Salt & Pepper squid $10.50
Next dish we ordered was Drix's personal favourite fried yam dumplings (Wu Gok). Everytime we go yum cha, it is a must for him to order this and the first one we ordered had pork filling. It was alright; however it was not as fresh and hot as the coating of the dumpling was starting to soften but at least it satisfied Drix's cravings!
Pork Yam Dumplings (Wu Gok) $6.80
Again, the cart pulls to our table and it is another one of Drix's favourite dishes, braised pork ribs. These ribs are delicious when they are still hot and luckily, ours had just came out of the kitchen & ready to be served to our hungry stomachs! The meat was very tender and the broth used to braised the ribs is extremely flavoursome. Drix says could eat this with steamed rice for the rest of his life if he had to! Goes to show how much we enjoyed this dish!
Braised Pork Ribs $6.80
It seems to us that there are more carts rolling around with fried food than steamed food but as the cart with fried food comes towards us, I spot the fried prawn rolls. Back when Vinh Hao in Cabramatta was opened, I used to always order this dish with my family and sometimes even seconds! Well, these rolls were okay but then again, fried foods always taste better when it is fresh & our rolls were a tad warm and was starting to lose its crunch.
Fried prawn rolls $7.50
Again more carts with fried food rolls towards us and we see the prawn yam dumplings. I actually prefer these dumplings rather than just the pork, only because the prawns gives the yam extra flavour :) This time, the dumplings are warm and crispy and was definitely better than the first dumplings we ordered. I can see Drix's eyes brighten up as he munches away hehe.
Prawn & Pork yam dumplings $7.50
By now, I was hoping that more steamed dishes were coming out as the previous dishes we ordered left a guilt conscience on my mind. A little lady rolls her cart to us unexpectedly and asks if we want dumplings. Hooray! What I love most about Yum Cha is consuming these yummy intricate things & they finally arrive. We ordered two & it felt like a party in my mouth as I chewed hehe. Again, I could tell these dumplings were fresh from the kitchen as they were quite hot to eat.
Prawn Dumplings (Har gow) $6.80
Another of my favourite dishes rolls out not long after we finished out dumplings and again, this is a dish I'd order every time I go to yum cha! It's funny that there is a similar Vietnamese dish called banh cuon (which my family loves & has the same rice noodle texture) yet it is someone I never actually eat due to its bland taste and my phobia of carbohydrates but adding to the contrary, I always eat steamed prawn rice noodles. My favourite part of this this is the soy sauce. It's flavour is sweet and works with the plain taste of the rice noodles and prawns.
Prawn steam noodles (ha cheung fun) $7.50
Last but not least, I could never leave yum cha (even when I am bloated to the extreme) without ordering mango pancakes. For some reason, everytime we were waiting for a particular cart to come out, another cart rolls to us and they don't have the dishes we want to order and it goes the same for the dessert cart. More savoury dishes pass us and it was a while before I waved down a waiter to ask for the pancakes. Within a couple of minutes, the dessert cart arrives with the last mango pancakes & is immediately snatched for my sweet cravings hehe. I do know that these are called crepes due to the pancake's thin texture and I'm so used to calling them pancakes but oh well. These pancakes are filled with a large amount of whipped cream, which is delicious but what spoils it is the frozen mango filling. The fruit was quite hard and still ice cold as I bite into it! At least the texture of the pancake and whipped cream gives it a tick!
Mango pancakes/crepe $5.80
He looks like a little kid who is enjoying his drink too much to let anyone have a sip! LOL
