Men Tong Bing Sutt at Link CentralWalk 文通冰室 領展中心城店 (Shenzhen, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

The kids are off to Meiland one last time before we head back to Hong Kong tonight. Between now and dinner, I have approximately five to ten minutes of spare time and I wanted to use it wisely. With Men Tong Bing Sutt (文通冰室)’s “little bear milk tea” still very much on my mind, I decided to spend my five to ten minutes checking it off my list. After all, they have a branch just a floor up from Meiland so I thought five minutes was all I needed to make it happen.

Men Tong Bing Sutt is a Hong Kong style cha chaan teng (tea restaurant) which has been very popular in Shenzhen these days. From what I’ve read so far, they are under the same ownership group as the ever-popular Chui Wah Restaurant (翠華). Yeah, haven’t heard this name for a while.

Baby, this is what I rushed here for……my “little bear milk tea (小熊奶茶)”. This is so cute! Perhaps too cute to mess it up. I think I am supposed to pour the chilled milk tea onto the bear-shaped ice made with silky smooth milk tea.  

Getting my milk tea fix without little nugget around.....life is so good! 😊😊

Food Rating: 5.5/10

Price: ¥¥

Address: Shop 1025-1026 RL/F, 3 Fuhua Road 1st, Futian, Shenzhen, China

深圳市福田区福华一路3号领展中心城 F1层1025-1026铺

Closest Metro Station: Convention & Exhibition Center station (會展中心)

Tel: +86 (755) 13510793791

Opening Hours: 11:00am - 10:00pm daily

Map: https://j.map.baidu.com/67/XWgi

Hong Kong Taste Happy Harbour 點心俠 歡樂海灣店 (Shenzhen, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

Most of us passed out late last night after our hotpot gathering at MixC that finished almost around midnight. So, it took us a while to get back to the swing of things this morning. Around 2:30pm, we finally got most of our sensations including hunger which had been missing so far.  

At Happy Harbour (歡樂海灣店), there were easily more than a dozen of cafes and restaurants to choose from. With the kids indicating that they wanted dim sum, we wounded up choosing Hong Kong Taste (點心俠) quietly situated on the lower level.

A secret recipe of some sort? 😮😏

Dim sum platter (大飽口福拼盤) – We wanted to deliver the hungry kids a knockout punch early so we decided to start off with a bang. This platter came with all sorts of luxury dim sum including lobster dumplings with crab roes (蟹籽龍蝦餃) and siu mai with abalone

(鮑魚雞粒燒賣) but surprisingly, it was the baked custard buns (爆漿流沙包) that ended up drawing a crowd.

Glutinous rice dumplings with green tea (綠茶梨子咸水角) 🍐 – The cute little pear-shaped glutinous rice dumpling came with a very nice and crispy crust and hidden in the middle was minced pork drizzling with a pretty intense green tea sauce. I didn’t think green tea would work with glutinous rice dumplings but they have proven me wrong. I like the hint of wasabi too, adding some lovely extra kick to the mix. 

Steamed shrimp dumplings with asparagus (蘆筍鮮蝦餃) – Not bad.

Red rice flour rolls with crispy prawns (香脆明蝦紅米腸) – Very very crunchy.

Baked barbecued pork buns (叉燒包) – This was surprisingly good. The bun was crispy on the outside but soft and pillowy inside, with the sauce oozing out beautifully, upon my first bite.

Steamed glutinous rice with chicken (荷葉糯米雞) – Something heavier to fill our tummies.

Food Rating: 5.7/10

Price: ¥¥¥

Address: Shop B1-030, Level B1F, Happy Harbour, Baohua Road, Bao'an, Shenzhen, China

深圳市宝安区宝华路欢乐港湾 B1-030号商铺

Closest Metro Station: Linhai (臨海)

Tel: +86 (755) 2720-0956

Opening Hours: 12:00pm - 8:30pm daily

Map: https://j.map.baidu.com/39/BDag

Manlee Shifun Restaurant Happy Harbour 萬利吃飯公司 茶餐廳 歡樂海灣店 (Shenzhen, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

With everyone sleeping late last night (hotpot finished at around midnight), it was no surprise that we all decided to skip breakfast and slept in a bit this morning. We met up at the hotel lobby after checking out and got a taxi for our short trip to the “Bay Glory” Ferris Wheel (灣区之光).

Following my first-ever Ferris wheel experience, we walked around the shopping complex at Happy Harbour (歡樂海灣). While some of us went on a tour at the bookstore, I decided to sneak away for my daily dose of pantyhose milk tea. And it didn’t take long for me to find a place for my milk tea fix.

Opened back in 1973, Manlee Shifun Restaurant (萬利吃飯公司 茶餐廳) reminds me so much of Hong Kong’s Meng Wah Bing Sutt (敏華冰室) with its light blue color tone, bakery stand and classic cha chaan teng (茶餐廳) menu. Although my first priority was a bottle of ice cold milk tea, my attention was immediately drawn to their pineapple buns.

This pineapple bun with a thick slab of frozen butter (菠蘿油) wasn’t bad at all but I bet it would taste even better if the bun has just come out of the oven fresh.

While I was finishing up my last bite on my bun, I got a ping from Jelloman asking where I went. I guess I won’t have time for my tea fix after all.

Food Rating: 5/10

Price: ¥¥¥

Address: Shop B1-028, Level B1F, Happy Harbour, Baohua Road, Bao'an, Shenzhen, China

深圳市宝安区宝华路欢乐港湾 B1-028号商铺

Closest Metro Station: Linhai (臨海)

Tel: +86 (755) 13510391253

Opening Hours: 10:00am - 9:30pm daily

Map: https://j.map.baidu.com/5f/dVui