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One of the best ways to spend a leisurely morning is to sip Chinese tea and indulge in a variety of dim sum with your loved ones or close friends. Originally a Cantonese custom, dim sum is often linked to the Chinese tradition of drinking tea or "yum cha".
Dim sum can be made from a wide range of ingredients, including beef, chicken, pork, prawns and more, which can be steamed, deep fried, pan fried or baked. These days, you will find many excellent pork-free dim sum restaurants around town too.
Here are some of my favorite (and some of the best) pork-free dim sum restaurants in KL. Most of these restaurants do the dim sum so well that you'd forget there isn't pork involved.
1. Chynna in Hilton KL
Walk into the restaurant and you will be greeted by the sight of steamer baskets in their open dim sum kitchen. The pork-free dim sum here is exquisite and we definitely left with happy tummies.
Traditionally made with pork, the siew mai here at Chynna is made with chicken and prawns instead, and topped with scallop and flying fish roe. Delicious!
Other must-try items here are the har gao (steamed crystal shrimp dumpling), steamed Australian scallop and shrimp dumplings as well as the crispy rice paper rolls with fresh mango and shrimps.
Read more about Chynna here.
2. Tai Zi Heen, Pullman KLCC
Tai Zi Heen was one of the first pork-free dim sum restaurants that we tried. After tasting the dim sum here, we were convinced that pork-free dim sum can be just as good as the porky versions. Here, you can find innovative dim sum creations which will excite your palate.
We love the Hong Kong roasted duck here, and the purple spinach dumpling with Mexican clams. Make sure that you order the mango pudding with passion fruit puree here for dessert - it's fab!
They also offer an all-you-can-eat dim sum buffet (cooked to order) on weekends and public holidays for RM60.65 nett.
Read more about Tai Zi Heen here.
3. Five Sen5es, Westin Kuala Lumpur
Five Sen5es have recently revamped their menu to reflect their pork-free restaurant status. The restaurant offers an All You Can Eat Simply Dim Sum on weekdays (RM78 nett per person) and weekends (RM115 nett per person).
One of the must-try items here is the poached prawn dumplings in crab roe bisque - the bisque was rich in flavour and velvety smooth. The xiao long bao aka steamed Shanghainese dumpling (RM16) here is pretty unique - the delicate dumplings are filled with the herbal "chick kut teh" soup, a chicken version of the ever popular Malaysian bak kut teh. I am not usually a fan of yam puffs but the deep fried crispy yam puff here was excellent - it was light and crispy, and furthermore, it comes with fresh scallop filling.
For dessert, order the traditional baked mini egg tarts - the pastry is crumbly and crisp.
Read more about Five Sen5es here.
4. Ti Chen, Saujana Kuala Lumpur
I've only tried a few items off their dim sum menu, however whatever we did try was good. We had the "Ti Chen" Steamed Prawns Dumplings "Har Kao", Steamed Signature Chicken Dumplings "Siew Mai", Deep-fried Jackfruit with Prawn Rolls, Deep-fried Beancurd Skin Rolls with Sweet Sour Sauce and Hong Kong Yee Fu Noodles. Can't wait to go back and try more!
Read more about Ti Chen here.
5. Dolly Dim Sum
Dolly Dim Sum has outlets in Avenue K and Nu Sentral, and is the only non-hotel pork-free restaurant to make it into this list. We were impressed with the dim sum here, especially the crystal prawn dumpling with prawn and chives filling; the dumpling skin was so thin, translucent and delicate, truly masterful.
Another favorite is the salad prawn dumpling, with a crispy exterior and plump, juicy prawns. Other noteworthy items are the siew mai and roasted BBQ bun, made with chicken and was good tastewise.
Read more about Dolly Dim Sum here.
6. Tao, InterContinental KL
Over here at Tao, the wu kok is filled with minced black pepper smoked duck in lieu of pork - we love the beautiful crispy exterior. Another popular dish here is the stir fried radish cake with spicy sun dried scallop sauce.
Read more about Tao here.
7. Kim Ma, Palace of the Golden Horses
Typically, dim sum is served in a basket of 3 or 4 pieces, which is not ideal for a group of 2 diners as it limits the types of dim sum you can try in a sitting, especially if you are small eaters. The great thing about dining in Kim Ma is that you can customise how many pieces of dim sum you would like to order, hence you can try more varieties of dim sum here.
My favorites here include dried scallop dumpling with caviar and baked puffs with unagi. Kim Ma also offers an "All You Can Eat Dim Sum" package every weekend and public holidays (10am to 4pm) for RM65 nett per person.
Read more about Kim Ma here.
If you know of any other good pork-free restaurants in KL, do share it with me in the comment box below.
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