Tim Ho Wans Dim Sum Is One of the Cheapest Michelin-Starred Meals in the World Cult Following
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Date: 2020-05-20
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nighttrain7404
Eater, so you finally got Serena out of doing horrible videos with Italian food. It's not her specialty. So maybe it was the genre? Nope. You put her on videos about Japanese steak and even DIM SUM! Asian food, and her videos are still sub par. To those commenting, this is not about race or gender. It's about quality of host. Serena may be a great content writer, but not everyone's great in front of a camera. Sorry, but Serena. this may not be your thing. Consumers want a compelling host. You are not one of them. You don't take the viewer to a place of understanding with your descriptions and your animations. If people are more turned off, than turned on by your hosting, that's saying something. Specifically, you don't enunciate. You contract your words too quickly and blur through syllables. No one likes that. It makes you seen in a rush, and not really trying to describe things for us. No offense. It's' just not your thing, and that's fine.
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Eater, so you finally got Serena out of doing horrible videos with Italian food. It's not her specialty. So maybe it was the genre? Nope. You put her on videos about Japanese steak and even DIM SUM! Asian food, and her videos are still sub par. To those commenting, this is not about race or gender. It's about quality of host. Serena may be a great content writer, but not everyone's great in front of a camera. Sorry, but Serena. this may not be your thing. Consumers want a compelling host. You are not one of them. You don't take the viewer to a place of understanding with your descriptions and your animations. If people are more turned off, than turned on by your hosting, that's saying something. Specifically, you don't enunciate. You contract your words too quickly and blur through syllables. No one likes that. It makes you seen in a rush, and not really trying to describe things for us. No offense. It's' just not your thing, and that's fine.
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The
lol, I feel they were more excited about the ice cream than the dim sum. Eater needs better people to cover chinese food. At least, when you bring a dim sum aficionado on the show, maybe his experience with dim sum should be at beyond that of China Town. Calling char siu bao 'pork buns' really doesn't do dim sum any justice. The 'pork buns' featured are Tim Ho Wan's signature 'Polo' style char siu buns. Har Gao is not judged on the number of pleats, but rather the quality and quantity (of shrimps) in the filling. A good traditional one would have 1-2 whole shrimps, bamboo shoots and a little bit of pork fat, with a thin yet resilient, translucent skin with a bit of bite. I've had Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong and also in Sydney, which had proven to be quite consistent, although by Chinese Dim Sum standards, it is regarded as average at best, other than the good price point.
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lol, I feel they were more excited about the ice cream than the dim sum. Eater needs better people to cover chinese food. At least, when you bring a dim sum aficionado on the show, maybe his experience with dim sum should be at beyond that of China Town. Calling char siu bao 'pork buns' really doesn't do dim sum any justice. The 'pork buns' featured are Tim Ho Wan's signature 'Polo' style char siu buns. Har Gao is not judged on the number of pleats, but rather the quality and quantity (of shrimps) in the filling. A good traditional one would have 1-2 whole shrimps, bamboo shoots and a little bit of pork fat, with a thin yet resilient, translucent skin with a bit of bite. I've had Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong and also in Sydney, which had proven to be quite consistent, although by Chinese Dim Sum standards, it is regarded as average at best, other than the good price point.
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Michael
I dont know about the US, but Tim Ho Wan is terrible in Australia. It is about double the price of standard yum cha but its quality is average to just below average at best. Also went to the original location in Hong Kong, highly overrated and no idea how they even got a star in the first place. Funny thing is almost everyone in Hong Kong who I asked where to go for good yum cha, Tim Ho Wan was never the answer. If Tim Ho Wan is one star then every other yum cha in HK is at least two stars.
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I dont know about the US, but Tim Ho Wan is terrible in Australia. It is about double the price of standard yum cha but its quality is average to just below average at best. Also went to the original location in Hong Kong, highly overrated and no idea how they even got a star in the first place. Funny thing is almost everyone in Hong Kong who I asked where to go for good yum cha, Tim Ho Wan was never the answer. If Tim Ho Wan is one star then every other yum cha in HK is at least two stars.
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na
I've been to the original, back when it didn't have a michelin star, after it got it, and I've been to the one in Manhattan and Melbourne. Honestly, most of the dishes are pretty good, nothing to go crazy about. The original one in Hong Kong is better by far, but the famous Tim Ho Wan BBQ Pork Bun is great almost everywhere. It's a must have. I think the original place was better before the michelin star, but yeah, if you ever get a chance to go to Hong Kong, visit the original!
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I've been to the original, back when it didn't have a michelin star, after it got it, and I've been to the one in Manhattan and Melbourne. Honestly, most of the dishes are pretty good, nothing to go crazy about. The original one in Hong Kong is better by far, but the famous Tim Ho Wan BBQ Pork Bun is great almost everywhere. It's a must have. I think the original place was better before the michelin star, but yeah, if you ever get a chance to go to Hong Kong, visit the original!
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Ed
As someone that just went to Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong, it's definitely very good dim sum. I'm from Vancouver and if our best dim sum is a 8, Tim Ho Wan is a 9. Everything is good but nothing is mind blowing. The BBQ pork buns are amazing. but I also didn't have to line up. A 3-hour line would change my mind. Also, even some of the Chinesesiest of Chinese people have poor chopsticks skills.
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As someone that just went to Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong, it's definitely very good dim sum. I'm from Vancouver and if our best dim sum is a 8, Tim Ho Wan is a 9. Everything is good but nothing is mind blowing. The BBQ pork buns are amazing. but I also didn't have to line up. A 3-hour line would change my mind. Also, even some of the Chinesesiest of Chinese people have poor chopsticks skills.
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Tattagreis89
I wish they would have went more into detail, how much does the food cost, how does it taste like (ingredients etc, or just what is the texture of the food compared to other places. They just ate and said it was good without giving me any further information. Try to implement that next time and it should lift the quality of the video by alot atleast for me.
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I wish they would have went more into detail, how much does the food cost, how does it taste like (ingredients etc, or just what is the texture of the food compared to other places. They just ate and said it was good without giving me any further information. Try to implement that next time and it should lift the quality of the video by alot atleast for me.
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Sally
I've been to Tim Ho Wan in NYC. It's like other dim sum parlors where some dishes are good and some are meh. Mixed bag. The roast pork buns are a tad too sweet for me. Just my preference. Sui Mai's were too small, not the best that I have had. Law Mei Fan is also okay. I have had better Law Mei Fan in queens. Not worth hours of waiting.
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I've been to Tim Ho Wan in NYC. It's like other dim sum parlors where some dishes are good and some are meh. Mixed bag. The roast pork buns are a tad too sweet for me. Just my preference. Sui Mai's were too small, not the best that I have had. Law Mei Fan is also okay. I have had better Law Mei Fan in queens. Not worth hours of waiting.
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MGMT
Okay, to be perfectly clear, Tim Ho Wan does not have ANY MICHELIN STARS! Just because a restaurant was awarded a star doesn't mean any subsequent restaurants the owners open has that star. The fact that the NYC location they were in does not have a star, when NYC is evaluated by the Michelin guide is telling
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Okay, to be perfectly clear, Tim Ho Wan does not have ANY MICHELIN STARS! Just because a restaurant was awarded a star doesn't mean any subsequent restaurants the owners open has that star. The fact that the NYC location they were in does not have a star, when NYC is evaluated by the Michelin guide is telling
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allmyjm
Even the Tim Ho Wans in HK have gone downhill. Quite disappointing coz they used to be so good back in 2009-2010. Their sanitary standard is questionable coz I always find the utensils and tables/chairs super greasy. Their only must-have item is the BBQ pork buns but now I get those to go.
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Even the Tim Ho Wans in HK have gone downhill. Quite disappointing coz they used to be so good back in 2009-2010. Their sanitary standard is questionable coz I always find the utensils and tables/chairs super greasy. Their only must-have item is the BBQ pork buns but now I get those to go.
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joycesays
She says she loves chicken feet but can't even eat it correctly. Clearly the guy isn't a dim sum enthusiast if he hasn't had half of the stuff that was in this video. Jeez. if you're gonna do a video critiquing dim sum at least get some folks who actually know what they're talking about.
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She says she loves chicken feet but can't even eat it correctly. Clearly the guy isn't a dim sum enthusiast if he hasn't had half of the stuff that was in this video. Jeez. if you're gonna do a video critiquing dim sum at least get some folks who actually know what they're talking about.
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