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Grand Imperial @ Bangsar Shopping Centre


On a bright Saturday morning, the rag tag team decided to head out to Bangsar Shopping Centre for some dim sum. Initially, we intended to go to Ming Room, but in a spur of the moment, decided to try something we have not tried before. We did NOT regret that decision. For the quality of dim sum in Grand Imperial turned out to be quite splendid. 
Being a loyal fan of Tim Ho Wan’s baked BBQ buns, we started of with these, as it was also not common to find these on a Malaysian dim sum menu. The buns in Grand Imperial had a nice taste to it, but fell short of the towering standards of Tim Ho Wan’s legendary baked buns, as the crust was a bit too thick and not as crunchy. But there were still nice.
For the first time I felt compelled to describe egg tarts as “tender”, but that was exactly how they were. The egg filling in the centre was so soft to the point of being tender, the crust was flaky and good but not extraordinary. Still the egg tart was a winner for me.
Next came the chee cheong fun (rice roll with bbq pork filling). The silkiness and smoothness of the rice roll was indescribably, you can literary slurp up the rice rolls. It was that smooth. Another definite winner for me and also for the grandmother, who sneakily ate up most of it!
Do not be deceived by this ordinary looking bowl of porridge. We ordered the “Tang Chai” porridge, which basically means a hodgepodge of ingredients all put into the porridge. The porridge was very flavorful, especially with the small strips of ham as one of the ingredients. This is what the Japanese would call lovely umami! The porridge itself was also super smooth, not even a grain of rice can be seen.
The fried yam cake and siew mai from Grand Imperial were both also very good. There were very generous with the siew mai toppings, as it seemed like it will overflow anytime. Each siew mai also had quite a large prawn inside it.
On the down side, for the siew long pau in Grand Imperial, have probably tasted better, as the skin was a bit thick. But each bite still came with mouthful of soup!
For desserts we ordered the osmanthus jelly, it was light and refreshing but again fell short of one of the best osmanthus jelly I have ever tasted, that is from Tim Ho Wan. Short of taking a flight to Hong Kong, this had just got to do for now.
All prices were between RM 8 – 11 for each dish of dim sum, with exception of larger dishes like the glutinous rice or noodles that were priced higher. Good dim sum all around except for one or two near misses. But to add we did go back to Grand Imperial a second time to eat their dim sum, some items did not come out as before (for example the egg tart), so there maybe a slight consistency issue. 
Overall rating:
Food: 4/5
Bang for buck: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Would you recommend this restaurant to a good friend: Yes !
Grand Imperial (Non Halal)
Lot T5, 3rd Floor, Bangsar Shopping Centre, No 285, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya, 59000, KL
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