Often known as the “most affordable Michelin-starred restaurant in the world”, Tim Ho Wan has also opened its 9th outlet in Singapore at Great World City.
If you have not been to Great World City in a while, the one-stop family mall has revamped its extension with many more dining options.
Islandwide Delivery for Tim Ho Wan is available via https://timhowan.oddle.me/en_SG/ or GrabFood.
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The new 78-seater dim sum joint is positioned near the West Lobby.
Originally from Hong Kong, dim sum specialist Tim Ho Wan (添好運) earned its first Michelin star via Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2010 for its store in Mongkok, Kowloon.
Its founding chefs Mak Kwai Pui and Leung Fai Keung are from the prestigious three Michelin starred Lung King Keen restaurant in Hong Kong’s Four Seasons Hotel.
As part of its innovation, Chefs Mak and Leung together with the Tim Ho Wan culinary team, have been tweaking their existing recipes and refining some of its popular dishes to develop a refreshed and updated menu across all its outlets.
Thus, you will find some unexpected favourites in Tim Ho Wan’s revamped menu, with a line-up of new exciting new Cantonese dishes and upgraded dim sum items. Here are 10 you can look forward to:
Hong Kong Braised Beef Soup Noodle ($8.80)
This noodle soup dish may just ‘bring’ you back to Hong Kong. Made with thin and perfectly springy Hong Kong-style noodles, this soup is loaded with Chinese spices and deep beef flavours.
Sharing equal billing with the noodles are the specially-selected chunks of beef and tendons, braised for 3 hours until melt-in-your-mouth tender.
It is the special Tim Ho Wan sauce that adds the X factor to this dish, plus the perfect tendons which took the chefs 2 months to source out. Served with pak choy on the side for a touch a green.
Another noodle dish on the menu is the Spicy BBQ Pork Stew Noodles, affordably priced at $6.50.
Pork Dumplings in Hot & Spicy Sauce ($6.00 for 4 pieces)
Love your ”Hong You Chao Shou”? Bite into these bouncy and chewy pork dumplings, filled with a succulent minced pork filling, and taste that refreshing kick of ginger towards the end.
The wonton skin is delicately thin and silky smooth, drizzled with Tim Ho Wan’s red-hot chili oil and a special spicy sauce made with 18 different herbs and spices.
Though the spicy sauce is a tad on the sweet side, these dumplings are still a welcome addition to fans of hot & spicy dim sum.
It is finished off with a sprinkling of sliced red chilies and fresh coriander leaves.
Fried Beancurd with Minced Pork & Prawn ($5.30 for 3 pieces)
This dim sum’s delectable filling combines naturally sweet plump prawns with a little bit of juicy minced pork.
The surprise comes at the bottom, with a piece of beancurd skin fried until crisp (think people know it better as ”tau pok”).
The beancurd skin would be the component that would absorb the savoury sauces below, thus, you would experience two types of textures – bouncy on the top, soft and moist on the bottom.
Taro with Chicken Dumplings ($5.50 for 3 pieces)
Order this a side dish. Made with grated taro which is blended into a mash, then filled with minced chicken.
Finally, it is deep-fried in hot oil until it transforms into a dim sum item of crispy exterior contrasted with warm and juicy fillings.
Spicy Fried Rice ($7.50)
This rice dish is stir-fried with the aromatic lap cheong – a red-coloured Chinese sausage made with pork and pork fat marinated in sugar, rice wine, soy sauce and spices.
It has been upgraded with the addition of fresh soybeans a.k.a. edamame, an ingredient that imparts an interesting textural crunch to the starchy rice grains, tossed in fresh whisked eggs for more umami goodness.
As a final layer of flavour, you get a moderate level of spiciness to whet your appetite.
If spiciness is not your thing, there is also the option of Yangzhou Fried Rice ($7.50).
Chicken, Cordycep Flower and Mushroom with Rice ($6.80)
Another rice dish in the line-up features tender chunks of chicken meat on top of rice. This is my favourite among the new items.
Adding an earthy flavour as well as visual interest is a piece of whole shiitake mushroom in the middle, topped with woody-scented cordycep flowers.
This reminds me of the steamed rice that I always order with double-boiled soup. Very comforting.
There is also the option of Pork Spare Rib, Yam & Black Bean with Rice ($6.80) which I am inclined to order next time I visit.
Deep Fried Milk Custard ($4.50)
If you’re a dessert person, you’d probably like this – combining crunch with soft-sweetness.
These deep-fried blocks of milk custard (you get 3 pieces in a serving) makes a transition from savoury to sweet. The only thing was I found those a tad oily.
Sesame Balls with Molten Salted Egg ($4.50)
The popularity of the salted egg isn’t ready to subside yet and now it found its way as a savoury filling into dim sum.
Imagine sinking your teeth into a fragrant sesame-crusted ball until you feel the ooze of hot liquid egg yolk in your mouth.
Be ready for a burst of flavour.
Mango Sago ($5.50)
A refreshing bowl of familar sweet chilled dessert of ”Yang Zhi Gan Lu”, of diced ripe mangoes, some fruity pulps of pomelo, and creamy coconutty base.
Hong Kong Style Milk Tea ($3.50)
I was pretty surprised this was a “New” item, but better late than never.
Finish well with a glass of strongly brewed black tea served Hong Kong style with condensed milk. A smooth, creamy and full-bodied beverage.
Enjoy it as a part of your afternoon tea or even for dinner.
Other than the NEW items, Tim Ho Wan is known for its “Big 4 Heavenly Kings”: Steamed Egg Cake, Rice Rolls, Pan-Fried Carrot Cake, and Baked Bun with BBQ Pork.
The Baked Bun with BBQ Pork is the must-try for first-timers, which has placed Tim Ho Wan on the global food map.
The pillowy-soft bun holds a saucy house-made filling, made with sweet but not cloying cubes of char siu blended in the signature Tim Ho Wan sauce.
Sweet, crumbly dome, and served freshly baked. When you pry into a bun, wisps of steam will billow.
The Great World City Tim Ho Wan features an open concept kitchen built into the design scheme, while dim sum accented baskets adorn the walls.
Both the interior décor and the food attempt to evoke and recreate the golden era of the old Silk Road teahouses where dim sum is said to have its origins.
Time to head over for a family gathering.
Tim Ho Wan – Great World City
Great World City #01-139, 1 Kim Seng Promenade, Singapore 237994
Tel: +65 6483 2000
Opening Hours: 11.00am – 10.00pm (Mon – Fri), 9am – 10pm (Sat, Sun, PH)
Other Tim So Wan Singapore branches:
Jurong Point
63 Jurong West Central 3, Unit JP2 #03-42/43/44/45/46/47/K3/K4, Jurong Point Shopping Centre, Singapore 648331
18 Tai Seng
18 Tai Seng St, #01-36, Singapore 534119
Pacific Plaza
9 Scotts Rd, #02-10/11/12/13 Singapore 228210
I12 Katong
112 East Coast Road #01-04, Singapore 428802
Citylink Mall
One Raffles Link #B1-63/63A, Citylink Mall Singapore 039393
Lavender Aperia
12 Kallang Avenue Lavender #0101/02/03 Aperia Singapore 339511
Jurong Westgate
3 Gateway Drive #01-13/14 Westgate Singapore 608532
Plaza Singapura
68 Orchard Rd #01-29A/52 Plaza Singapura 238839
* This post is brought to you in partnership with Tim Ho Wan.
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Go to waterway point Tim Hi Wan and have lunch there with family. Due to COVID-19 rule, we understand that one table can have only 5 people. My family have 6 people. We saw a sign saying “for family more than 5, they will try to arrange side by side table provided have space”. During that time there are alot of table vacant and we request sit side by side. One table 3 people but they arrange us sit very far apart which actually there is another table at the side. When ask them why cannot, they say because later the safe distancing people will catch. I think the restaurant manager or whoever is the upper management must educate the workers there. According to COVIT-19 rules it state:
1) Family members can sit side by side table. So if more than 5 you can sit different table but side by side table.
2) family member do not need to have 1m distancing.
Since we are separate to far away table then we have to move around as we need to arrange food for the children. We have three children and they need help. They refuse to let us walk to the other table saying we cannot walk around. I was telling them if you put us side by side table then we will not have to do that.
We are not trying to be difficult but if your restaurant put a notice there saying can arrange sit side by side than do it. Don’t put there if you cannot do it. And update your workers if your workers is not up to date on the rule for COVIT-19.
The 2 table I referring is side by side which no other table is near the 2 table. We have a disappointing visit to Tim Ho Wan waterway point.