Dragon Palace Chinese Restaurant, Northbridge
My Dim Sum favourite at the moment is Dragon Palace. The quality of the food is good, the menu is good, and it was the first time ever I saw a smile from a waitress working at a Dim Sum restaurant! Quite rare since they are always frantically running around.
If you come before 11.30am you should get a table fairly quickly.
Depending on my mood I sometimes stick to the usual pot of chinese jasmine tea or sometimes I order chrysanthemum tea.
Sui Mai of Prawn and Fish Roe $4.90
One of the most common dishes for dim sum. Bursty prawn and pork dumplings wrapped in wonton skin and then steamed.
Har Gow Steamed Prawn Dumplings $4.90
Prawn pieces in a translucent starch wrapper folded in pretty pleats.
Steamed Crystal Dumplings with Scallops and Corn $5.90
I love steamed scallops and the sweetness of the corn gives this more on a kick.
Pan-Fried Turnip Cake with Bacon in XO Sauce $5.60
This has got to be one of their signature dishes. Cubes of raddish cake tossed with crunchy bacon bits in a dark chilli XO sauce. Crispy outside coating with a soft centre. Not greasy like at some other places.
Cooking Mama China cooks this at home and this is almost as good as hers.
Cha Siu Bau Steamed BBQ Bun $4.90
Steam chinese bun with a BBQ pork filling.
Lo Mai Gai Lotus-Leaf Glutinous Rice $5.90
Sticky rice parcel with gravy meat filling some sausage, mushroom and egg.
Lotus-Leaf Glutinous Rice Innards $5.90
The glutinous rice is coloured from lotus leaf and the aroma rushed up your nose when you open it.
Cheong Fun Prawn Rice Noodle Rolls $5.60
The rice flour noodle rolls was thin and not a bit mushy. At some other restaurants I’ve had mushy, gooegy batter which is really offputting.
And now for the deep-fried items…
Chilli Pepper Whitebait $5.90
Traditionally I’m use to having squid tentacles but this was a wonderful change. Deep extra fried whitebait with chilli, salt and pepper with peanuts.
Deep Fried Prawn Wantons with Mayonnaise $5.90
If anyone knows what kind of mayonnaise they use with this dish please tell me so I can get a kilo of it.
Deep Fried Meat Dumpling $4.90
Crispy outside and hollow on the inside, these savoury oval balls are a savoury version of mochi balls filled with minced meat.
Our Busy Table
Beef Belly and Spicy Chicken Feet was also consumed both had delicious sauces.
Dan Tat Flakey Egg Tart $4.90
Three per serve! I’m use to only received two per serving.
Sago in Coconut Milk $4.90
Up to par.
Grass Jelly $4.90
Not so much. Tasted like it came straight out of a can.
Coconut Jelly Pudding $4.90
Blocks of coconut jelly.
Fresh Watermelon Juice approx $5.00
Mmm fresh fruity.
Oh wow, I forgot how delicious this place is! I think we should bring the guys here for their first yum cha experience hehe
I concur. Only if we can have one of everything.
LMB
mmm craving some dim sum now! (going on Sunday though) ^-^
mmm we should have more Dim Sum places that open at night then we would not have to wait till the weekends to eat it!
LMB
Foods look delicious and I love the price!
Welcome Candy! The price is unbeatable for the delicousness you get.
LMB
niiice! looks tasty
Why thank you Josie.
LMB
I’ve been on the lookout for a good dim sum place since moving back to Perth – I’ll have to check this one out!
Ahoy Katy! This is one of the better Dim Sum places out there. One of my other favourite is Dim Sum Cafe on William Street in Northbridge =)
LMB
Dan Tat Flakey Egg Tart and Har Gow Steamed Prawn Dumplings will be a great partner.
Can you give me an idea what is the best food you taste in that place. LOLS
Love to eat!
Hello Troy! My favourite dish there is XO Radish Cake. If you like Dan Tat, I’ve got a blog post on that shortly.
I’m also curious on your restaurant… it’s very close to where I live! Thanks for commenting.
LMB
Ooooh looks awesome (:
Its Kewpie mayo btw! You can get it from asian aisles/groceries (:
Thank you Sandra! If you’re a fan of chilli, Kewpie mayo mixed with a few drops of sriracha chilli sauce is the bomb (:
LMB