Second dimsum visit@Imperial Pot, Publika Solaris Dutamas

I was filled with excitement while driving to Publika. It is Imperial Pot second visit day! The objective was to try the other dimsums they have to offer and see how they can impress me further.

The yellow skin wrapped meat dumplings were steamed with soy sauce and ginger slices. The meat tasted really fresh and the hint of ginger gave a kick at the end of the palate. Although it looked differently outwardly, somehow rather it resembled the taste of a xiao lang bao. Good effort!

The scallop topped "har-kau"s did not really impress me. Somehow the taste of the scallops weren't obvious if I closed my eyes and ate them I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two.

The black inked skin wrapped "har kau"s were not impressive either. The skins were hardened yet chewy and taste wise did not differ from the original ones too. Other than these points, the prawns of course, were fresh. Thankfully.

The prawn wrapped with fried thread-thin rice noodles and pink chee cheong fun was yummy! Put aside the fact that it was an oily dish considering all items were fried. The great thing was that they were freshly fried hence the crunchy crumbly bits falling off upon each bite. Bad for the arteries! But good for miss foodventuras!

All in all.. I still had a great time having my dim sum brunch here at Imperial Pot mostly thanks to these steal deal pan fried paos with meat fillings, coated with deep fried shallots and oil for only RM 6. Onions are my weakness and deep fried burnt onions.....my legs turn wobbly. Yums!

Third visit..coming right up!

Good new find for dimsum@Imperial Pot, Publika, Solaris Dutamas

Imperial Pot may be a little difficult to get to if one is unfamiliar with the layout of Solaris Dutamas.

Just ask around on how to get to the korean restaurant Sa Nang Duel, the boxing gym, the sports shop, Yamaha music school, they are all ar the same level as Imperial Pot.

The price of the dimsums are similar to the level of Ming Room, Imperial Treasure etc but decor wise is more simplistic.

I was pleasantly surprised to see how properly prepared the dimsums were. Presentation of all dimsums were clear winners.

The cheong fun wrapped with crunchy freshly deep fried yao char kuey was delicious. Cleared the plate clean within minutes.

Nowadays, siew mais are such must-order-norms that the quality just gets thrown out of the window because of the bulk production and high demand. Sometimes the roes on top of them were just steamed along and over cooked. This was the first time I noticed the roes were freshly placed just before serving. The bright orange coloured roes stood out, glistening. Good effort guys!

It was also my first time seeing the fried carrot cake served this way too. At first from a quick glance, it does seem as if the portion was rathr small but when I really dug in, I was proven wrong. Hidden are thick slices of chinese sausages, chunks of fried eggs holding the square carrot cakes together. Full of wok hei too!

The only rather norm item was sadly my favourite dimsum, char siew paos were average. There weren't bad but ain't spectacular.

Total bill was RM38. And I did leave the restaurant feeling satisfied and worth my hard earned penny paying for this meal experience.

I'm game to return for round 2, Imperial Pot, see you soon!