REVIEW - MY China

This was our second visit to Martin Yang's showy restaurant inside the Westfield Mall, and it yet again annoyingly delighted and underwhelmed us at the same time.

Our last meal there was around the New Year, after which I bemoaned the mall setting, the diner / shoppers and their shopping detritus, all of which subtracted from an otherwise great meal.

To counter that criticism, my brother Lawrence declared it "the best Chinese meal I've ever had", while at the same time dissing the bathrooms that were shared between men and women. I can't disagree with his assessment of the food - after all, perception is reality - but I wonder about whether he actually went into the right bathroom.

Well, none of that's changed. Last night we started at around 8pm surrounded by the same subtractions.

We ate at the excellent bar with the uncomfortable seats - at least I found them so, with no back support making the couple of hours hard for my ancient back.

We had dim sum, and selected the first 5 dishes on the menu:

Shui Mai - pork, shrimp and wild seasonal mushroom

Whole Wheat Potstickers - pork, cabbage, spicy soy sauce
Har Gow - shrimp, spicy soy

Wild Boar Juciy Dumplings - ginger, garlic

Pork & Crab Juicy Dumplings - fresh crab meat, garlic, pork

They were all made well - perhaps an understatement. They were all made very well. All firm, with a pleasing texture. 

The fact that they were all served up together made it somewhat of a challenge of steady-stream eating, but one that we managed admirably.

With one or two standouts - the Shui Mai and the Har Gow - the others tended to taste too similar. Maybe it was our fault for ordering five adjacent items from the menu, but I think not.