Dim Sum at Kini Hotel

Hello! I'm back! I'm back!

What a long absence! I was gonna publish this post in the middle of September (and it's December now!). Something was not right. -_- Stressing over things that are not even worth my time does affect my moods. I haven't been happy so I can't write. Bunch of things going on in my life right now. Maybe I am being too much but I feel like this is probably the 'down' in my life while actually it's the 'up' I'm supposed to be happy about. Too much thoughts taking control of my brain. I'm worried. I'm afraid. They're distracting me, making frowns on my face. I hope things will turn out well eventually.

I told you before that I wanted to write a review about something, remember? Finally it's up! One Sunday in September I went for a dim sum at Kini Hotel with a friend and thought I can write something about it.

September 2015 was my first dim sum experience ever so everything was new for me (I'm so late, aren't I?). Kini Hotel itself is already well known for years for their dim sum. Why did I just try it? Simply because what comes to my mind when you say dim sum is steamed food, such as dumpling, shumai, mantou etc. I've tried these many many times before and thought the ones in Kini Hotel shouldn't be much different (in fact they were totally different *shame on me*). Besides, I don't really follow what's trending. You may assume I'm stingy but I don't care how many people have been to a luxury / big restaurant or hotel for the same food I can get at other places or cafes with more reasonable price (unless I can afford it hahaha). Another thing, I'm kinda lazy to get dressed up only for eating purpose. lol. You most likely don't expect me to wear a random t-shirt, shorts and flip flops in a luxury restaurant, do you?

Alright. Once I hit the restaurant all I could see was people everywhere and it felt like I was attending a wedding party. FYI, the restaurant itself is commonly used to celebrate certain occasions/events, for instance birthday and wedding party. They also set the tables as how they normally will do on wedding party and had some wedding decorations from previous event left in the restaurant too. They had big round red tables and small square ones for 4. The dim sum itself is only available until 2 PM (my friend told me if I'm not mistaken) so you better come earlier if you don't wanna miss it.

Thank God I came along with a friend who's a dim sum expert to guide and help a dim sum virgin like me (ok my other friend made up this term) on how to order or choose the food. It could've been awkward if I came by myself, really. Having said this, I feel like I've been living in Mariana Trench all these years. Why did I not know such thing, eh?

I don't know the names of the food ordered. Don't put all the blames on me, they were not written on the carts. LOL. Though they must be written clearly on the bill but ... my friend had it. *lack of information* *cries* So I provided some pictures below ~

I randomly ordered it only because I found it unique visually. It looked pretty simple like a piece of tissue with chicken (the orange color) filling. definitely ordering this on my next visit.

I've tried this countless times already and I don't know what I was thinking that day to have picked it.

Superb crispy balls! My friend recommended this. it's fried bread with shrimp in it. I fell in love at first sight.

Everything we ordered was super good and I loved loved 'em! Too bad, for the beverage they only had iced tea and a pot of warm Chinese tea that can be refilled as much as you desire with no extra charges. I wish they provided more options instead of these two? I disliked the somewhat bitter taste of the Chinese tea too... Err .. Meanwhile, the price was quite reasonable. Only IDR 145.000,- for these all.