Chapter 6

Venue: Tao Yuen Dim Sum

Tao Yuen dim sum is very well known for it's 'Liu Sha Bao'  which is a bun  or more precisely 'bao' in chinese which has cream (I am not sure what's the exact word for that) made of salted egg yolk in it. The cream is just like those cream of corn 'bao' which we often eat. The 'liu sha bao' taste very good and special as it's my first time having such a 'bao' but my friend told me there are many other places selling this kind of 'bao' but just that Tao Yuen is more famous.

The yellow cream is 'Liu sha bao' while the purplish cream is the Yam 'bao'

I guess the origin of the name of the 'bao' came from the way the cream of the 'bao' tasted and felt in our mouth. In chinese, Firstly,'Liu' means flow literally which you can see when you have your first bite on the 'bao' and the cream starts to flow out of the 'bao' like some kind of juice and thus, my advice is do not take too big of a bite on the 'bao' or else the cream will be everywhere and will look messy. Secondly, 'sha' in chinese means sand. You will experience as if there are fine sand in your mouth due to the salted egg yolk cream. So that's my guess of the name of the 'bao' but that's just my guess, for the original story you need to ask the owner himself.  Other than 'liu sha bao' there is also another 'bao' which is similar to the previous but the cream is made of yam this time. I do not know the name of this 'bao' but the smell of the cream is very nice and it taste as good as the previous 'bao' that I introduced too.
















For the normal dim sum dish, they tasted okay but there's nothing special about them. Just like normal dim sum dishes that you can eat at other dim sum shop. So my recommendation is go to the shop to eat the  'liu sha bao' and the Yam 'bao' but you can also order the dim sum dishes if you like as they are not bad.





Overall: 8/10

Review: The reason I gave 8/10 for this shop is mainly because of the two 'bao' that I mentioned earlier but another reason is because of this shop environment. Although it is a dim sum shop, it does not feel so cramp and noisy although there are many customers there. Those who often dine in dim sum restaurant will know what I mean. You can visit their website at www.taoyuen.com.my to find out more about their food.


Location: It's hard to explain the location by words because you cannot see the shop by the main road. it's like in the middle of a housing area. For those of you who know where is Taman Peringgit Jaya, then you should know there is a Petronas petrol station in that area. Tao yuen dim sum restaurant is just situated near there. I will leave their shop address here : 377, Jalan Melor 1, Taman Peringgit Jaya,75400, Melaka. The map to their restaurant is available at their website which I mentioned above.