I Heart Dumplings

Morsels of goodness - I love dim sum but am always found frustrated, almost violently so, about the lack of decent place in Perth to enjoy some well made dumplings (though I have found a pretty decent place recently which I will blog about down the track)...

In Melbourne however, the availability of good yum cha isn't lost in this food capital of the nation. Whilst some of these might be found in Chinatown... some really fantastic, made to order dim sum can be found in the suburbs.

Purple Sands is a relatively small chinese restaurant located in the leafy suburb of Camberwell (where that ridiculously talented actor Geoffrey Rush lives). Almost too unassuming from the outside as it sits next to an even more unassuming laundromat - the quality of the food and especially the dumplings here is pretty darn surprising.

Everything is made to order here - which is a huge difference to the mass produced gluggy stuff that have become so common around places that continue to draw the crowds (for some reason that continues to baffle me). Call me a dumpling snob - but the quiet, out of the way nature of this very tasty yum cha joint makes this a hidden gem.

Purple Sands
180 Camberwell Road
Hawthorn East

Hong Kong: Chinese Morsels

There’s a lot that I like about Wang Fu, located in Central. The food is fast, hot, tasty and affordable. This unpretentious eatery is a great place to go to if you’re craving for Chinese dumplings… the pork, scallop and yellow chive dumplings were great and definitely worth coming back for. We were somewhat disappointed with the noodle dishes we ordered, which lacked flavour. There is however an extensive menu of Northern Chinese bites which I’ll love to try next time I’m back in town.

Wang Fu

98A Wellington Street

Central, Hong Kong