There’s a new dim sum merchant on the block in Lazada One, and Dim Sum Xuan Hong Kong Dim Sim has some tough, firmly established competition just a five minute walk away. Both Dim Sum Xuan & Victor’s Kitchen have pretty similar menus, but Dim Sum Xuan definitely has some weird items on the menu like chicken nuggets with French fries and samosas.⠀

The best item on their menu are the Har Gaos, which come in a quartet. The skin is delicately thin, and the plump prawn filling was flawlessly fresh. It’s salted pretty well, but at the end of the day the overall flavours are basic as it can get. At $7.80++ for a basket of four, it’s neither cheap nor exorbitantly expensive.⠀

The Chicken & Sausage in Glutinous Rice (aka lotus leaf rice) saw two little glutinous rice parcels wrapped in lotus leaf. At $6.80++ the lotus leaf rice felt like a ripoff, as it was quite bland & the size of the lotus leaf rice was diminutive. The Beancurd Skin Roll in Oyster Sauce ($5++) was adequately tasty, but ultimately pretty pedestrian.⠀

Dim Sum Xuan is adequate if you’ve got a dim sum craving that won’t go away if you’re in the Bras Basah area, but don’t expect to max out your bang for your buck here.

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