Victor's Kitchen (57+p)

Sunshine Plaza (its at an obsure corner unit with seats in neighbouring units)

WADA rating: 40+17.5= 57+ pts
QPI: 5 ($15-$40 per pax)
WFI: N.A
Tasted on 20 Apr 08 for brunch

Another recommendation from DBF's fren. We had family members that had tried searching for this place but couldn't find it. This is like one of those prilgrimages... tedious journey to search out this Dim Sum eatery.

What's Good?

Steamed Carrot Cake with XO Sauce
Very soft, juicy, enticing and pairs well with the homemade XO sauce, which was pretty fragrant with bits of sweet "hay-bee" marinated in the chilli flavoured sauce. Very fresh.

Cheong Fun with Char Siew
Very fresh again... a little powdery on the texture...its was soaked in a soy sauce that was not too salty but could be bland for some palates. Char siew seem to have a homemade like quality to it. A good integration of flavours between the cheong fun and char siew. Could be slightly thinner on the skin though.

What's Not?

Fried Spring Roll was too meaty... had expected some vegetables in this to bring some balance here. The steamedd siew mai and har gao were both a little too dry and hard. It felt like it needed some tender loving care to soften it up but both were still better than average and a bit better than some dim sum restaurants I have tried so far.

Other Dishes Tasted

Lychee boat congee, steamed pork ribs.

Comments

Staff were a little disinterested, rough and unpolished but functioning ok. Quite efficient on serving up orders but slow in attending to customers' requests. Its basic like a Geely....slightly better than the cherry QQ.
The theme here is freshness...the HK chef - Victor (he used to chef at big hotels in HK) seems very dedicated to cooking up every dish from scratch as can be seen in their slogan " we serve good food not fast food." ....or something along that line. I suspect that had we not been the first few customers just before their opening time, we would most probably have had to wait a bit for limited seats and the food. The place has its own charm. Its pretty decent with quality and prices so I say go try it at least once to find out for yourself if you like it.