Sun Hing (新興食家), Smithfield Road, Kennedy Town

Have been wanting to come to Sun Hing (Shop C, G/F, 8 Smithfield Road, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong) for their dim sum a long time (read as years). Finally made it for an experience that we didn't quite see coming. The shop has some of the old school allure/vibe like Lin Heung Tea House minus the space and a noticeably more grubby setup. Be prepared to 搭檯. 😬

Cheung fun with prawns...this has light soya sauce and vinegar drizzled over. The vinegar was a mistake on our part because we thought the bottle was soya sauce but it turned out to be pretty good with the cheung fun. Happy mistake.

Siew mai with quail eggs (鵪鶉蛋燒賣). Not bad tasting.

I don't remember what this is called. It's steamed duck leg with yam wrapped in bean curd skin.

Loads of yam beneath the bean curd skin. Not bad.

Steamed radish cake was nicely done.

Check out those chunks of radish.

Wanted to know the standards of their char siew bao.

Skin's a bit thicker and denser than I imagined. Fillings of the char siew and sauce were good though.

We got curried tripe because a lot of people were ordering it. Tasted much better than how I thought it would because the curry was pleasant and the tripe was beefy. Texture's tender but pretty chewy.

If anyone's wondering, this was pig liver siew mai (豬潤燒賣). Butterflied pig liver with minced pork. The last time I've had one of these was back at Luk Yu Tea House. Sun Hing's rendition was a little gingery and tender enough to be cut by spoon. In spite of the faint ginger, I enjoyed this.

Salted egg custard lava buns (流沙包).

Nice.