robyng

Someone in a hotel thread asked about the best dim sum in Chinatown. My more general question is best dim sum in Singapore. When I google the question - I come up with several lists - including this one with 23 restaurants:

http://www.hungrygowhere.com/dining-...*aid-0f383101/

Sheesh. 23 "best" restaurants. Probably more dim sum restaurants than we have in my whole state which has close to 20 million people! Very hard to choose.

I am not sure that there is any special advantage in terms of dim sum in Chinatown since Singapore is about 75% ethnic Chinese in terms of population. But I could be wrong. Also - although I am fond of cart service (I enjoy dim sum but don't eat it often - so I tend to forget dishes when I can't see them "up close and personal") - I think it's pretty much disappearing in most places these days. Could be wrong about that too.

So what are your favorites? From the lowest end cheap hawker places to the big blowout spreads (often at hotels on weekends best I can tell). Stuff in the middle too. Robyn

SQ319

Cheap Dim Sum - Victor's Kitchen.
High End Dim Sum - Xin Cuisine, Wah Lok, or Man Fu Yuan.

markcwj

Hai Tien Lo located inside Pan Pacific Singapore has a really good Weekend Dim Sum menu. It's S$68++ per person but the quality of food is really impressive.

Feel free to read my review on it: http://www.theshutterwhale.com/blog/...et-hai-tien-lo

uk1

Hi,

Thanks for this post and the link to your blog. It was helpful. We'll be visiting there during our next trip.

tango3

I like Red Star for its traditional dim sum offerings and service.

Victor's Kitchen.. hmm.. their couldnt-give-a-damn attitude and service have taken a plunge recently. No longer enjoyable to eat there.

LillianJ

Thanks for the suggestions not looking at all you can eat type as have a small appetite but love dim sum.

robyng

Very nice review and pictures . Our stomachs are fully booked for our one weekend in Singapore. Any suggestions for during the week? Robyn

jpatokal

Hate to be a food purist (again ), but dim sum is a Cantonese thing, and Singaporeans for most part aren't Cantonese -- which is why dim sum isn't nearly as big a thing in Sing as it is in Hong Kong.

That said, I'm partial to Jade at the Fullerton, their weekend dim sum is not particularly authentic but is pretty darn good. $40++/pp last I checked, although this has probably gone up. (For comparison, at dinner time, most single menu items have triple-digit price tags.)

robyng

What part(s) of China do most people in Singapore of Chinese ancestry come from? Robyn

SQ319

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Singaporean

tentseller

While the purist will debate authenticity to the end of the Pearl River I like different variety as well as the fusion touch of creatively doing what you can with different local ingredients.

I, for one, is proud of my ancestor's invention of egg rolls and chop suey out of necessity.

jpatokal

TL;DR: Singaporean Chinese classify themselves primarily by dialect, with Hokkien and Teochew being the largest groups. The Hakka have also had disproportionate influence on Singapore. Most hail from what is today Fujian province and the eastern parts of Guangdong, in southern China.

gailwynand

Tim Ho Wan is another good option at the budget end but I find it a bit overrated.

Mouth Restaurant in Tanjong Pagar has gotten some good reviews and is next up on my list.

rkth90

Wah Lok at Carlton Hotel or Hua Ting at Orchard Hotel serves really good Dim Dum. Prepare to pay about $40pp though

LillianJ

I spend Sept in China each year with my husband on business in Guangdong province, in fact just doing the Visas today.