The queue.
Meat on display.
The bar.
Dark and moody interior.
The menu.
Sieu mai tasted just like sieu mai… just a lot more expensive haha.
Drunken chicken was yum, and looked prettier than any drunken chicken I’ve ever ordered.
Char siew was super juicy. Very nice.
The cheung fan was next level, so soft you could only just pick it up off the plate, melted in your mouth too.
Zi asked me if I was up for having pretentious yum cha. How could I refuse?! Mr Wong is situated in Bridge Lane where Tank nightclub used to be (ahhh the memories). There was a queue of people waiting to get in when we got there, the laneway stunk of garbage. Authentic!
The decor inside was amazing. I could still see the old Tank club through it all, but they did a great job and the soundtrack was pretty cool too. Food wise, amazingly, it has to be the best yum cha I’ve ever had. The only thing that lets Mr Wong down is the expectation (due to price, hype, decor and atmosphere) I had for them to make every dish served better than say Marigold, or The Palace. Some things were ‘just the same’, but other things were definitely next level, more complex in flavour and much prettier to look at too.
Lunch cost me $55, albeit I did have 2 Tsingtao’s, $35/head for everyone else. Would I recommend it? Yes, as a treat so long as you’re not expecting to fill yourself up like you usually would at yum cha (we were left hungry and joked about going to yum cha after yum cha haha).