Silver Wave 銀波, Chinese restaurant, Chatrium riverside BKK

Gentle advice: choose the siu ma only from the a-la-carte and enjoy the panoramic view of Chaophyra river on this 36th floor, the top floor of Chatrium riverside. The other dim sum are not worth trying, not even mention their dim sum lunch buffet at THB695 net. The waitress asked for my comments on their food quality and insisted on why I said "average". I simply replied it's way below the Cantonese dim sum standard and in considering this price, it's not worth it. Interesting that she didn't say a word; so what an unnecessary question for an answer they don't wanna hear.

土樓三弄 Hakka cuisine highlight (八月芳), Xi Yue (a Maxim's restaurant), Quarry Bay HK

Maxim's has been improving gradually on their food and service quality. Occasionally the group introduces certain specific Chinese cuisine. This summer season they highlighted a number of Hakka dishes. As I went thru' the menu, my first choice is this one "pickled yam" (photo 1) - a very long lost friend (that I only had it in my school time). When it was served on the table, the sesame on it was really original. This is the classic pickled and it's almost a forgotten recipe. Photo 3: salty chicken. 4: turnip, fish ball and smoked chicken casserole. 5: peppered pig's knuckle. 6: steamed rice with yam. 7: red date yellow wine sweet. 8: pumpkin crispy cake. All these are pretty good, especially the casserole, pig's knuckle and yellow wine sweet.

Jumbo Seafood Floating Restaurant 珍寶海鮮舫, Deep Bay, Aberdeen, Southern HK

When I was a kid I was brought to this kind of floating restaurant, it wasn't a nice experience to me. Seafood smelled with kerosine (火水) since the sea water filling the fish tank is just from water area surrounding the boat. I often heard my grand ma and aunts claiming going to those floating restaurants are not good with "kerosine seafood".

As time goes by, things have been improved. However, my image about floating restaurants was just for tourists. The last time I was here was to bring some overseas business clients in the mid and late 90's.

Until recently my sisters told me this restaurant surprised them on their dim sum, I decided to give it a try on their recommendation. It turned out it's really something. Very nice shrimp dumpling and fried rice too. Besides, it's not that expensive. It's about HK$100 per person for the below food (very full), in considering it's a floating restaurant.