Metropolis For Dim Sum?

Dim Sum is a style of Cantonese cuisine prepared as small bite-sized portions of food traditionally served in steamer baskets, and everyone shares.  In the U.S. we call that Family-style.
Some of the most common dishes you'll find on the menu are Char Siu Bao (steamed buns with bbq pork) and almost everyone likes those.  Lo Mai Gai (sticky rice and meat wrapped in lotus leaves).  Fung Jeow (chicken feet), no thank you.  Gow Gee (pan-fried Chinese dumpling).  Spring Rolls, Rice Noodles, and one of our favorites, Har Gau (translucent shrimp dumplings).

Dim Sum means, Touch the Heart.

Our hearts have been touched for a couple of reasons.

The first is because this is the day our granddaughter is getting baptized,  and our thoughts have been of her.

The second is that our fellow missionaries have touched our hearts with their dependability and assistance on Statutory Holidays, we wanted to treat them to dim sum as a way of saying, 'thank you'.

We have been pleased each of the three times we have eaten Dim Sum, but have been under the impression that those places were the only place to go for good dim sum and for a reasonable price.

We have just discovered that may not be true.

For lack of time and want for convenience, we decided with the Rancies to meet up with the Lees at the Metropolis after we finished our shift at the temple.   It is on our way home and just across the road from our apartments.   The Lees had an earlier shift and had agreed to scout out a place for us, even if we had to settle for something other than dim sum.  They narrowed it down to two possible restaurants to consider.  We chose the less crowded place, all the while wondering just exactly why is it less crowded, but taking a chance.

Surprisingly, we had a nice view of the harbor and our apartment windows.  As it turned out, the food was very satisfying and not as costly as The Star of Canton in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Our only disappointment was they were out of fried dumplings, and a couple of other choices.  But, then again, afternoon was almost over.

It is helpful to have someone in the group who reads and speaks Cantonese.

Thank you, Sister Lee for filling out the menu for all of us.

Thank you to the Lees for steering us in the right direction.

This was much better than going the opposite direction to Sha Tin.

The only reason we could come up with as to why this place was not as busy,

was because it is at the opposite end from the food court and away from the other restaurants.

Next time someone is in the mood for Dim Sum, the Metropolis Harbourview Chinese Cuisine will be strongly considered since its right in our backyard.