Sunday yum cha at Tai Pan is boisterous, busy, crowded and the car park is a pain to navigate with slow drivers and people not sure what they're doing. So is it worth the 30 minute drive for us?
In terms of food and value for money, probably. We enjoyed lots of different dishes including the favourites - sticky rice, pork and century egg congee, cheung fun, assorted buns and egg tarts. Steve loved the egg tart but I though the pastry to filling ratio was a little unbalanced with there being too much pastry but I've also had much worse egg tarts so it was still good.
In terms of food and value for money, probably. We enjoyed lots of different dishes including the favourites - sticky rice, pork and century egg congee, cheung fun, assorted buns and egg tarts. Steve loved the egg tart but I though the pastry to filling ratio was a little unbalanced with there being too much pastry but I've also had much worse egg tarts so it was still good.
Service at Tai Pan is not the warmest and wait staff certainly express their disgruntlement and lack of enjoyment or job satisfaction on their faces. I certainly was tutted at a few times as I got in the way of a waiter refilling our tea pot. Excuse me was not in his vocabulary!
With the right mindset Tai Pan is a good place for yum cha. If you're ok with being surrounded by large noisy families including children trying to squeeze between tables and chairs and ok with lots of people pushing their trollies round trying to vye for your attention and ok with grumpy service but in the mood for some good authentic yum cha dishes then it's the right place to go. If you want somewhere calmer with a more service based attitude then Red Emperor is a better choice but the food isn't as tasty and it's pricier.
With the right mindset Tai Pan is a good place for yum cha. If you're ok with being surrounded by large noisy families including children trying to squeeze between tables and chairs and ok with lots of people pushing their trollies round trying to vye for your attention and ok with grumpy service but in the mood for some good authentic yum cha dishes then it's the right place to go. If you want somewhere calmer with a more service based attitude then Red Emperor is a better choice but the food isn't as tasty and it's pricier.
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