Tin Lung Heen，a well-established 2 stars Cantonese Restaruant in Hong Kong, on the 102 floor of Ritz Carlton.
The view from the restaurant is amazing and the decoration is fantasic. The service is great as well.
For food, we ordered the ‘Chef’s Premium Selection’, with free flow of Chinese tea(much much better than the over-priced Acqua Panna water). The presentation of the dishes might not be as pretty, but I imagine if ordered in bigger plates with banquet setting, they will look better
1st Dish: Deep-fried shrimp toast and Barbecued pork with honey are traditional cantonese appetisers, hot from the kitchen and rich in flavor. Not bad
2nd Dish: Deep-fried Crab shell stuffed with a ton of crab meat. The Crab meat are extremely rich whish is balanced perfectly by the pickled raddish and light chinese vinegar provdied. If you love crab dish, this is amazing and much better than how it looks
3rd dish: Chicken soup in a baby coconut with fish maw. Light, sweet and super umami soup. My wife loved this. The huge chunk of fish maw(perhaps the most expensive ingredient in the whole meal) provided the umami but now tasteless
4th dish:Braised sea cucumber with mushroom in a rich sauce with fried fish roe. Another traditional dish, the flavor is there but the sea cucumber is abit too fatty for me(but I guess thats what chef has wanted)
5th dish: Work-fried scallop with salted egg. This dish is much better than it looked, the scallop is super tender and salted egg sauce while increasingly becoming cliche, still deivers a punch
6th: Wok-fried wagyu beef with bell peppers. The beef is perfect medium-rare with tons of wok flavor, but overshadowed by the same dish done in Lung Kin Heen. Not a fan of the design though, this feels like a dish specifically designed as a ‘steak main’ in a tasting menu.
7th dish: Braised E-fu Noodle with Lobster, spring onion and ginger. A super classic dish(which I love to cook at home for special occasion). The lobster is done perfecty and the E-fu Noodle soak up all the juices perfectely. Might be my favorite dish of the day.
Dessert: Traditional Cantonese desserts. Not Bad
Overall: Strong start and finish, but the middle dishes felt a bit underwhelming. Everything feels traditional and ‘safe’, and certainly taste good. Not somewhere I will revisit myself often, but if I am on a company budget and tasked to treat a person not familiar with Cantonese/Chinese cuisine, or to bring my parents/in-laws for a family dinner, this would be a perfect place to visit
HollyGlen on
Great to see some top-class Chinese food on the sub. Thanks OP!
kytran40 on
Wow, must have been incredible to earn 2 stars and look that boring. How much was the meal?
epicurious_aussie on
I see a lot of traditional and mainstay Chinese dishes – my question is: was the quality and flavour noticeably different from what you could get at a non-starred Chinese restaurant?
kennethtoronto on
What is the discount with CC?
Imaginary-Storage909 on
Ugh one of my favorites! Jealous!
vexillifer on
Wow who’d they blow for those stars?!
chimpy72 on
I’m sorry but that looks absolutely diabolical.
Dear-Doubt270 on
Everything looks like the same texture.
AlienRemi on
I hate to yuck anyone’s yum but i would definitely be disappointed to be served this at this level of stars and that price point.
Hope you had a blast OP
cheffrey_dahmer1991 on
Man, I hate to pile on with everyone else but that this place has 2 stars and is that expensive is really kinda blowing mind. I’m sure it’s very delicious, and they must use really nice ingredients but they really don’t seem to let them shine. I get being rustic or traditional, but some of these don’t even look nice, and not in an intentional way, just literally ‘scoop and poop’ as we used to call it. Also, are the fried things coated in some sort of glaze? Because they look quite greasy, which was surprising.
phonylady on
Don’t think I’ve ever seen michelin star food look less appealing, wow!
pineconejerk on
I got engaged at tin lung heen a few years back, but I don’t remember the food being so badly presented. Glad to hear it was good food though, I’d like to go back one day.
apoxl on
The little piece of broccoli like the neighborhood spots do on $8 platters killed me
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Tin Lung Heen，a well-established 2 stars Cantonese Restaruant in Hong Kong, on the 102 floor of Ritz Carlton.
The view from the restaurant is amazing and the decoration is fantasic. The service is great as well.
For food, we ordered the ‘Chef’s Premium Selection’, with free flow of Chinese tea(much much better than the over-priced Acqua Panna water). The presentation of the dishes might not be as pretty, but I imagine if ordered in bigger plates with banquet setting, they will look better
1st Dish: Deep-fried shrimp toast and Barbecued pork with honey are traditional cantonese appetisers, hot from the kitchen and rich in flavor. Not bad
2nd Dish: Deep-fried Crab shell stuffed with a ton of crab meat. The Crab meat are extremely rich whish is balanced perfectly by the pickled raddish and light chinese vinegar provdied. If you love crab dish, this is amazing and much better than how it looks
3rd dish: Chicken soup in a baby coconut with fish maw. Light, sweet and super umami soup. My wife loved this. The huge chunk of fish maw(perhaps the most expensive ingredient in the whole meal) provided the umami but now tasteless
4th dish:Braised sea cucumber with mushroom in a rich sauce with fried fish roe. Another traditional dish, the flavor is there but the sea cucumber is abit too fatty for me(but I guess thats what chef has wanted)
5th dish: Work-fried scallop with salted egg. This dish is much better than it looked, the scallop is super tender and salted egg sauce while increasingly becoming cliche, still deivers a punch
6th: Wok-fried wagyu beef with bell peppers. The beef is perfect medium-rare with tons of wok flavor, but overshadowed by the same dish done in Lung Kin Heen. Not a fan of the design though, this feels like a dish specifically designed as a ‘steak main’ in a tasting menu.
7th dish: Braised E-fu Noodle with Lobster, spring onion and ginger. A super classic dish(which I love to cook at home for special occasion). The lobster is done perfecty and the E-fu Noodle soak up all the juices perfectely. Might be my favorite dish of the day.
Dessert: Traditional Cantonese desserts. Not Bad
Overall: Strong start and finish, but the middle dishes felt a bit underwhelming. Everything feels traditional and ‘safe’, and certainly taste good. Not somewhere I will revisit myself often, but if I am on a company budget and tasked to treat a person not familiar with Cantonese/Chinese cuisine, or to bring my parents/in-laws for a family dinner, this would be a perfect place to visit
Great to see some top-class Chinese food on the sub. Thanks OP!
Wow, must have been incredible to earn 2 stars and look that boring. How much was the meal?
I see a lot of traditional and mainstay Chinese dishes – my question is: was the quality and flavour noticeably different from what you could get at a non-starred Chinese restaurant?
What is the discount with CC?
Ugh one of my favorites! Jealous!
Wow who’d they blow for those stars?!
I’m sorry but that looks absolutely diabolical.
Everything looks like the same texture.
I hate to yuck anyone’s yum but i would definitely be disappointed to be served this at this level of stars and that price point.
Hope you had a blast OP
Man, I hate to pile on with everyone else but that this place has 2 stars and is that expensive is really kinda blowing mind. I’m sure it’s very delicious, and they must use really nice ingredients but they really don’t seem to let them shine. I get being rustic or traditional, but some of these don’t even look nice, and not in an intentional way, just literally ‘scoop and poop’ as we used to call it. Also, are the fried things coated in some sort of glaze? Because they look quite greasy, which was surprising.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen michelin star food look less appealing, wow!
I got engaged at tin lung heen a few years back, but I don’t remember the food being so badly presented. Glad to hear it was good food though, I’d like to go back one day.
The little piece of broccoli like the neighborhood spots do on $8 platters killed me