¥29 each) – Didn't get the chance to try it myself but little one reported that it was pretty delicious.

Steamed minced scallop and sea urchin dumpling in chicken stock (雞湯玉帶金魚餃) (¥39) – The sea urchin didn’t really register, but the minced scallop and shrimp blended nicely with the rich chicken stock.

Tao Tao Ju jumbo prawn dumpling (陶陶居大蝦餃) (¥36) – A must-do at TTJ.

Sizzling stir-fried lettuce in clay pot (啫啫生菜煲) (¥52) – Some sizzling hot lettuce to wrap things up.

Once again, Tao Tao Ju delivered with its usual consistency. The parade of delicately prepared dim sum reinforced its status as the gold standard for dim sum in town.

Food Rating: 6.9/10

Price: ¥¥¥

Address: Shop B190, Zone B, Level B1 Shenzhen Bay MixC, 3213 Keyuan South Road, Nanshan, Guangzhou, China

深圳市南山区粤海街道海珠社区科苑南路3213号深圳湾万象城B1层B区B190号铺

Closest Metro Station: Houhai (后海)

Tel: +86 (755) 8382-8865

Opening Hours: 9:00am - 9:30pm daily

Map: https://j.map.baidu.com/f3/WcIk