Yum cha today with a couple of foodie friends at the 1.5-month-old Penang outpost of Hong Kong-based Sichuanese/Cantonese fine-dining restaurant, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐. Its first Malaysian branch is located in the upmarket Gurney Paragon mall.
Our lunch orders:
๐๐ข๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ธ ( ่ฆ้ค) - shrimp dumplings with translucent skin.
๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช (็่ณฃ) - minced pork-shrimp dumplings.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฐ (ๅ็งๅ
) - Cantonese-style steamed buns with caramelised BBQ pork filling.
๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช ๐จ๐ข๐ช ( ็ณฏ็ฑณ้) - glutinous rice filled with chicken, Chinese mushrooms, Chinese sausage, and salted egg-yolk.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฐ (ๅ็่ ่ฟๅ
) - sweet-crusted buns with Cantonese-style caramelised BBQ pork filling.
๐๐ข๐ช ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฐ (้ๅ
) - steamed bao with ginger-flavored, minced chicken-meat filling.
๐๐ข๐ช ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ (่ฑๆฑๅค็ช) - chicken feet with spicy black bean sauce.
๐๐ข๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฐ (ๆตๆฒๅ
) - steamed buns with molten salted egg yolk custard filling.
Fried radish cake in XO sauce.
Mixed meats platter, consisting of ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ (Cantonese-style caramelised BBQ pork), ๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ (crackling-skinned roast pork), spiced jelly-fish, cold pork roll, and ๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ (Cantonese-style roast goose).
Dessert
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ข (soybean curd) dessert - served warm from a wooden barrel. The junket pudding is served with either a delicate, floral-scented sugar syrup, or brown sugar granules.
Best dim sum spot in town at the moment.
Address
San Xi Lou
163D-6-20, Level 6, Gurney Paragon Mall, Persiaran Gurney, 10350 George Town, Malaysia
Tel: +60 12-391 8168
Opening hours: 9am to 10pm, daily.
