Prince Restaurant - An Equality Between Quality & Price?

In this Sunday afternoon, I brought my family to the Prince Restaurant for dim sum where it was renowned for its fine and pricey dinning. The restaurant environment was nice and quiet, pretty spacious and was nicely furnished. The area was filled up with well-dressed customers and waiter. We were seated at a table in the private area. The utensils were nicely setup and nice pre-meal snacks were served before we ordered our food.

A Fine Lunch At The Pricey Prince Restaurant

1) Pan Fried Rice Flour Rolls With Scallop in XO Sauce $48
This dish was heavenly delicious. The rice flour rolls were fried just right to give a crispy golden brown outside and a soft and hot inside. It gave a mild XO taste, not too salty nor too sweet. Despite the rice flour rolls, the side ingredients were scrumptious too. There were several big soft tasty Scallops, green fresh bean curds and crispy young bean sprouts at sides.

2) Cold Cut String Bean With Sesame Sauce $58

This dish was ordered by my sister so I was surprised that the dish was cold when I had my first bite on the string bean. Yet the sesame sauce was extremely good and went very well with the fresh green string bean. The combining taste was very refreshing. Big thumb up for this dish.

3) Crispy Fried Bean Curd With Spicy Rock Salt $48

This fried bean curd was delicious too. Once again, the bean curd is nicely fried with a crispy golden brown outside and a very soft bean curd on the inside. The bean curd once taken in would dissolve on your palate immediately. It was only slightly spicy and the rock salt seasoning gave a great flavour to the dish. The fried bean curd was not as oily made as many other restaurants did.

4) Boiled Seasonal Vegetable $48

The seasonal vegetable was disappointing, although the veggie was fresh but the dish was tasteless. Even soya sauce were added to it, the dish did not really give much flavour.

5) Streamed Egg Yolk Buns $26
The Streamed Egg Yolk Buns was one of my favourite dishes. I always love to eat the outer layer of the bun separately, this layer was a bit too thin that when I tore the outer layer off, I broke a part of the bread and the inside filling was exposed. The Streamed Egg Yolk was marvelously done, when you had your first bite on the bun, the melting filling was all already waiting to rush out. The egg yolk filling was in a shinny golden yellow colour and gave you a creamy fantastic taste. People who love streamed egg yolk bun must love the bun Prince Restaurant offers.

6) Baked Barbecued Pork Buns $30
This Baked Barbecued Pork Bun in Chinese was called ‘The World’s Best Bun”. Being curious as I was, I ordered the bun to give it a try. Quite disappointingly, the Barbecued Pork Bun was nothing special at all. The bun was a very soft and sweet one, I personally think the bun would taste better if its outer layer was crispier.

7) Sautéed Mixed Mushrooms with Truffle $58
This Sautéed Mixed Mushroom was preciously seasoned with truffle which although I could not really taste the truffle, the mushrooms themselves were very appetizing.

8) Deep Fried Turnips Pastries
Deep Fried Turnips Pastries is always one of my must order dish when it comes to dim sum. Not many restaurants can make good quality turnips pastries, but Prince Restaurant is definitely one of them. Their deep fried turnips pastries had a crispy outer layer and were consisted of heaps of soft and light inside layers with hot delicious turnips. Another great choice other than the Streamed Egg Yolk Buns.

After tasting the above dim sum Prince Restaurant offers, I personally reckon most of their foods are nicely done. Although a bit pricey, the restaurant services and the chiefs’ efforts shown in both of their food ingredients and quality definitely worth the price (except the veggie). The Pan Fried Rice Flour Rolls With Scallop, Streamed Egg Yolk Buns and the Deep Fried Turnips Pastries are the dishes I highly recommended。