Disclosure: I was invited by Chinesebites.com to attend a complimentary media tasting at Victory Seafood Restaurant. Opinions are my own.
Most of the time when I visit Crystall Mall, I head straight to the food court for some quick eats. Victory Seafood Restaurant is one sit-down restaurant that I have passed by frequently (on my way to the food court) but have never tried. Recently, I had the opportunity to taste a wide selection of dim sum dishes offered by Victory Seafood Restaurant at a media event.
Grandiose Dining Area
When I entered Victory Seafood Restaurant, I couldn’t help but be impressed by the grandioseness of their space. Floata in Chinatown still has got much square footage on them, but for a restaurant inside a mall, it is sizeable.
Dim Sum Menu
Victory Seafood Restaurant’s pricing is more line with a more upscale dim sum restaurant. Dim sum prices are as follows: small ($4.49), medium ($4.99), large ($5.79), special ($6.50), chef’s special ($7.49).
What We Tried
Check out my video of our table full of dim sum dishes:
The 37 dishes that we had included:
- Victory’s shrimp dumplings
- Steamed mixed meat & mixed vegetable dumplings
- Mixed meat & shrimp dumpling in cordyceps flowers broth
- Glutinous rice rolls with laver
- Steamed mixed mushroom dumplings
- Steamed pork dumplings
- Steamed pork ribs with taro & garlic
- Steamed chicken feet in black bean sauce
- Steamed beef tendon in Chu Hau sauce
- Steamed beef balls with orange peel
- Steamed Shanghai style juicy pork dumplings
- Steamed pork stomachs and preserved veggies in black pepper sauce
- Steamed sticky rice in lotus leaf
- Steamed BBQ pork buns
- Steamed chicken feet & pork ribs
- Steamed bean curd wraps with mushroom & pork in abalone sauce
- Steamed rice with chicken & black mushroom
- Steamed rice with pork ribs & chicken feet
- Pan fried Chinese pancakes with cured meat & leek
- Pan fried lotus root cakes
- Deep fried dumplings with shrimp & minced prok
- Deep fried shrimp spring rolls with garlic
- Pan fried radish & shredded taro cakes
- Deep fried dumplings with pork & dried shrimp
- Pan fried Shanghai dumplings
- Deep fried traditional honeycomb taro dumplings
- Steamed rice rolls with minced meat & Chinese donuts
- Steamed rice rolls with crispy deep fried fish paste
- Steamed rice rolls with beef & oarsley
- Steamed rice rolls with supreme fresh shrimps
- Steamed rice rolls with mushroom & vegetable
- Steamed plain rice rolls
- Steamed red rice rolls with shrimp
- HK style milky egg tarts with ginger sauce
- Baked BBQ pork buns with crust topping
- Golden BBQ pork pastries
- Smoked salmon with fruit salad sauce tarts
I tried several items but definitely not all as I had gotten very full. In general, I thought that the dim sum I tried was good. I quite enjoyed the Golden BBQ pork pastries which had a nice flaky pastry shell and juicy BBQ pork filling. Victory’s shrimp dumplings were on point with plump and meaty shrimp fillings with a slightly crispy texture. The wrapper was thin, translucent yet firm. The steamed rice rolls that I tried (supreme fresh shrimps, mushroom & vegetable, and crispy deep fried fish paste) had a nice smooth, silky texture with a savoury filling. The steamed BBQ pork buns were soft and fluffy on the outside with a moist and sweet filling. I enjoyed having the pan fried lotus root cakes plain rather than dipping into a sauce; they were crispy in texture. The pan fried Chinese pancakes with cured meat & leek were just okay and not too greasy.
I thought that the steamed Shanghai style juicy pork dumplings could improve with a juicier filling. The smoked salmon with fruit salad sauce tarts was my least enjoyed dish – the sweet flavours of the fruit salad with mayo did not go well with the smokiness of the salmon.
Overall Impression of Victory Seafood Restaurant
All in all, I thought that Victory Seafood’s dim sum dishes were good though perhaps priced on the higher end. Of the dishes I tried, there were certainly more dishes that I enjoyed than disliked. Rating: 3.5/5
Website: http://victoryseafoodrestaurant.com/
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