Imperial Kitchen & Dimsum

Yumcha date with my lovely sis @joshadeline on a bright Sunday arvo. A sudden desire to have some hargows and shiumais (hakau + siomay) led us to @imperialkitchenid Pakuwon Mall. 

Honestly? Disappointed. Price-wise still okay given the fact that it's operating in a prestigious mall in Surabaya, rent and stuff gotta be covered right. Not to mention Overhead Costs of materials, employee wages and everything. I don't mind paying top dollars (oops. Top Rupiahs, now) for top quality foods, but this one was not worth my dimes. 

Dumplings are bland. Lacks the wow factor I used to get from this restaurant. When you guys started as a small stall in Studio Food Court of Supermall Pakuwon Indah, your food tastes better, dude. Please don't lower your standard just because you can afford to sell your food and service at a more prestigious place, hence you don't do quality check as thorough as you used to be. Go have a taste at another restaurant for your benchmark. You guys went this far already, please keep those qualities up and maintained. 

The salted egg yolk buns. Overcooked. The custard is supposed to be runny and flowing, not rock-solid and eggy like the one I had. Picture attached. Oh c'mon. You can do better than this, folks. 

On a bright note, I liked that tofu sheet roll with soy sauce, both the wrappers and fillings are pleasant, proving me that you guys can actually craft and serve great food, a little bit of slacking behind is acceptable, as long as you guys understand what happened and plan to tackle the problems.

Ke sini cuma demi es saljunya yg memang enak banget mnrtmu...
Walaupun cuma es serut yg dikasih topping2, tp entah knp bs enak banget..
Cocok banget dimakan pas panas2..
Trss sama order mie goreng semacam kwetiauw gt...
Ini jg enakk...
Imperial kitchen makanannya emang enak2..

Baru sempet nyobain chinese food di sini karna katanya banyak diskon di sini...
Ternyata makanannya enak2...
Dan harga ya ga terlalu mahal juga..
Sayangnya tempatnya sempit dan sinyalnya susah di sini...

Akhirnya imperial kitchen buka di Pakuwon Mall. Biasanya makan ini selalu di Tunjungan Plaza. Jadi pas tahu buka di dekat rumah, seneng banget.

Apalagi sekarang ada promo dimsum. Tapi waktu makan ini pas tanggal 13 jadi seluruh dimsum harganya jadi 13ribu ajaa. Bahagia kann

Menu favoritku adalah kwetiau pedas ayam dan ceker ayam. Kwetiaunya enak, banyak paprika dan pedasnya pas. Daging ayam juga besar-besar. Kalo cekernya favorit sih bumbunya itu loh terus daging cekernya lumayan banyak dan empuk hmm enak banget!

Tapi pelayanannya yang di pakuwon mall menurutku kurang bagus karena beberapa kali setiap makan disana dicuekin. Mungkin karena sedikit pelayannya. Beberapa kali juga pesan makanan tapi lama banget disajikannya huhu