Penang : Dim Sum in Georgetown

30th July – 1st August 2011. Written by Xin Li.
Penang, Malaysia
One of the must-eats in Penang besides their laksa and char kway teow is dim sum. With a handful of dim sum restaurants located around Georgetown, we had the opportunity to try out two dim sum restaurants during our short trip there.

Tho Yuen
Tho Yuen Restaurant is one of those high recommended by food blogs, so we made it a point to have breakfast at the restaurant one day. The restaurant was relatively empty when we arrived and food was served old-school style: on a trolley.

We took a few classics such as the Har Gaw and Black Bean Pork Ribs and both of us weren’t impressed by what we had, the har gaw has a slight seawater-like after taste and the dumpling itself was slightly dry, not the juicy, succulent, haw gaw with thin pastry that I was looking for.

The pork ribs were better but it wasn’t tender enough.

The char siew pau was decent.

De Tai Tong
In contrast De Tai Tong left a better impression than Tho Yuen with their tasty, juicy siew mai.

Tho Yuen 桃園茶樓雞飯

92 Campbell Street
10100 Penang
Malaysia
Tel: +604 261 4672

De Tai Tong 大東酒樓

45 Cintra St., George Town,

Penang 10100

Malaysia