Twice on a blue moon...

One gets a day all to oneself. So one hops away to a special dim sum festival for dim sums made by chefs flown in from China. Unfortunately, I didnt find a great variety...I got a nice special dimsumania menu card which had two pages - one for vegetarians and one for non-vegetarians. However, I'd found more variety in China White (which has shut down to the extreme disappointment of all the dim sum fans such as moi) from sticky rice and chicken bits wrapped and steamed in lotus leaves to other fantastic creations. Perhaps the focus here wasnt on variety but on the authenticity of these dim sums...which was nothing different from the usual dim sums and sui mais one gets at the restaurant at any other time.

My sister liked the prawn dim sums dipped in a green chutney of sorts, vinegar with spring onions and chillies with probably a hint of ginger. Even the dim sums, especially the chicken ones, were lightly flavoured with ginger - lending a refreshingly sharp taste to the otherwise bland chicken. However, the chicken+mushroom buns disappointed me. I'd rather go back to Hong Kong and get the buns from the cafeteria there - however, the roast pork filling I'm sure was the main reason I loved them.

The jasmine tea and a glass of Cosmopolitan gave the right accompaniment to these little steamed treasures. At the end of this wonderful treat, one couldnt suppress a smile and a wish for honey fried noodles dipped in vanilla ice cream.