24/01/2017
Dim Sum Library
金鐘金鐘道88號太古廣場1樓124號舖
Shop 124, 1/F, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hip-new-hang-out-at-pp-e2716824
Of all the restaurants at PP, it lacks Chinese dimsum. Dim Sum Library has landed in the right place because it is on the ground floor where most people will pass by.
From the outside, it looks like a hip place for drinks with golden birdcage inspired chairs.
Inside, there is a lovely Oriental outlook with a twist of Shanghai.
You will also find mahjong tables in the far back room and it feels like there is some Shanghai romanticism going on here.
Went here for dinner and started with this refreshing orange and passionfruit mocktail containing real fruit juice and it had a good fizz too.
This is what we ate.
Black truffle hargau:
Plump and springy hargau overloaded with black truffle and speckled with black truffle on the dumpling skin.
Black garlic siumai:
I got a surprise eating these because you will find chunky pieces of black garlic inside which give it a burst of sweetness. It jazzes up the siumai and makes it memorable.
These crispy Hokkaido King crab and sea urchin spring rolls were luxurious as spring rolls are normally filled with vegetables or prawns.
Looking like a radish puff it actually had melt in your mouth Wagyu beef inside with black pepper.
The Dan dan xiaolong bau is a very spicy one.
The Seared foie gras with osmanthus smoked coddled egg is going to be a popular one with that delicious runny egg yolk.
I loved the presentation of the aubergines which looked like Jenga bricks and the coating would trick you into thinking it was tofu inside.
The crispy aubergine was complimented nicely by the salted fish and Chinese chives on top.
The Yunnan black truffle crispy skin chicken was sensational because it was boneless and this would definitely go down well with rice!
The Iberico pork fried rice with sakura shrimps and fennel seeds was flavour overload for me because the sakura shrimps and fennel seeds had such complex flavours all coming out at the same time.
For desserts we had Lava mango rolls topped with almond.
The Lava chocolate mochi balls were the best because they are normally filled with boring peanut or sesame but chocolate works for me
