Tim Ho Wan
Dim sum restaurant · Soho ·
Michelin-starred dim sum featuring barbecue pork buns
Michelin-starred dim sum featuring barbecue pork buns
"I note that Tim Ho Wan began in 2009 when chefs Mak Kwai Pui and Leung Fai Keung opened a 20-seat dim sum parlor in a Mong Kok, Kowloon storefront; it quickly earned a Michelin star in 2010 and became widely billed as “the world’s most inexpensive Michelin star restaurant,” after which the founders expanded the concept across Hong Kong and internationally." - Guy Martin
"I've learned that this Michelin-starred restaurant from Hong Kong, founded by chef‑owners Mak Kwai Pui and Leung Fai Keung and first opened in Mong Kok in 2009 (earning a Michelin star within a year and dubbed the “world’s most reasonable Michelin-starred restaurant”), is set to debut Sept. 29 at the Palms in a 5,055-square-foot space seating 200. While it retains many originals—Cantonese favorites like barbecue pork buns, rice rolls, pan-fried turnip cakes, sui mai (steamed dumplings), har gow (shrimp dumplings) and steamed egg cake—the Palms location adds new dishes such as wagyu bundles with apples and mushrooms; shrimp toast with truffles and foie gras; and rice rolls stuffed with steamed lobster and Chinese black bean sauce. The bar highlights Japanese whiskies and traditional Chinese spirits including baijiu, and there’s a tea program featuring Chinese flavors like lychee black tea and Hong Kong‑style coffee milk tea. The restaurant will occupy a new space that connects the west parking garage to the casino." - Susan Stapleton
"Planned to open in September, this Michelin-starred Hong Kong dim-sum restaurant will occupy a 5,055-square-foot space as part of the Palms’ west casino expansion, housed in a new area that connects the west parking garage to the casino. The original Tim Ho Wan, founded in 2009 in Mong Kok by Mak Kwai Pui (formerly a chef at three-Michelin-star Lung King Heen) and Leung Fai Keung, earned a Michelin star within a year and was dubbed the “world’s most reasonable Michelin-starred restaurant.” The menu highlights classic dim sum such as barbecue pork buns, rice rolls, pan-fried turnip cakes, sui mai (steamed dumplings), har gow (shrimp dumplings), and steamed egg cake, and Mak plans to create a special dish just for the Palms location." - Susan Stapleton
"The hole-in-the-wall maiden outlet of Tim Ho Wan, a dim sum chain, was awarded a Michelin star in 2010." - Michelin Guide Digital-Hong Kong Macau
"I note that Tim Ho Wan earned a Michelin star after opening in 2009 in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district and has since expanded to almost 50 locations in nine countries (including two in New York City, one in Hawaii, and another slated to open in Long Beach). Co-founded by Mak Kwai Pui (formerly a chef at the three-Michelin-star Lung King Heen) and Leung Fai Keung, the restaurant refers to itself as “the world’s most inexpensive Michelin-awarded dim sum restaurant.” The menu highlights mentioned include barbecue pork buns, rice rolls, pan-fried turnip cakes, sui mai (steamed dumplings), har gow (shrimp dumplings), and steamed egg cake, and Mak plans to create a special dish just for the Palms location; the Palms site is described as a 5,055-square-foot Cantonese dim sum restaurant in the resort’s new western-side casino expansion with a planned third-quarter 2019 opening." - Susan Stapleton
