翡翠拉麵小籠包 (Hong Kong)

To celebrate my mom’s 60th birthday, my family and I went to the famous chain restaurant 翡翠拉麵小籠包 for dinner because my mom loves to eat 小籠包 (soup dumplings). Although it is a chain restaurant, 翡翠 serves one of the best soup dumplings that I have ever had.



Since crabs are in season, we placed four orders of the 蟹粉小籠包 (crab roe soup dumplings) to share among the five of us. Each order has four soup dumplings, which means we ordered 20 of them. The waiter was surprised that we ordered so many soup dumplings and asked us if we are sure we want to order so many. The wrappers of the dumplings are so thin that we have to be super careful when picking them up. The meat inside of the dumplings is so moist and juicy. There is so much juice inside of the dumplings that they can fill half a bowl. The crab roe adds a rich aroma to the soup dumplings.

Besides the famous crab roe soup dumplings, we also ordered the following dishes:

1) 醉雞: This is a cold dish. The chicken is cooked in a clear wine sauce. I don’t really like eating cold meat.

2) 手抓餅: This is very thin bread that is pan fried. It is very much like Indian style naan.

3) 糖醋排骨: This is sweet vinegar spareribs. This dish is extremely sweet. The spareribs are not tender enough.

4) 津白: This is my favorite vegetables dish. The cabbage is pretty soft. It is cooked in a milky cream sauce.

5) 排骨麵: This dish has Chinese style noodles that are white in color. There is not much taste to the noodles. The spareribs are deep fried and served separately.

6) 鍋貼: The pan fried dumplings are very crispy. The meat inside are very juicy, just like the meat inside of the soup dumplings.

We all felt extremely satisfied after the meal. We can keep eating more of the crab roe soup dumplings. This is a restaurant that we will keep coming to.

HOKAT Rating:
93/100

Address:
中環港景街1號國際金融中心商場2期2樓2018-2020號舖
2295-3811