COCONUTS HOT SPOT — With 17 outlets in Singapore, Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert is a Singapore chain restaurant which has just opened up its very first outlet in Malaysia. Spotting a casual contemporary dining concept, it is located in the New Wing of 1-Utama Shopping Centre.
The menu lists items ranging from snacks to mains and dim sum to desserts. It may be hard to decide on what to order from that list, so just stick to your favourites. I had a hard time picking my favourites.
Under the Dim Sum category, their Siew Mai (RM5.90), Fried HK Carrot Cake (RM5.90) and HK Zha Jiang Cheong Fun are very decent. The 3 pieces of siew mai are fresh, decently sized and the carrot cake has a fine soft texture, quite unlike the firmer version usually served in most restaurants.
Siew Mai
Carrot cake
HK Zha Jiang Cheong Fun
The Char Siew Snowy Bun (RM6.90) is a Hong Kong speciality – a soft bun with a sweetish crusty top with fillings of char siew. It’s as good as the ones you get in Hong Kong, where every cha chan teng (cafe) or restaurant serves this.
Char Siew Snowy Bun
The Zha Jiang Cheong Fun (RM6.90) is not something familiar to most Malaysians – certainly more common in Hong Kong than here. The texture of the rice roll is more refined and delicate so it’s a perfect base for the savoury Zha Jiang topping of savoury minced pork.
If you are in a hurry, the quick meal-in-a-plate will be good choices. Listed on the menu are their rice and noodles items priced between RM13.90 to RM16.90. Their signature items are the Combination Wantan Noodles, Braised Beef & Tendon Hor Fun, Braised Pork Belly with Mui Choy Rice and the Oriental Chicken Sausage Rice with Mushrooms. The wantan noodles are of the typical Hong Kong style: stringy bouncy texture, served with decent char siew and huge prawn wantans.
Oriental Chicken Sausage Rice with Mushrooms
Braised Pork Belly with Mui Choy Rice
Combination Wantan Noodles
My favourite is the Braised Pork Belly with Mui Choy Rice. Wonderfully flavoursome, the mui choy (salted mustard leaves) and pork are really tender and each spoonful of this evokes a sense of “comfort” as this is something often cooked at home.
With “dessert” in the name, the desserts and beverages here are very appealing. The warm flowy custard filling in the Eggyolk Custard Pau (RM5.90) is irresistible. The Mango Pomelo Sago and Yin Yang Paste are very typical Hong Kong desserts. I love their ice-blended Mango Passionfruit too; equally good are the refreshing Green Lime with Plum Juice and Lychee Peppermint.
Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert
Lot LG311B, Lower Ground Floor (New Wing)
1-Utama Shopping Centre
1 Lebuh Bandar Utama
Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya
*Open 10am till 10pm daily
Chris Wan also blogs at Pure Glutton.
