I’ve heard many recommendations to try the Yum Cha at Prince Restaurant in Parramatta, and one Sunday, I decided to walk down there to get my Yum Cha fix.
It was extremely busy, and the hustle and bustle of ordering families and trolley ladies really got me excited for a great meal!!
A large hotplate of various delights greets you near the entrance, and I really love the look of the food being fried/cooked in front of you. It gives me a great feeling of immediacy of the hot steaming food.
The first thing that I absolutely have to order is the selection of rice noodle (Cheong fun) dishes. As previously mentioned, I have a certain thing for the steamed silky mouthfuls of prawn stuffed rice noodles. What I’ve recently discovered, though, is that I absolutely adore the fried version too! The fried version here came with a sesame/sweet dipping sauce, and each springy mouthful was an absolute delight.
I also ordered from their selection of dumplings.
The dumplings were all okay, but nothing absolutely fantastic. But then again, I have been spoiled for choice. The fried dumplings that they had here were okay, but I much prefer the ones my mother makes.
I know, spoiled right? 😉
Finally, no Yum Cha experience is complete without the order of Mango Pancakes!
Mango flavoured pancakes are wrapped around a soft filling of sweet, ripe mangoes and smooth creamy ice cream. Yum.
Considering that it’s a walking distance from home, it was an experience I would definitely repeat. The service, while sometimes slightly inattentive due to the business of the joint, was largely not bad! The food must also have been better than I remember, since most of the stuff I’ve eaten I seem to have forgotten to photograph! Goes to show how much a hungry tummy and make me slightly irresponsible in the food blogging department. =)
We ate at:
Prince Restaurant
(02) 9891 5777
100 Church Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
we always have yum cha at the leagues club as we go with friends who eat their almost every day.
Evies favourite is the rice noodles and prawns too, i’ll have to order her the fried version.
loving the look of the hot plate filled with the raddish cake – that has got to be my favourite dish at yum cha!
wow everything looks so fresh! those fried noodles with the peanut sauce are a big fave of mine – theirs look great 😀