Dim Sum brunch

Upon coming across a brief food review on Saturday Metro, I suggested that we try out the dim sum offerings at Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant in One World Hotel Petaling Jaya since bestie was in town with her mama and aunt for furniture shopping @ Ikea. Picked them up from Taman Bahagia, lrt station and headed straight to One World Hotel, which was basically located next to 1-Utama shopping mall (old wing) and you will definitely not miss it if you're on the LDP expressway.

* Interior of the restaurant *

I remember from the review, it was available from 11 am to 2.30. We reached around 11.30 am, but 'lil did I know that it was applicable only for Saturdays and Sundays. On weekdays, they start operating at 12 pm. Oops! My bad! We were in no hurry AND since we were a tad too early so, we walk around for half an hour around the mall.

There was a selection of steamed and fried dim sum from the Emperor or Empress set menu, where you can enjoy unlimited orders from the dim sum selection, Hong Kong-style chee cheong fun and desserts with one serving of Water Prawn Noodle (Sang Har Mee) and a bowl of Shark's fin soup at an all inclusive price of RM40++ per person (RM48++ during weekends).

Here are the pics of our dim sum galore:-

(One time orders only)

* The choices of soup from the Emperor & Empress set - Sharks fin soup (top) or Scallop, sharks fin, seafood dumpling soup (bottom) *

* White fungus dessert *

* Aloe vera with a pinch of lemongrass *

* Water prawn noodle *

These are the unlimited orders of dimsums, fried stuff etc:-

* Steamed minced squid ball wit dried octopus ad crab stick *

* Zuan Yuan style steamed siew mai with flying fish roe *

* Prawn dumpling *

* Another type of dim sum (too many names to remember) *

* Steamed sharks fin dumpling *

* Steamed scallop dumpling *

* Fried radish cake *

* Taro dumpling wu kok style with scallop and miso sauce/ pan fried shanghai dumpling *

* Fried beancurd skin / fried custard prawn *

* Hongkong-style chee cheong fun with scallops *

* Oven baked mini egg tarts *

I would say it would be good to go in groups of four like we did, to be able to try out most of the choices available. Overall, i would give it a 3/5. Food was mediocre, but i dislike their service though. A bit too slow to my liking for hotel service. However, i do give credits to the chef for the generous amounts of scallops and sharks fin even though the taste wasn't that fantastic.

For rm40++, the price is quite reasonable for sharks fin, scallops and dim sum. I guess i had higher expectations of the place only to be disappointed this time by the service. This is my second time dining at Zuan Yuan, the first was for an annual company meeting early of the year in Jan. It was way much better then. Oh well! At least we've given it a try and basically, it's the company that counts afterall.

P/S:- Kura Japanese Restaurant is so much better than Zuan Yuan. *wink*