Casual Hong Kong Style Cuisine Opens
in One Utama!
Hong
Kong is famed for its cuisine. Literally mouthwatering scenes sums up the
streets of Hong Kong and many hardcore foodies flood to the island throughout
the year for a feast. I am glad I don’t have to go all the way to Hong Kong if
I am craving for the cuisine now since Hong
Kong Sheng Kee Dessert opened up in One
Utama a few months recently.
The
casual and modern restaurant hails from Singapore, featuring Hong Kong style
dishes that are affordable and enjoyable by many. It may have started out as a
dessert place when it first open, hence the name Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert, but the casual dining has now expanded
to over 17 outlets in Singapore serving up a list of Hong Kong dim sum, street
food dishes and desserts.
Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert is located in the new wing of the
shopping mall and features a minimal and modern café inspired design. One can’t
miss this place as they have a big and bold neon signage which literally
commands one’s attention. The place is brightly decorated and features
contemporary lighting fixtures.
We
checked in one evening and found the menu to be filled with lots of varieties
perfect for daily dining. The beverage list features over 18 options and has
Hong Kong Chan Char Teng favorites like Milk
Tea, Coffee, Honey Chrysanthemum, Yuan Yang, Honey Lemon and more. We had
the more unusual ones like Lychee
Peppermint (RM5.90), Rainbow Passion
Fruit with Soursop (RM5.90), Mango
Freeze with Honey Pearl (RM7.90) and Passion
Fruit Freeze wiith Honey Pearl (RM7.90). These were really decently priced
and come in good sizeable glasses.
Our
meal started with some snacks in the form of Salmon Skin with Pork Floss (RM5.90). It’s an unusual combination of
fish and pork but we enjoyed it thoroughly. The fish skin is fried till it echoes
a cracker texture. The crispy skin is lightly sprinkled with pork floss to give
it more flavours. These are super addictive and we polished this off in a
jiffy.
Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert features a decent list of Hong Kong
style dim sum. Rather than going for variety, they serve up classic favorites.
Our
HK Siew Mai (RM5.90) is delicious.
It had all the markings of a great Siew Mai with a good texture and flavour.
The plump dumplings were also very juicy.
Our Honey Char Siew Pau (RM4.90) was
fluffy and had a sufficient filling of sweet and savory char siew filling.
I
happen to really enjoy the Char Siew Snowy Bun (RM6.90). Taking on the famed Hong Kong polo bun, this one has the
same char siew filling as the pau but is baked and has the crusty golden
topping the polo bun is famous for. This version was beautifully aromatic and I
like the combo of crusty topping with soft bun and sweet filling a lot. An
order serves up two buns!
HK Carrot Cake (RM5.90) is well studded with bits
of Chinese sausage and has a soft and creamy texture. The carrot cake is evenly
fried and has a lovely crispy seared layer to contrast with the creamy center.
The
HK Zha Jiang Cheong Fun (RM6.90)
proved to be an unusual mix but after one has tried it, it made sense as the
steamed soft rice Cheong fun goes well with the Zha Jiang minced pork filling.
The savory notes of the dish are rather delicate and easy to enjoy.
If
you love rich and luscious salted egg flavours, make sure to order the Yolky Custard Bun (RM5.90). The
innocent pale yellow buns enrobed a super scrumptious lava center of eggy custard
that beautifully sinful. I could taste the strong notes of salted egg yolk in
the custard and is very pleased with the overall fluffy bun and hot molten
custard center.
Next
up, Hong Kong style street food features a list of rice and noodles available
in lots of area in Hong Kong. These are comfort dishes that offer no thrill but
rather simple home cooked flavours that pleases many on daily basis.
Our
Braised Pork Belly with Mui Choy
(RM13.90) is nicely served in bamboo basket. One look at the dish and I am
already sold. Pieces of pork belly with a nice helping of soft Mui Choy crowns
steaming hot rice. The pork belly and salted mustard leaves are beautifully
braised and seasoned. Light savory notes are enhanced with tinges of sweetness.
The dish evoked much soothing and comfort notes, something that can easily
satiate anyone’s taste. For its price, the dish is decently portion and comes
with a healthy helping of pork pieces, vegetable and gravy over rice.
The
next dish of Oriental Chicken Sausage Rice with Mushroom (RM13.90) equal its earlier
rice dish with much simple flavours and comfort notes. The chicken sausage and
mushroom filling is well seasoned and tender with a good dose of juiciness. Its
another winning hearty dish…
Hong
Kong Sheng Kee serves Hong Kong style wanton noodles which are a little
different from our local ones. This version has a light sauce and features a
rather bouncy textured noodle. We had the SK Signature Combination
Noodle
(RM16.90), available in dry or soup version, and is served
with two plump siu kow dumplings and 3 plump wanton dumplings together with
caramelized char siew and green kalian. Our dry version is lovely in texture.
Although the sauce seemed fairly light, the flavours are there and the savory
notes is pretty much delicate and delectable in its own way.
We
also tried the HK Braised Beef and
Tendon Hor Fun (RM13.90), a dish that is also pretty much popular in Hong
Kong as the Hongkies love their braised beef and tendon. The braised beef and
tendon has decent balance of soft meat and gelatinous tendon together with
radish pieces which has been braised over hours in a beefy savory stock.
Pairing up with hor fun is a great idea as the sauce simply coated the rice
noodles beautifully. There is another version of the beef and tendon with the
wanton noodle too.
Earlier
I had mentioned that Hong Kong Sheng Kee
Dessert started off with desserts and so it is only fair that we tried
their SK Mango Pomelo Sago (RM8.90)
and Yuan Yang Paste (RM6.90). These
are their bestsellers and I can understand why. The SK Mango Pomelo Sago is
utterly fruity and refreshing. The pureed mango and cubes of mango is lovely
with balls of sago and pomelo sacs. Its one of the better mango desserts I have
had in the city.
The
Yuan Yang Paste is a combination of
black sesame sweet broth and almond sweet broth. The chef has also incorporated
white sesame seeds for little crunch factors. Since I am used to almond
flavour, I happen to enjoy this very much. The almond note is fairly strong so
be warn about this. The black sesame sweet broth is gorgeous and aromatic with
a great earthy and nutty note.
Hong
Kong Sheng Kee Dessert
is a casual dining that everyone can enjoy daily. The menu has lots of comfort
favorites and should do really well with our locals. It is also a place where
everyone can visit at any time of the day to enjoy snacks of dim sums with
affordable price. Do head over to their Facebook to check out their promotions
and new dishes.
HONG
KONG SHENG KEE DESSERT
Lot LG311B, Lower
Ground Floor (New Wing)
1-Utama Shopping
Centre
1 Lebuh Bandar Utama
Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya
Tel:
Website: www.shengkeedessert.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hongkongshengkeedessert
Business Hours: Open
10am till 10pm daily
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