At first glance, the egg tart is a must-try but be sure to go there early. Dim sum tastes a bit sweet but still not bad overall. Price is reasonable. Food presentation is just average. Two of us ate until peng toh (overeat) plus tabao 4-5 dishes and it cost about RM37. Will visit the restaurant again as I saw some customers enjoying claypot porridge, which looked unique… Heh~

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It was Saturday morning and surprising it was not crowded. Parking could be a bit far since there is a morning market there. It is hard to find dim sum shops cheaper than this in the island (except the colorful dim sum in night market, of course). The female owner was friendly. It is a daily gathering place for old folks. For them, it is their happiest moment of the day. For me, it is another restaurant I need to share with you.

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At first glance, excellent food presentation. However, we felt being cheated by screenshots from the menu. It is not about the texture of the food (even though there are differences), but the quantity. The actual food itself had smaller portion. With such price, I would expect bigger portion, and also bigger bowl of rice. Perhaps the restaurant is out of my league. There are lots of improvement need to be done. Will visit it again provided someone treat me.

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Finally a fine dining Chinese restaurant in Sunshine Square area. It should be a good place to bring foreigners/visitors for local cuisine. Hope it will sustain after promotion period and the food won’t be “double standard” thereafter. Perhaps I am too handsome, we even got a “discount” on the bill (actually it was due to mistyping). Good thing is that the waitresses worked in professional manner even at peak hour. The Deep Fried Trotter in Thai Style was delicious. Will visit it again when someone treating.

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At first glance, Tai Thong did provide quality dim sum and comfortable environment to dine in. It is a good place for once-a-while gathering in which you can spend your time chatting without worrying people staring at you for your table. The price, however, could be expensive for some people. Don’t try to run if no $$ cause the police station just next to it.

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The bak kut teh was really my hometown bak kut teh. The soup was of clear type, in which it was not thick and tasted a bit sweet. It was nice to meet some Teow Chew people at PJ there. I was going to have another dim sum breakfast with friend so I need to reserve some tummy space for it later. There are two more branches: one at Batu Caves while another one at Sunway Metro. Will try their steamed fish if got chance.

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At first glance, if you like chocolate, you should try Theobroma Chocolate Lounge. Its high quality chocolate made this a place worth second visit. Sadly we were too full that day and could only order one drink. It is a good place for chit chat and for couple as well.

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It had been two years since my friend and I met so we kept on chatting and refilling the tea. Luckily the manager did not chase us out. At first glance, the “one person one bowl” concept is quite popular in KL nowadays. For Penangites, it is a new experience. The variety of base soup, “self-playable” heat level, non-smokey environment, as well as variety of sauces make this place worth second visit.

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When paying for the bill, I asked for a name card, and I just found out that this is actually one of the 3 outlets. Other two are in One Utama and Lot 10 (Doh!). At first glance, this is another restaurant with repackaged local food. There are many varieties of Lam Mee in the menu. The food quality is good but they also could be too common for locals. I do hope to see more food other than noodle.

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I feel awake after the dim sum breakfast. One funny thing I found is that people in Ipoh like to “tap toi” (share the table) even there are many empty tables around. At first glance, I would say that the dim sum is good. I like the homemade chili sauce in Ming Court compared to Foh San. In term of price versus quality, personally I felt that the price is a bit high. I myself spent RM23.30 that morning…. and I have to pay some “kopi duit” to the illegal parking guy who was “controlling traffic” in the early morning outside of the restaurant.

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