If you are looking for big-sized and homemade dumplings when visiting Pottinger Street, Sam Tor is the restaurant you should go.
Although the storefront is not big, you will not miss it because its name is printed big in yellow with a red background. The interior is simply painted in white and light yellow. It is crowded with booths and stools. The servers are efficient and hard-working. Since the restaurant is always heavily packed, they deliver the orders very quickly and accurately. However, they would not have time to give recommendations. Rather, they will honestly tell you to pay the bill and leave as soon as you finish.
There are 18 types of toppings available at Sam Tor. You can choose one to three toppings from the Chinese menu including dumplings, wontons, mushrooms and dace fish balls. If you want to try something exceptional, you can pick the fresh goose intestines, fresh pig livers or fresh beef stomachs. There is a noodle choice of rice vermicelli, rice noodles and egg noodles. The noodles are available in soup or with soy sauce. |
The wonton soup noodles come in huge portions. There are four to five big, freshly made wontons on top of the noodles. The wontons are as big as ping pong.The wonton skins are so silky that they slip on tongues. When you bite into the wontons, you can feel the juice and soup gushing out. The filling is so rich that you can taste the shrimps in each mouthful.
Another specialty of this restaurant is the dace fish balls. Their size is similar to golf balls. The fish meat is very springy as if it could be used in a table tennis game. Yet, the fish balls are overly seasoned with pepper. |
If you do not want to have noodles, you can also simply order the toppings, but they only provide goose intestines., beef stomachs, pig livers, beef briskets, deep fried wontons, dace fish balls and deep fried chicken wings.
When visiting Sam Tor during lunch hours on weekdays, you should spare more waiting time because there is always a long queue of nearby workers outside the eatery. Address: G/F, 30 Pottinger Street, Central, Hong Kong Phone: 2801 6352 Opening hours: 8am – 8pm Monday – Sunday Price range: $30 - $72 Payment method: Cash only |