HONG KONG: ONE DIM SUM Restaurant: A Budget-friendly Michelin-Starred Dim sum Restaurant

February 3, 2014


HONG KONG: ONE DIM SUM Restaurant: 
A Budget-friendly Michelin-Starred Dim sum Restaurant

When visiting Hong Kong, it's a must to eat dim sum. Our favorite dim sum place is Maxim's Restaurant at Hong Kong City Hall. But if you're in a big group, it will turn out to be a bit expensive to dine at this restaurant, especially since food is chosen from carts that go around the tables and allow guests to pick from them. Seeing the food from these carts can tempt anyone to try them and lead to overestimating the amount of food they can actually consume. 

In my last visit to Hong Kong in October 2013, I wanted to eat dim sum again. But I wanted something as delicious as the dim sum at Maxim's restaurant but not as expensive. I found several blogs recommending One Dim Sum Restaurant so I visited this restaurant just to see for myself what the fuss is all about. 


WHY I LOVE ONE DIM SUM Restaurant:

1. The food is really good.


Here is the menu: 






Here are photos of the dishes we ate:


No. 028: Glutinous Rice Dumpling (HK$24)



No. 37: Steamed Rice Noodle in Barbecued Pork (HK$17)



No.11 (left): Steam Shrimp Dumplings (HK$ 22)
No. 9 (right): Steam Dumpling in Chiu Chow Style (HK$ 15)



No. 45: Steam Shrimp Dumpling with Vegetable Seedling (HK$ 18)



No 23: Steam Chicken Paws with Chili (HK$ 15)



No. 4: Barbecued Pork Bun (HK$ 13)



No. 17: Fried Egg Stick with Honey (HK$ 14)


2. The food is not expensive.
We spent a total of HK$138 for a meal good for 2-3 persons.


3. The restaurant is easy to find.



HOW TO FIND ONE DIM SUM RESTAURANT

1. It's located near Prince Edward Station.



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2. When you get out of Prince Edward Station. Below is what you will see. The restaurant is at the corner of Playing Field Road and Tung Choi Street. The red canopy is One Dim Sum Restaurant.



3. One Dim Sum Restaurant is located at Kenwood Mansion.






HOW TO ORDER AT ONE DIM SUM RESTAURANT:


Approach this lady receptionist at the entrance of the restaurant.
Get a stub to determine your order in line to enter the restaurant.


This is the stub I got.
The restaurant opened 11:00 AM. I was there 11:15 AM.
Yet I'm No. 85 in line.
The girl said it will be 30 minutes before I can be seated.

This is how you order from their menu.



MY TIPS: 

FIRST TIP: Arrive off-hours, to avoid the lunchtime and dinnertime crowd, so you don't have to wait in line. For tourists who only wish to taste the food in this restaurant, the other blogs recommend arriving at 3:00 PM. 


The line in front of the restaurant at 11:00 AM.

The place is small that's why there's a line outside the restaurant for people wanting to dine at this place. I am estimating this place can accommodate only 25 people.

SECOND TIP: If you arrive during lunchtime the way I did, it will take 30 minutes to be seated and 15 minutes to cook what you order, for a total of 45 minutes wait before eating. I suggest you order the food for take-out because wait time for take-out is only 15 minutes. 



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