Red StarWell, I had my hearty breakfast of 3 slices of bread with peanut butter, cheese and ham, and 3 eggs whites before heading down to this place. The layout of this place is very similar to Fortunate Restaurant, whereby fresh hot dim sums are pushed around by Dim Sum Ladies in trolleys. The a/c is damn cold la, maybe feeling cold and eating hot dim sum with make you feel more shiok?
Reading much reviews on this place, I came with much anticipation... but it does not live up to its name...
Pickled Veg: This is served before you ordered anything. I like this cold dish, as it really freshens you up. But too bad, its not free, it was added into the total cost, I think its $2 or $1.50
Here comes my hot tea pot of crystanthemum tea... bitter... but tea with dim sum is a must!
Egg Tarts: No eggy taste, very sweet. BAD! You want egg tarts? go to Tong Heng for nice soft eggy tarts. You want candy sweet tasting tarts? come here...
Century Egg with minced pork Congee: This is my favourite of all dishes. I like the smoothness, and the strong taste of scallops in the congee. GOOD!
Har Kow: I was looking forward to this, but sadly, the skin is very floury... what happen red star?! The Harkow is has size, but no quality. BAD! 
This is some fish paste with mushroom thing: Basically it taste like fishball, except that it is really made of chunks of fish meat and it taste very fresh. The mushroom seated upon by the ball of fish paste. NOT TOO BAD!
Another highly anticipated dish is Siew Mais: It is big, it is chunky but it is very dry. You want good Siew mais? I think the "Tiong Bahru Pau" stall makes better siew mais, bigger better chuckier and meatier. OK LAH!
The Yam/Taro Dumpling: It is very oilyyyyy... but not too bad... pretty good, and I kind of like it. The filling is not too much, so you wont get sick after eating one. Also you can see some chunks of lard inside... so do take note, lard haters. I only realiese this after ordering, so no choice for me! NOT BAD LA!
Will I ever step into Red Star Again? Probably not
Red Star Restaurant
Blk 54 Chin Swee Road
#07-23
Singapore 160054
12 comments:
Who says Red Star is good?
And why you eat so much before going for dim sum haha...
hmm, i shall directly who said so. but u just do a little googling "red star dim sum" and there are some good comments on this place. well, my friend introdued too! =\
bread is a must have for me everyday leh...lol. and i always wake up damn hungry + my stomach cannot wait till 9am!
haha i went there on Monday bcos of public holiday, very loooong queue but since i was there i queue up lor. then my expectations were raised.
the dim sum so so, did not leave up to my expectations.
i'll only go there if there is no queue but will not specially go there for dim sum.
i think there are better places. the char siew bao very salty, the jin dui very oily and hardly any lian rong, the deep fried water chestnut kueh, hardly any chestnut but a lot of flour and the mango pudding, what mango?
fortunately, i ate something before going bcos i am hungey when i wake up.
really this place not worth the queue.
oh... u r worse than me... have bad dim sum and have to queue up for bad dim sum. lol.
Don't think i will go there again, not even for its lunch or dinner menu... prob any zi char stall will fare better?
how much is the bill?
got GST and service charge?
FG know of any good dim sum places?
LM - the total bill came to about $25 if i remember clearly...
most of the plates are at $2.50 each, i think congee is 2.50 + the pickled veg is about $1.50... i cant rmb the price of the tea...
service charge was not 10% but 5%!
GD - personally i still like victor's kitchen and toa payoh Fortunate Restaurant. Dun really like Yum cha either...
i dun go around eating dim sum much, so this is all i can recommend :)
and this is my entry on victor's kitchen:
http://eatandtrain.blogspot.com/2007/08/vincents-kitchen.html
Awh, I want egg tarts now. lol
And yes, chrysanthemum tea is a must!
u wan tarts!? but not those from red star man!
I also don't like Red Star.. but my Dad says got "good old memories" etc. Aiyah for those who want to reminisce the past but don't mind mediocre food.
Where is Red Star? I was invited to Fortunate last year when i visited Singapore.
I always like HAR GAO when I have DIM SUM. again, for nostalgic reasons like XY. My mum used to make them.
You should try the shark fins soup !
Full with top ingredients, come with a price too !
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