May Star - Hotel Le Grandeur

When you go to restaurant and you actually wanna see if the chef can cook, you order the simplest thing on the menu. And for dim sum, I always judge them based on the shaomai. If it tastes bad, probably they're gonna fuck all the menu up.

The shaomai here was quite good. Like it almost beat eaton's shaomai. Have you ever tried it? If you haven't, give it a shot. It's my benchmark for shaomai. Back to this one, it's juicy, fragrant and substantial. And look at that shrimp on top. Huge, fresh and plump. And I gotta tell you this, it tasted sweet and juicy as any great shaomai should taste.

Baked Egg Tart. I really like the texture of the tart. Crunchy and crispy, just like it's suppose to be. However, the main star in this menu which is the egg was a total turn off. Yes the texture was good. Like custardy and moist with bright tempting yellow color, the top coat was kinda jelly-ish, which I love. But, the taste was super meh. Almost tasteless. No creaminess, no egginess, no nothing. Just slight sweet after taste. I expected something more, something eggy, something creamy. Maybe it's just a bad batch of egg tart? I don't know.

Steamed Dumpling with Mixed Mushroom & Truffle Oil. I'm gonna give an extra credit for this gorgeous innovation. To be honest, it looked like a round shape choipan and it also tasted like one. The texture of the dumpling was glutinous and sticky. The filling was thin-long sliced mushroom. I did like it. The juiciness of the mushroom that contrast the stickiness of the dumpling itself. Interesting I must say. I can smell light truffle aroma from the dumpling. Not a strong truffle taste, just a slight hint after taste and it's good.

Pan-fried Turnip Cake. Call me old school or whatsoever, but radish cake is always a must order in dimsum places. By far, this is the tastiest radish cake I've ever had. It tasted like the traditional radish cake. No xo sauce, no beansprout, no chili, no nothing, just pure radish. Very basic but super tasty. They pan fried the radish into perfection. The outside was bit burnt and gave crisp texture and it had that charred smokiness to it, but the inside was so soft and just a little bit dense.

Compared to my favourite dimsum place, this place had no chance to compete at all. To be honest, I was totally ready to bash the shit out of this place. Most of the dimsum I tried were meh. But, when I tried this radish cake, Oh my God, swear to God, it's so gewd. This dish saved this place. A must order one. 

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Diajakkin sama ipar dim sum disini yg menurut dia adalah the best dim sum. Well, menurut saya sih overrated banget terus terang ada bbrp menu yg malah zonk
Point plus:
-tempatnya enak luas dan jarak antar meja jg ga dempet2an
- utk menu yg disukai bubur, xiao long pao, combination seafood crispy egg noodle dan baikut tausi
Point minus:
- hakau nya zonk .. kulitnya ketipisan, udang kurang freah jadi klo diambil pake sumpit langsung hancur
- kue lobak nya jg ga berasa lobaknya, kebanyakan tepung dan kurang wangi
- service ... super slow. Bbrp staff kayak nge blank gitu. Order sekali sm si mbak trus diganti mas jadi ruwet dan disuruh ngulang lg. Dim sum yg harusnya cepat dihidangkan malah bbrp lama banget

Overal, maybe good dim sum but definitely not the best dim sum

Resto May Star di Hotel Le Grandeur Mangga Dua ini termasuk cabang yang uda lama. Dulu terkenal banget dengan fine dining Chinese food yang rasanya ga perlu diragukan lagi. Uda beberapa tahun gue n family ga makan di sini. Tahun ini kami dateng buat makan dimsum. Tempatnya juga uda sedikit beda setelah renovasi.
Waktu makan dimsum di sini sekitar jam 11an pagi lagi ada promo. Semua dimsum @Rp 15.800. Kalau harga normalnya bisa 30 ribuan. Overall, menurut kami rasanya nothing special. Untuk resto sekelas May Star, kami expect rasanya bakal enak banget seperti masakan main dishnya. Ternyata biasa aja sih semuanya.