Sunday, June 10, 2012

Royal China - Tim Sum lunch at DIFC, Dubai

Location: DIFC, Building 4 - Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
Tel: +971 4 354 5543
Number of persons: 9 adults, 4 children, 2 babies

Total bill: 1,274 AED
Bill with tax: 1,400 AED (RM$1,100 or RM$122 per adult)

Expensive, not the nicest of ambience (It was too warm!), and they lost our reservation (Not a good way to start a meal!!) ... service was average too. Overall, not the best of experiences, and the food was simply average as well, not up to its London HQ's standards!





Water (Aqua Panna), 25 AED

Peking duck (Whole), 260 AED

Duck two-way (Qty = 3, that's preparing a lettuce rub duck from the meat-bits of the duck, after the skin was served in pancakes ... OUCH!), 105 AED




 Prawn dumplings, 28 AED

Char siew pao (Barbecue chicken of course), 28 AED (That's RM$7.50 per pao!!!)

Dry scallop Cheong Fun with Yau char kuey "Char cheong", 30 AED

Pan fried chicken buns, 28 AED

Glutinous rice in Lotus leaf, 25 AED




 
Pan fried fish cake, 28 AED
Minced fish congee "chuk"/porridge, 20 AED

Baked barbecue chicken pastry, 30 AED

Chicken with cashew nuts, 55 AED

Steamed rice, 12 AED (RM$10!)Special fried rice - Lotus leaf Royal China-style, 60 AED

Sing chau chau-mai "Singapore fried vermicelli", 48 AED

Stir fried beef hor-fun with Black bean sauce, 48 AED

AND ...



Organic Pu-er Tea - 2007 vintage!! (Per pot, 30 AED), they charged us 1 pot per couple or 120 AED worth of tea ... That's RM$100 worth of tea for us 9 adults. YOUCH!

No comments: