Tim Ho Wan

Went to Tim Ho Wan for brunch with my eommas many many saturdays ago (8/6). Yeah the Tim Ho Wan with the super long queue at Plaza Singapura. They reached at 10am and we managed to enter at around 1045am. Despite their super long queue, guess waiting time is still not that bad for a Saturday.

Pork Congee - $3.20++

Flavourful and nice. Not bad, but I seldom eat congee so I can't really compare either.

Prawn dumplings - $5.50 ++

Fat and fluffy har gao means they have generous amount of prawns in it.

Glutinous Rice - $5

Taste average, I eat this occassionally for breakfast but mine was bought from coffee shop and I think it's comparable to this, or maybe better.

 Carrot cake-$4.50 ++

 I think the taste of their carrot cake is so-so only, the carrot cake which the coffeeshop sells taste better to me.

The main lead, BBQ Pork Bun - $4.50 ++

 This got the approval of everyone. Muihong, ZhiHui and my cousin. I dabao-ed one back cause I couldn't stuff anymore food into my stomach. Sweet and a little crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside.

We were damn full after the meal.We each had our own bowl of congee and 3 char siew buns, plus all the other dim sums. Total bill came up to $63.55.

To be honest, I don't see the appeal of Tim Ho Wan that can entice people to queue for hours. The only dim sum I feel is exceptional is the char siew bun because it's different from our usual white ones. I thought Tim Ho Wan is the only place that sell that, but I realised other dim sum places do sell them too. Their spring roll ($4.20++) is also quite nice. The best place to have dim sum is still Hong Kong! I remembered I was damn amazed by their har gao cause it was stuffed with prawns.

I didn't realised dim sum in Singapore is actually so expensive.

Recently saw on article comparing Singapore's Tim Ho Wan and Hong Kong Tim Ho Wan and the results were surprising. I have my doubts about that article though.