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| - You ever want to pour yourself a cup of tea, admire some renaissance paintings, and then take a big bite out of a Hong Kong style egg tart? Yeah, I didn't know I did either. But here we are at Premiere.
Premiere is like East meets West if East went to the 19th century European exhibit at a museum and decided to throw it all into a room. It's a banquet hall turned dim sum restaurant with everything being very fancy schmancy; from the floor-to-ceiling Victorian paintings, decorated porcelain teapots, and indoor fountains. Thus, you can imagine the accompanying $$$ price tag.
Luckily, they aren't relying on ambiance alone to drive the price. It's still a dim sum restaurant, which is anything but elegant (loud, so loud). The food quality ranges from acceptable to pretty darn good. The staples hold up. Shrimp "har gow" dumplings contain fresh bouncy shrimp, siu mai are sizeable, fried squid tentacles are tender and tasty, buns are soft.
The stand-outs of the bunch are fantastic. Specialty items include the wonderfully pungent durian pastries and addictive deep-fried chicken cartilage. My favourite, the leaky golden custard bun, spills out liquid eggy goodness. Another surprisingly pleasing item is the noodle roll with pork bits and preserved veggies. You see shrimp noodle rolls everywhere, but this was a treat.
Premiere's not the best of the bunch, but it's by no means the worse. Good place to turn to if you want to class up your regular weekend dim sum routine. Just don't mind the table-hungry horde that's surrounding the host stand at the front. Pro tip, they take reservations.
(30/100) - 2018
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