“Only around two Chinese restaurants out of 10 in Hong Kong still offers tea pairing for dim sum dining,” says Tama Tam Han Yi, one of the tea masters. Spring Moon has two resident tea masters led by Elvis Wong, a national tea appraisal tea certificate holder. Here at Spring Moon, opened in 1986 as one of the first few Cantonese restaurants among Hong Kong’s hotels, the dim sum experience begins with selecting tea. It offers fantastic food and an authentic local vibe you won't get at the tourist traps in the city.Step into the banquet hall of the most historic hotel in Hong Kong where gramophone music, ceiling fans, a large mahogany staircase, wooden furniture and waitresses in cheongsam transport you back to the Roaring Twenties of old Shanghai. A meal here will be a little cheaper than Tim Ho Wan, maybe in the $8-$14 range. Left on Luen On Street, Right on Yee On Street, turn left at the first alley.ĭefinitely, make a stop at Gut Gut Dim Sum. To get to Gut Gut, take the metro to the Ngau Tau Kok station. The other is that it is literally located in a side alley off the main road that we kept looking for it on. That was part of what made this restaurant hard to find. Gut Gut Dim Sum is the name we found on the Hong Kong version of Yelp, but you won't find that name anywhere on the restaurant sign. At Gut Gut they have all the classics like Sui Mai, shrimp spring rolls (Best I've ever had!), and pork buns. But honestly, that is part of the fun of eating in real Asian restaurants! Not knowing exactly what you're going to get can often expose you to new foods that you wouldn't have thought to try. We got lucky when a nice man who spoke some English helped us order.

You will find no English on the menu here. Finding this place was even harder than Tim Ho Wan, but the food was equally as good. If you want to escape the tourists and find a place off the beaten track where the locals go, you've got to try Gut Gut Dim Sum. A meal here will cost around $10-$18 depending on how hungry you are! Grab at least an order of the pork buns for yourself because trust me, you won't be sharing! Service will not be great here, and there will certainly be a wait, but the food is absolutely worth it. Check for current closing times, but when I was there they stopped taking orders around 8:30PM-9:00PM. Make sure to get to Tim Ho Wan EARLY! They have a strict policy on when the stop taking orders.

That should bring you to the correct floor and location where the restaurant is.

Easy way to find it: Follow the signs to the High Speed Train that goes from Central to the Hong Kong Airport, then go down the stairs one level. It is Shop 12A and on Level 1 of the IFC Mall. There is a location inside the Central MTR station. Tim Ho Wan is an incredible place to experience a Michelin star restaurant on a budget! This delicious dim sum restaurant now has multiple locations throughout Hong Kong, and has expanded with a new location in New York City! Hungry tourists will line up outside Tim Ho Wan for as long as 90 minutes to get a taste of their delicious BBQ pork buns.įinding the Tim Ho Wan location can be a bit tricky.

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