For those who loves dimsum and enjoys buffet at the same time, I’m sure it must have crossed your mind that someone should really come up with buffet style dimsum.
Well, Dorsett Grand Subang (formerly Sheraton) does just that, on every Sunday and Public Holiday, you can get eat-all-you-can dimsum brunch at The Emperor Chinese Restaurant. We had the luxury of sampling the spread at this five star hotel recently.
Emperor Chinese Restaurant, Dorsett Grand Subang
Dorsett is located just behind Sime Darby Medical Centre, accessible via Federal Highway, and while traffic can get a bit ugly during rush hours, you shouldn’t expect any trouble during Sunday/Public Holiday brunch hours.
Interior decoration isn’t the most modern nor overly antiquated, tables and chairs are nice and comfortable, but I’m not too into those carpet on the floor.
Anyway, lets talk about the food instead.
our dimsum spread, of course to be shared
For RM 60++ per person (RM 30++ if you’re over 60, or between 5-12; 5 below eats free), the spread is certainly commendable. There are over a dozen different types of steamed dimsum for your choosing.
The usual suspects are all available, har kau, siu mai, fish ball, phoenix’s claws, ribs, char siu pau, shrimp chee cheong fun, pan fried vegetable pau, steamed chicken wings, and various other types of dumplings too.
This is a pork free establishment, but I must say that the chefs did a fine job in preserving the essence of dimsum taste despite not using pork. The major ingredients here are prawns, chicken, and in a few dishes, beef.
deep fried items, soup, desserts, and more
If deep fried items is what you crave, they have deep fried prawn rolls with cheese (yes they ooze out!), yam puff with BBQ chicken (instead of pork), sui kok, shrimp dumpling, egg tart (super soft), baked century egg with pickled ginger in pastry, and sesame balls. There is also a decent selection of desserts as well, these include peanut soup, cakes, mango pudding, herbal jelly (my favorite), and Chinese pan-cake.
the wu kok, or yam pastry, turned out to be pretty good despite having chicken and yam as the substitute to the traditionally pork and yam filling.
bean curd, oyster, brocolli, prawns, deep fried fish, noodle
Those who want a bit of a departure to dim sum can opt for main dishes as well. While the exact dishes may vary from week to week, there’ll usually be noodle, poultry, meat, bean curd, vegetables, and at least two seafood dishes. I only tried the broccoli and bean curd this session, and was not disappointed.
wantan soup, fried pau, yong tau foo, chicken charsiu pau
Last but not least, there’s also a “live action” barbecue stall stationed within the restaurant where you can get roast duck, roast chicken, and chicken chasiu, all served with traditional condiments. The roast duck wasn’t exactly the standard you’ll find at places such as Loong Foong or Sunrise, but they are more than decent.
KY, Haze, Umei, Josen, Derek, Chris, & Elaine at Dorsett Grand Subang
For those who have a healthy appetite and long for a slow and sumptuous dimsum dinner on a lazy Sunday morning, The Emporer at Dorsett  Grand Subang certainly won’t be a disappointment. I think it is also a very good location if you have guests who prefer a pork free meal. RM 60++ is pretty fair for what you get.
Furthermore, for those with kids, there’s a sort of “day care” activities going on right outside the restaurant, with clown and such to keep your kids entertained while you attack the buffet line.
Address:
The Emperor
Dorsett Grand Subang
Jalan SS12/1,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.079211, 101.595999
Tel: 03-5031 6060 ext 1954
Hours: Sundays & Public Holidays 10 am – 2:30 pm
wa…hor mia lor. monday no need to work eat dimsum buffet 😛
LT: haha that was sunday la wei
So many choices, but i really wonder how many can one really eat in dim sum buffet? 😛
Ken: the 15 year old me would eat twice as much as I could now. lol
Great after so many Ramadan buffet 😛
Choi Yen: haha yah, I guess people are starting to get ramadan buffet fatigue
ooo, quite a wide spread also. and yay, since it’s at a hotel, can order a nice bottle of prosecco to guzzle while gobbling the har gau. perfect public holiday! 😀
Sean: that’s not too much to ask for kan? hahaha.
we ate soooo much! Really excellent dimsum! Can’t believe it’s halal too.. good hor? 🙂
ciki: pork free dimsum has really came a long way isn’t it?
well, i very miss those buffet food now~ T.T
MrLonely: time to eat!
Slurpssss!!!! There’s a Dorsett in KL too, right? I wonder if they have such dim sum buffets there too… I wish they would not serve the western desserts though – the carrot and chocolate cakes, in keeping with the Chinese theme.
suituapui: yes there’s one in KL too but I think the buffet dimsum is only at Subang. I guess the two cakes provide good options for those who wants variety. 😀
KY, when you wrote buffet is it really you pick from menu all you can eat? No limited at all? I like this place for no pork in it. It place I would try when in Malaysia next time.
Vickie: we picked it from the buffet line, not from the menu, they’re all on the buffet line. There’s no need to order.
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