Nice Dim Sum Brunch

This restaurant is humbly located at a quiet neighborhood behind Gerald’s old house. It is at the bottom of some old HDB flats, but it definitely does not have humble beginnings. Did a google and found out that the owner is actually a Hong Kong-born chef who made his name in 1990s at Empress Room in Raffles Hotel and later Xin Cruisine Chinese Restuarant at Holiday Inn Atrium Hotel.

The restuarant now occupies the entire ground floor of the a HDB block at Lengkok Bahru and It is divided into two parts: an open area dedicated to zi char (home-cooked fare) and an air-conditioned area for more upmarket stuff like bird’s nest and abalone.

Last weekend, we had the cravings for dim sum, and i remember this place do serve dim sum as well.

So off we drove there for a nice dim sum brunch.

Don’t ask me why the grouchy look on Justin’s face. I guess it must be the cap. :p

And we reached the place. Nice yellow signboard. Best is that it is not crowded. Good way to spend some quiet family time over meal.

The nostaglic and original deco of the coffeshop.

Here comes the menu. They have a limited dim sum menu, but to me, quality is more important than quantity.

Since we only had 3 of us, and Justin cant eat most of the items except for the congee, so we could only order a few dishes.

Gerald’s stewed Beef Ramen. Which i think pretty good for $3.80.

Traditional Siew mai

Har gao… a must have.

And i recommend this. Pan Fried Gayoza. My first time trying, but the filling in it is sulcent and not too much.

And it is cooked to the right texture. =)

Ordered some cha siew pau for Justin.. but totally untouched and we had to dabao home.

And i must have this every time. Black bean sauced chicken feet.

Century Egg Porridge. Lots of ingredients in it and it is so smooth that you can just swallow the congee. Typical HK style.

So that marks the end of our dim sum brunch, colourful and sumptuous.

If you are interested, they even have 30% discount on Mon to Friday for their dim sum menu. :-)

Zi Yean Restaurant (自然海鲜粥面夜市)
56 Lengkok Bahru
#01-443 Singapore 150056
Tel: +65 6474 0911