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Melbourne - To Eat (West Lake Chinese Restaurant)

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29Jul2014
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West Lake Chinese Restaurant
(Yum Cha)500m walk from Hyatt Hotel

 Open Mon-Fri 11am-5pm
Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
Dinner and Supper till 2am
Open 7 days with Licensed and B.Y.O wine only.

Introduced by Kelvin Yeow (pictured left)
Located in China Town amongst a myriad of Asian Cuisine options, West Lake is a relatively, reasonably-priced Dim Sum joint which serves up decently-good dim sum till late. The place has a comfortable dining environment, with adequate seating both upstairs and down. The push carts start rolling out when customers start rolling in.

Small AUD4.80
Delux AUD5.80
Super Delux AUD6.80


Ordered:on 29July2014BBQ Char Siew Puff Pastry

*A light crispy and fluffy pastry, encompasses a sweet marinated pork interior thats not soggy. Solid appetizer to start the meal.*

Beef Tripe Bowl Mix
 
*Thumbs up if you're a fan. Comes with the beef briskest, tripe and even blood cubes. The sauce/soup base was full flavored, not overly thick and was sweetened with the addition of white radish.*

Phoenix Claws(Chicken Feet) & stewed pork

*Chicken feet were more like chicken drumlets! The largest, portioned chicken feet I've seen. A good, value order. Their stewed pork was superbly tender and delectable.*

Char Siew Chee Cheong Fun

*Definately to standard without having too thick a rice flour coating and sauce slightly sweet and not
overtly salty.*

Unknown/Har Gao/Xiu MaiPictured from Left to Right
 
*Standard farie. There's only so much lenghty description one can give for run of the meal eats. They are large, man sized-portions though.

Lotus leaf gluttonous rice

*An order comes with two lotus leaf packets with a descent serving of filling. Freshly steamed is always the best. Thumbs up.*

Total AUD59.20
Fed3 Total

Its wall of celebrity pictures and accolades aren't just for show. The place delivers both on flavor and value for money, largely attributed to their larger portioned Dim Sum servings. 

It may not be that much cheaper than back in Singapore, but quality may beat or at least match some of the better Dim Sum Joints similarly priced.

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