Dim Sum

Friend walked past and there was no queue so here's to finally tasting @joyluck.teahouse because Im a lazy bum + mixed reviews made me think twice about queueing 😂.

🌟 Egg tart (tart pastry) - there are two options and only tart pastry was left. It's really not back though.

Egg tarts are nicer when it's warm but in general, if you tabao, tart pastry is more likely to taste better than crust pastry I feel when it's cold. The filling itself is a good level of sweetness and very smooth jellyish texture while the tart, although it is tart, it does disintegrate and melt quite nicely in your mouth. It is still not as good as Tai Cheong but a good egg tart. Tai cheong's pastry is better (more buttery, more fragrant, maybe also more calories 😂)

🌟Pineapple Bun - there's not pineapple in pineapple buns FYI. Though most fans of HK food should know this lol. It didn't disintegrate badly - some buns tends to flake off excessively, and that makes it quite hard to eat. The texture on the outside is just right but inside could have been softer / more fragrant. It's alright. My personal preference is the pineapple bun at So Good Bakery at 111 Somerset.

🌟 HK Milk Tea - tasted more like yuanyang but it is quite authentic.

Food is decent but I wouldn't queue and based on the food we tried, I would go to other places if I miss HK food like Tai Cheong and So Good Bakery.

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📍Joyluck Teahouse
Orchard ION / Bugis @bugisjunctionxbugisplus

Salted Egg Yolk - warm and flowy. Crispy on the outside.

Salted Egg Yolk lovers will love it!

𝙀𝙜𝙜 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨: the custard is sweet and silky but definitely not #taicheong crust looks very typical of a bakery (hard tart version and not layered but it did have the melt in your mouth texture, 酥酥的)

𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙣𝙨: warm, flavourful mushroom inside with fluffy exterior but the bottom of the bun is crispy. What sorcery is this 😂

Mushroom buns!!
The must order for mushroom lovers. Love how fluffy and soft the top part of the bun is, I can just eat that with the sauce inside haha. And yet the base is crispy! Like using flour strips to interlace and panfry it to make it crispy. So good!

𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙮 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙡 (肠粉): Usually I order either 炸俩 (youtiao in rice flour roll) or the prawn version but this is a combination of two! You can the soft, silky rice flour skin wrapping around a thin layer of crispy youtiao that is encasing fresh sweet prawns. Aiyo, so yums.

This is one of the best, pls order. 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙤𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙚: really good! Has very strong wok hey and the fried shallots are perfection.

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Unique with the charcoal black skin and with fresh and sweet prawns.