My family and I went to Chinatown for dim sum! It is pretty cheap, each plate costs about $3. At first we had wanted to head to Pavilion at Craig Place, but it was a little too pricey for us to bear even though we had a $50 voucher. We had to spend at least $100 to be entitled to use the voucher, and I'm sure we would spend more than $100 if we did step in. So we went to Tak Po, which serves Hong Kong dim sum at relatively cheap prices. The dim sums arrived in batches almost immediately after we ordered them, making me wonder if they just re-heat them, but most of the dim sum were pretty good, I was only really disappointed with one - crystal chives ball. It was too dry and the chives just didn't taste good.
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| Oops I forgot to take a picture of the prawn beancurd skin roll. Er it can be seen here on the lower right corner. It tasted good, as expected of a good prawn beancurd skin roll. |
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| Mango spring roll (Only available on Sundays). A MUST TRY! Sweet and juicy mango together with savoury prawn, yum! |
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| Seaweed spring roll - not very memorable or exciting |
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| Baked char siu bau - crispy and savoury on the outside, sweet on the inside. |
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| Har gau - its skin was translucent, very thin. Approve! |
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| Prawn siu mai! Better than ordinary siu mai! |
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| Deep fried prawn dumpling - another forgettable dish |
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| Prawn chee cheong fun on the lef and char siu chee cheong fun on the right. It's my first time eating char siu one and I thought it was a great combination. |
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| Taking my prawn siu mai with their awesome chilli. |
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| Ham sui gau - crispy and fluffy, sweet and salty! |
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| Siu mai - I don't like siu mai but the one here wasn't half bad. |
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| Spicy tofu - the chilli was more sweet than spicy, but the tofu was good. It had a thin crispy outer layer and was soft on the inside. |
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| Raw fish - Drizzled in lime juice and sprinkled with chilli, the raw fish was not only fresh, but tasted wonderfully sour and spicy. |
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| Carrot cake - tasted much better and crispier than the ones sold in wet market. Must be the oil they use. |
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| Bro and wife |
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| Crystal chives ball - What I would never order again. |
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| Scallop seaweed dumpling - I couldn't quite taste the scallop inside though... |
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| Dad and bro (Mum refused to take any photos since she wasn't at her top form!) |
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| Sis with food in her mouth. |
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| Sis and me =) |
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I love the tea. Washes down the food completely.
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In the end, we ordered too much and had to pack some leftovers home. We didn't even have space left for dessert! Sad as I really wanted to try their dessert. The total cost of the mountain of food we ordered was about $90, but well we did order too much, and there was 6 of us, so it was really pretty cheap. Also, while the shop may be very cramped and not particularly hygienic, once you dig into the food, you will forget about the dirt aound you! So I would recommend this place for good and cheap dim sum!
Food: ★★★★☆
Ambience: ★★☆☆☆
Service: ★★★☆☆
Tak Po
42 Smith Street S(058954)
(+65) 6225 03302
7.30am -10.30pm, Daily
