Review: Oriental Tea House

Oriental Tea House Review

First of all, big thanks to JS for the treat at Oriental Tea House. I've heard that Oriental Tea House serves really good dumplings, but expensive at the same time....

Oriental Tea House also sells varieties of tea, which I've yet to try. Unfortunately, this was the only shot I could get inside the restaurant as taking photos of the restaurant was not allowed :(

To start with was the prawn toast. Crispy and you can taste the prawn... yummm =D

This was the fried prawn dumplings. Indeed, they've got really good dumplings. And the mayonnaise gave perfect kick to it....

Next was the chinese broccoli with oyster sauce. The chinese broccoli was cooked well. A simple yet delicious dish. And also this dish was way better than the one at New Kum Den

I was a bit disappointed with their Xiao Long Bao. It was too dry!! That's the only problem, I guess. For the meat: it was tasty =D

A definitely must have dish when you're having yum cha. Their siu mai was awesome!!!! It was full of flavor... Just by looking at it, makes me hungry =P

I'm not sure whether I have to upload this one or not. But I have something to say about their steamed rice. This was too little!!!! and it was too expensive for a bowl of steamed rice ( $ 3 as far as I remember) :(

This was the best!!!! This was Crispy shredded steak. It was beef in sweet sour and chili sauce with capsicum... A great dish and definitely a must-try.

Nothing impressive with their pan-fried dumplings. Still a great dish too!! =D

And the last one was fried chocolate dumplings. A great dessert!!! but I thought that the chocolate fillings were too little... other than that, Perfect!!! =D

Overall, the food at Oriental Tea House was great. But the biggest problem was the price. It was too expensive and the portion was small also. Take for example the siu mai. 3 pcs of siu mai was priced at AUD 6. It was over-priced, I guess. Will I come back? Probably yes, but just for high tea as I need to eat a lot for lunch or dinner =P

In conclusion:

Price: 4/10

Food: 9/10

Service: 8.5/10

Ambience: 9/10

Estimated price per person: $ 30

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