A couple of days ago, I went Tai Wu for lunch with Celine and Pyin Nie. We ordered dim sum because there is promotion for dim sum every afternoon. But I was not too sure about it though. Anyway, the promotion ends at 4pm. Just to let you guys know. Be prepared to wait for at least half an hour to get to your table on a busy Sunday afternoon.
It was more crowded than pictured.
Fried Yam Puff which was really good, crispy on the outside and flavourful enough.
The filling inside. Yummy!
The waiter called it Siu Mai Ben (Siu Mai fishcake?).
Average in the taste department.
Bo Lo Pao which I like alot.
Sweet custard filling. =)
Century egg with lean pork porridge. Did not taste like usual porridge, it was more on the sweet side. Like its consistency.
Star item of the day: Wrapped bean curd skin with prawns. This was surprisingly good. Went well both with or without the sweet soy sauce. And there was a big filling inside.
Roast Pork Cheong Fun: Forgettable.
Char Siew Pao: Good
Har Gao: Nothing to shout about
Egg tart: Quite nice actually and it was not too sweet. Ok, I may sound biased because I love egg tarts generally. My favourite one is still from Tong Kee back home in Malaysia.
Pyin Nie's favourite fried custard buns. Tasted just like Bo Lo Pao but it was fried.
The filling inside aka custard
Had a few bites of the fried bun before I accidentally dropped it on the floor. How on earth did that happen? Don't even ask because I don't know as well. Sigh, I couldn't afford to be clumsy anymore. Tasted okay. We went there before CNY and it was so full at that time. There was one waiter keep pestering us to take the Fried Nian Gao (Sorry, don't know what is that in English) saying it is Chinese New Year coming soon, should take one, blah blah blah, for good luck, blah blah blah. Sorry, but no means no, nothing else. Can you believe the whole bill was only GBP 20.90 inclusive three cups of tea? We ordered 10 dishes and were stuffing ourselves silly that day (or probably it was only me XD). Still, it was great food with good company. Tai Wu has definitely more hits than misses this time.
Tai Wu
44 Oxford Road,
Manchester, M1 5EJ
Telephone: 01612366567
www.tai-wu.co.uk
0 comments