Tim Ho Wan 添好運點心專門店 tl;dr

• 2010 Michelin Star
• Cheap Dim Sum
• Another Place I Always Make My Way To

Another day in Hong Kong, another plate of steamed goodness! If you haven’t read my previous post about Hong Kong dim sum, go check it out. To be upfront, there’s another dim sum post after this one. What can I say, I love dim sum!

I had heard about Tim Ho Wan’s accolades for being one of the cheapest Michelin starred restaurants in the world. When I was in the North Point area, I swung by the give it a try.

Where Is It?

In the lower key northeastern area of Hong Kong Island is a, by now, well known dim sum restaurant called Tim Ho Wan. There’s a couple of busses to get there but the closest  MTR will either be:

1. Fortress Hill
2. North Point

Depending on where you’re coming from and you interest in walking, you may simply want to take the bus that will drop you a little closer to the venue. Walking down the street prior to their opening hour, I almost couldn’t tell where it was since there was no line.

One of the nice things of going to out of the way locations just as they open is that there’s fewer people!

One of the Few Michelin Starred Tim Ho Wan Branches

All Our Dim Sum

What Did I Order?

What didn’t I order? I ordered so much that I honestly don’t remember it all, but my stomach remembers! Being by myself, I was able to go all out and order all to my heart’s content. And fortunately since the camera has to eat first, these digital pictures will always remember.

It’s never dim sum till I get some har gow (shrimp dumplings) and siomai (pork dumplings). These were light, full flavor, and thin skinned. I never quite understood what people say about thick skins till I tried a couple from more convenient low cost dim sum spots.

At THW, a meal is never the same without biting into their sweetly crusty crunchy bun and chewing on that almost too sweet BBQ pork filling. I’ve always been a fan of beef balls and found these to be comparable to every other one I’ve tried. While not the worst, definitely enjoyable.

Baked BBQ Pork Buns

Siomai Pork Dumpling with Goji Berry

Har Gow Shrimp Dumpling

Steamed Beef Balls

Shrimp Noodle Roll

End of the Meal Decision?

I have a tendency to order a lot of the things that I order everywhere else, so it’s easier on my starved brain to compare and contrast the different versions. Having not eaten them all my life, it’s harder for my unrefined palate to pick out all the culinary nuances versus a more experienced tongue. I’m still at the point where a lot of them tastes very similar.

What I’m trying to say, I have yet to find a dim sum that is mind blowingly great. While these are good, and I would never turn down dim sum, I’ve definitely have had worse.

Everyone has something they are good at, and Tim Ho Wan is no different. Their Baked BBQ Pork Buns is enough of a reason for me to come back time and time again. I’m sure I’ll find some new things on the menu the next time a Pork Bun cravings comes a calling.

Dessert Ball

Dessert Ball Exposed