New Century Review

Team lunch this week was at New Century Restaurant, 185 St Asaph Street. I was excited as soon as I found out because it is dim sum… yum yum. Farah even managed to get hold of some paper menus the day before so I could decide in advance what I wanted. There were some pretty funny spelling mistakes on the menu such as “Shrimp & Scoloops Dumpling” and “Steamed Stewed Chinken Feet.”

When we got to the restaurant it was in the process of being invaded by an extremely large group of elderly people. The waitress even tried to make us sit at one table. Fifteen people at a table designed to fit 8 was never going to work so we didn’t move from our 2 tables and she eventually gave up trying. She was actually pretty rude about it. We got another waitress to bring us green tea (I don’t usually drink tea but I gave it a go and it was refreshing) and she wasn’t particularly friendly either.

Lee and I ordered Beef Vermicelli Roll, Steamed BBQ Pork Bun and Steamed Pork Dumpling to share. She also ordered ½ dozen wontons and I also ordered Deep Fried Squid. We got heaps of food. Furthermore, the people who ordered off the main menu got even more food than us. I tried a wonton and it was crispy and flavourful, but the best part about it was the sweet and sour dipping sauce. The deep fried squid was amazing. Squid has a bad reputation for being tough but this wasn’t at all and it was perfectly seasoned and served with sweet chilli dipping sauce. I am addicted to steamed buns so the Steamed BBQ Pork Buns could do no wrong. The dumplings were pretty good too… tasty and very meaty. The only thing I wasn’t very fond of was the Beef Vermicelli Roll which was weird. It was like a cold clear noodle tube wrapped around some barely cooked beef meat. I ate one tube and that was enough for me. I definitely wasn’t adventurous enough to order anything crazy like tripe but Tan was and he seemed to enjoy it.

My share of the food me came out at a bargain basement price of $8.50. So go to New Century if crappy service doesn’t bother you and you want some yummy cheap dim sum. Farah volunteered me to organise team lunch next week so wish me luck... I'm thinking The Crumpet Club will be a safe bet.