Dim Sum Haus (Jalan Besar)

A bustling place on a weekend morning, this place serves traditional Cantonese dim sum. There was a variety of dishes to choose from. Ordered siew mai and har kau with #BurppleBeyond - 2 for $3.80. Note that the deal is not applicable for special items. We also ordered mango fritters which were our favourite!

My god-daughter introduced us to this place. She loves their signatures of Baked Salted Egg Yolk Custard Buns ($6.80++) and Steamed Crispy Rice Rolls with Shrimp ($5.80++) the most, and I have to agree with her - those are terrific. The former has the thick savoury-sweet golden lava encased in a light and crumbly pastry while the latter offers a fun mouthfeel with the contrasting textures.
We went a bit overboard and ordered too much food for the four of us but hey, is anyone surprised? 😂 Ended up taking some home because we just couldn’t finish 😅
Overall, I liked the food. When I return, these would be what I’d reorder: Steamed Pork Ribs with Yam (it’s so smooshy soft), Century Egg and Lean Meat Congee, Mentaiko Har Gao, and Fresh Shrimp with Fried Carrot Cake in X.O. Sauce.
On another note, I found service to be good here - efficient but still warm.

Good dim sum, though the crust for the salted egg lava bun is undercooked

Very loosely packed and incredibly juicy. It's full of umami too. Superb stuff

Very good. The red kind of char siew inside, could be abit more generous but it's sweet enough and umami enough. Both the interior and exterior were fluffy

They got some weird prices man wth

The filling was intense but abit oily. Exterior was crispy and the texture after being soaked in the custard was v dense, slightly sticky and chewy, with a lot of bite. I feel like it's then closer to some kinds of Kueh more than bun