
Shrimp Dumplings
A thin translucent wrapper around whole prawns, steamed just long enough to keep them sweet.
Steamed and fried dim sum, cheung fun, roast meats, greens, rice, noodles, soups, desserts and tea.

A thin translucent wrapper around whole prawns, steamed just long enough to keep them sweet.

A deep red wrapper finished with gold leaf, filled with foie gras and black truffle.

Scallop and prawn folded into one translucent wrapper, steamed briefly to keep the sweetness.

Dressed in Sichuan red chilli oil — the heat arrives after the filling, never ahead of it.

The classic pork and prawn siu mai, topped with salmon roe for a gentle salinity.

A fine wrapper holding hot broth inside. Best eaten straight from the basket.

Wontons in Zhenjiang black vinegar and chilli oil: sharp first, warm a moment later.

Chicken feet steamed until they fall apart, in black bean sauce. A yum cha classic.

Six of the kitchen's defining dumplings in one bamboo basket, for a table of two or three.

Break one open while it is hot and the salted egg custard runs — hence the name, golden sand.

A soft white steamed bun around diced honey char siu, sweet and savoury in balance.

Custard buns shaped as piglets, and the first thing ordered at any table with children.

Mashed taro inside a lacy fried shell: crisp on the outside, soft and floury within.

Thin rice sheets rolled around whole prawns, finished with the house soy dressing.

Sliced char siu inside a soft rice sheet, honey sweetness against a gentle soy.

Delicate rice rolls wrapped around roast duck, finished with the house soy dressing.

Rice rolls fried crisp on the outside, spooned over with dried-shrimp XO sauce.

Crisp fried prawn wrapped in a soft rice sheet: two textures in the one mouthful.

Roasted in the Cantonese manner, with thin crisp skin and meat that stays succulent.

Roasted until the skin shatters, with the meat underneath still tender.

Pork shoulder marinated in honey and roasted to an amber lacquer.

Roasted whole, thin crisp skin, the meat kept juicy and carved to order.

Two roasts carved onto one plate — enough for a table of four without ordering two portions.

Roast duck, char siu and crisp-skin pork on one plate: the quickest way through the roast counter.

Baby bok choy blanched just through, under braised shiitake and a light oyster sauce.

Choy sum thrown through a hot wok with chopped garlic, kept green and crisp.

String beans with minced pork and XO sauce — salty and hot, and best over plain rice.

Fried rice with dried scallop and spinach, the grains separate, the sweetness arriving last.

Fried rice with black pepper beef: warm with heat, and the most substantial of the rices.

A clear pork broth, fine egg noodles, and wontons of prawn and pork folded by hand.

Egg noodles with honey char siu, in broth or tossed dry — your choice.

Egg noodles with crisp-skin roast chicken, in broth or tossed dry.

Egg noodles with Cantonese roast duck, in broth or tossed dry.

Dry noodles with wontons and chilli oil. Direct heat, with no broth to soften it.

Sweet corn soup with picked crab meat, lightly thickened and taken hot at the start.

Hot and sour seafood soup in the Sichuan manner: the sour from vinegar, the heat from white pepper.

A warm sweet soup of goji, lotus seed and longan. Light, and meant to close the meal.

Guilinggao made the old way, faintly bitter, with honey on the side to taste.

Chilled mango pudding under strawberry sauce, the lightest of the desserts.

Smooth almond jelly served with lychee — cool, and scented rather than sweet.

Glutinous rice rolled in sesame and fried gold, filled with purple sweet potato. Eat it warm.

Cold-brewed tea with preserved peach. Lightly sweet, and the one to have with the fried plates.

Jasmine tea with fresh lychee — the flower arrives first, the sweetness after.

Tamarind tea, gently sour, and better than anything else here at cutting through the roasts.

Pandan herbal tea brewed in house, with aloe vera. Cooling, and not too sweet.

Yuzu and lime soda, sharp and heavily carbonated, for clearing the palate between courses.

Kumquat pressed with salted plum: salty, sweet and sour at once. A Saigon habit.