Dim Sum at Luk Yuen

Before having dinner at a Singaporean restaurant the other night, I had some dim sum with T and D. Dim sum is like small portions of food usually steamed, fried and sometimes broiled earliest associated with drinking tea among travelers along the Old Silk Road (which can extend from China all the way to Turkey).

Our Dim Sum place of choice in Makati was Luk Yuen. We weren't planning to eat much, just a merienda, which is really just a light-in-between snack that most Filipinos have.

While waiting for them, I was served some crunchy and salty fried wanton wrappers as I ordered a serving of taro puffs. Taro puffs is my ultimate dim sum favorite and I only like it from Luk Yuen. It's fried mashed taro with minced pork filling. It's just always so divine with the chilli sauce. The only taro puff better than Luk Yuen is at the Mandarin Oriental's Tin Hau restaurant. Now that is very high end.

When they arrived, we ordered a serving of radish cake and hakaw (shrimp dumplings). They weren't the very best we've had but were good complements to the taro puffs and hot tea. The wait staff were even generous enough to give us hot soup. All in all, total bill was under US$7.00. Such a gastronomic bargain!