Restaurant review: Jin Cheng in South Horizons – tasty dim sum that won’t break the bank
- At this neighbourhood Hong Kong restaurant, order the baked barbecue pork buns, which are packed with the perfect amount of filling
- The xiao long bao are great too, but skip the fried turnip cakes in spicy XO sauce and go for lunch when it’s cheaper
Eating dim sum is a quintessential Hong Kong experience. The bite-size portions of food are often paired with a cup of Chinese tea to aid digestion, so the act of eating dim sum is known as “yum cha”, literally “drink tea”.
At Jin Cheng in South Horizons, you can find tasty dim sum at a reasonable price, with swift service.
We arrived at 12.30pm on a weekday and the restaurant quickly filled up. The shop is spacious and has sleek, modern decor.
Dim sum range in price from HK$25 to HK$42, while tea costs HK$12 per person on weekdays and HK$16 per person on weekends.
We ordered the pu’er tea with chrysanthemums, an unconventional twist to the traditional tea of choice (pu’er is believed to aid digestion), but stuck to the classics for our food.
The baked barbecue pork buns (HK$38) arrived first and were delicious. The buns had a fragrant, buttery crust and the perfect amount of salty-sweet pork filling.
