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So today for lunch, we decided to go to visit the Chinese Restaurant at Parramatta Leagues Club for some 'Yum Cha' direct translation 'drink tea' in Cantonese. The location is very nice, ambience all very well done as expected inside a Leagues Club and the whole design of the restaurant was very authentic 'Chinese'. Upon entrance, we were greeted and taken to our table. As per all Yum Cha places, they ask you what tea you want to drink. We chose Jasmine Tea.
I was very disappointed with the tea they gave us, it was the bottom of the packet all crushed up and loose. So whenever we poured tea or tried to drink tea, we'd be drinking the tea leaves. Taste wasn't too bad but honestly, the bottom of the packet of the tea should be separated and disposed of.
Anyways, we ordered a total of 6 dishes
From top down, left to right we have Chicken Feet, Prawn Dumplings, BBQ Pork Pastry (Char Siu Sou), Pan-Fried Dumplings (Guo Tie), Rice Noodle Rolls and Steamed Glutinous Rice.
Chicken Feet was very unique, brought a little SiChuan into a Canton Black Bean Style Chicken Feet.
The Prawn Dumplings also not bad, not the best available in Australia but I haven't ordered this dish in a while due to many locations ability to fail the most common ordered dish in Yum Cha and they didn't do too bad here.
The BBQ Pork Pastry was very crunchy, but I felt the BBQ Pork inside the pastry didn't do its job, it was very dry and lacked moisture inside. And the pastry was just crunchy, it wasn't 'Sou' enough. Wasn't too bad of a dish though.
The Pan-Fried dumplings here were pretty yummy, they looked a bit dodgy at first, I was wondering why the grey skin, but ended up tasting pretty nice. The skin wasn't too thick, nor to thin, the pork mixture inside was very nice and had a nice soup taste in it. Very well done on this one.
Then the Rice Noodle Rolls, they were cooked fresh in front of your face, there is a trolley pushing them around and when you order it, the lady cooks it and fries it for you on her trolley in your vision. Was cooked very nicely and very fresh when placed on the table. Crunchy, smooth yet also thin and not too much oil. A very nice dish well done here.
Lastly was the Glutinous Rice, it was very disappointing. The flavour was awful and bitter (too much leaf flavour), the rice was too dry (not glutinous at all) and they didn't have many side dishes wrapped inside of the rice (not even Salty Duck Egg... which normally comes in all of them).
Overall, I would give this dining experience a rating of 6.5/10.
Food wasn't too bad, much better then many Yum Cha destinations out there, but it definitely wasn't the best.
-Samuel.
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