E and i had dimsum twice while i was in London, and the pictures below are from my second (and final) experience. we went to a little restaurant in Chinatown called Harbour City, and it looked quite nice inside. even though it was 4 pm, they were still serving all the delicious dishes! yay for long hours of dimsum..
the first thing i ordered was called a barbecue pork pie, which was essentially a bbq pork inside some puff pastry.
we have these in LA as well; they're generally shaped in long sticks instead of a little round pie though. these are probably one of my favourite things to eat when i go get dimsum just because of the sweetness of the dough. these were incredibly delicious; they gave you lots of pork, and it was rather hot when they were served.
the only complaint i'd have is that it's a tad too oily; other than that - brilliant.
i also got an order of sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves.
these are quite filling and good for the price (about £3.95), which is the main reason i ordered them. they have pork spareribs tucked away inside them, and although i'm not a big fan of pork, these were quite nice.
the rice was nice and gooey, and the ribs were cooked well until they were soft and juicy. yum (:
i think Harbour City is actually a great place for dimsum; E got 2 vegetarian dishes as well and it turned out to be about £10 for each of us - not bad for London standards.
check out some of my reviews for other dimsum places in LA from my old food blog:
888 seafood restaurant
sea harbour seafood restaurant
the kitchen (1)
the kitchen (2) this restaurant is now CLOSED!! :( worst news of my life ..
full house seafood restaurant
Harbour City Restaurant
46 Gerrard St.
London, W1D 5QH
