Went with a couple of friends to ‘Victoria Harbour Seafood Restaurant, Citic Tower, Central”, the other day. I am a regular to their other branch in “Sung Hung Kai Center, Wanchai”, and tried this outlet for the first time. Very easy to find. Just go through the entrance of Citic Tower (the one facing the waterfront) and take the elevator to fifth floor.
Food is above average maybeasevenoutoften and they have some nice signature dishes. Try their version of Shanghainese soup dumplings, a.k.a. “Xia Long Bao”. They come with a juicy a crab filling, instead of the standard minced pork. Another nice dish is the beef with Wasabi – well worth trying! Juicy, tender beef cut into small bite size pieces, with just the right touch of hot Japanese raddish. Other places sometimes get too excited with the Wasabi – here it is served in a way, that you still can enjoy the nice beef flavour. “Victoria Harbour Seafood” seems to be famous for their “beef brisket” station and other Chiu Chow cuisine delicacies, being cooked up in an open area. You cannot miss it… you will pass by, when being taken to your table. The congee was not so good. We had the “salty chicken” version – stay away.
Upside: One of the few Dim Sum spots with a nice harbour view from Central to Kowloon side. A very good place to go, if you have visitors in town. All fellow ‘DimSummers’, locals as well as gweilos, agreed that we shall come back to try some more.
Mai Dan!
