Cathy was gagging for sum yum cha (yay – another yum cha buddy!) so I thought it would be nice if we visited Shanghai Blues since they had a 50% deal. I also invited Craig and Lynley along since I know they enjoy their yum-cha too. The meal ended up being very cheap at about £12 each (including tea etc.) however! the yum cha was very poor. I wish I’d taken photos as on the whole most dishes we had were very ordinary – surprisingly since they sometimes throw dim sum making classes now and then.

The hau gau was falling apart with water from the steam getting inside the crystal wrapper as it wasn’t sealed properly (a sin), the cheung fung was unexcited and other dishes were just generally lackluster. Now imagine you paid full price on these dishes – you’d feel fairly ripped off. The one plus they did have some more unusual dishes such as the Tai Chi Dumplings (flour-made pastry with half black octopus juice to crest Yuan-Yang effect) and Quail Egg & Seafood ‘Sao Mai’ and which were good to try on a discount.

Overall a disappointing visit though we couldn’t complain about the price.