Marigold Yum Cha

Monday, 20 Sep 10

I must apologise in advance for my poor understanding of Chinese, especially when it comes to Yum Cha. You see, being mostly vietnamese, my family tends to take a gesture approach – we know our favourites, and we know what they look like. Apart from my dad, who knows how to give directions in Chinese. So when Ms. Smurfette, Ms. Dory and Ms. Belle and I went out to Marigold for yum cha to celebrate mid-semester break, I was pretty much no use. Except for the gesturing part. Thank goodness for Ms. Dory.

We started with pork xiao long bao, which while not quite as delicate as the wrappers from say, Din Tai Fung, was still a lovely savoury burst of soup in our ravenous mouths, though not to Ms. Smurfette’s liking (she doesn’t like pork). This was followed swiftly by such dim sum as har gau, both the seafood and prawn versions, fried tofu, eggplant and capsicum topped with a prawn past, and a sort of fried pork pie, egg-shaped and deliciously crispy on the outside, though it may have been better if it was hotter.

My favourite, cheong fun, also made an appearance, though I do prefer the one at Vinh Hao in Cabramatta, which seems to have a more tender rice noodle wrap and stronger sauce. Marigold’s was pretty good though.

At this point, a waiter appeared to clear some of the dishes away. “Can I take this away?”, gesturing at the empty dishes. We nodded. Then he pointed at my camera, “And this?”. I lunged for my beautiful dSLR. No way!

This was probably one of the favourite savoury dishes of the day, it appears to be the rice noodle wrapper of the cheong fun, with added shallots and fried on the spot until crisp on the outside, but still silky on the inside. Served with a peanut and rich soy sauce, it disappeared pretty quickly.

Finally, some chow mein fried with bean sprouts and shallots and sesame oil rounded out out stomachs and made them ready for dessert!

Mango pancakes are something Tim introduced me to one year at CNY. Filled with cream, and juicy mango slices, and encased in a thin, almost apt to burst pancake, these reminded everyone of those ubiquitous signs of summer – Weiss bars! Definitely one of my favourite yum cha sweet treats.

Mango pudding was ordered for Ms. Smurfette, who happily shared it with the rest of the table. Smothered in condensed milk, it was possibly not as sweet and soft as we may have preferred , but the mango flavour was definitely there.

Finally, almost full to bursting point, we could not resist teasing Ms. Belle with egg tarts, all flaky shells and sweet eggy custard. This was unfortunately not to Ms. Smurfette’s liking either, but Ms. Dory, Ms. Belle and I gobbled down these warm treats without a second thought. Then we rolled away, dSLR safe and sound, and only a gesture required to clear the bill, find directions to the bathroom and exit. Just as yum cha should be.

Marigold Restaurant

Levels 5, 683-689 George Street

Sydney, NSW, 2000

Telephone: 9281 3388

Yum Cha available from 10 am-3 pm everyday.

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5 Comments

1. Everyone seems to end yum cha with egg tarts
   I always end it with the mango pancake XD

   Comment by Lil — September 20, 2010 @ 7:27 am

2. Yum cha looks great. And I’m always impressed by the extra garnish of snow peas on the har cheong fun at Marigold!

   Comment by Helen (grabyourfork) — September 20, 2010 @ 1:33 pm

3. If the waiter asks “can I take this” and points at your money, what do you do?

   Marigold is always a favourite as are the desserts (mango never goes out of fashion…). Bit pricey though, compared to more regional offerings

   I vote New Shanghai for xiao long bao =)

   Chris: I call up the ninja to protect me and my money? ;)

   Comment by the ninja — September 20, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

4. Marigold holds some special memories for me – I literally have been going there forever!

   Comment by mademoiselle délicieuse — September 20, 2010 @ 8:00 pm

5. Your photos are so clear – it’s a good thing you protected your camera from the evil clutches of the waiter!

   Comment by OohLookBel — September 22, 2010 @ 3:20 pm

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