Recommendation pls: kid-friendly dim sum?

[cromasaig]

Any of you have a suggestion for an informal (ie, toddler friendly and cheap) dim sum place that we could try with the Young Masters Crom tomorrow lunch?

[nev]

Yum Cha in Chinatown (Temple Street)

Have a good one

[Kooky]

I love Yum Cha in Chinatown but I wonder if somewhere like Din Tai Fung (Paragon, Raffles City) might be better for their first dim sum experience? Less evidence of chicken feet, etc.

Yum Cha's on the corner of Temple and Trengganu BTW. Upstairs. nev - do they still do trolley service on a weekend?

[nev]

Yup trolley service Authentic dim sum experience... not really dim sum without the trolleys.

[Aliya]

Crystal Jade, Holland Village. YUMMMMMMMMMM

[Scrummy Mummy]

Hmmm, I seem to recall that Old Mike recommends Yum Cha a lot, so maybe you'll get to meet him!

Have fun! Dim sum are the just the right size for throwing

[slinky]

Yum Cha is quite yummy - last time I was there on a weekend for lunch there was a big queue, so be prepared if you go there. Crom, we used to (and still do) take the slinkies to Din Tai Fung at Paragon -- back when they were the age of yours we lived close enough to walk, so it was a frequent lunch outing for us. They'll give you plastic bowls and spoons for them there. Seems like there was not much there for them to drink as I recall, so bring sippy cups of something.

[Kooky]

Hmmm, I seem to recall that Old Mike recommends Yum Cha a lot, so maybe you'll get to meet him!

Have fun! Dim sum are the just the right size for throwing

Or maybe Old Mike is here in a different guise.

Never know who you'll bump into in DTF.

[slinky]

Never know who you'll bump into in DTF.

So true -- especially when you've moved away from Singapore and are back for a visit......

[Morrolan]

we were actually pleasantly surprised with the quality of yum cha in Melbourne... and we eat it often (relatively speaking when considering we're not in Singers) and had it many, many times when Fyn was expecting young master M., as it was 'a craving'... there's a great place on Chapel Street and a fantastic restaurant in Brighton that does traditional yum cha on Sunday afternoons.

[cromasaig]

Thanks everyone for the recommendations. We decided to play it safe and go for Din Tai Fung, which was as close to successful as you get with two under twos. They pretty much just ate egg fried rice while we did our best to do justice to the rest.

Before that we went to the Korean exhibition at SAM, which had some really interesting stuff.

[Lili Von Shtupp]

I love the SAM, I think it's highly underrated.

Sorry I didn't chime in with dim sum suggestions, but glad it went well!

[slinky]

Crom - did you have the young masters crom at the SAM with you? How'd that go? Maybe I should put it on the list of things to do when the in-laws get here - I know they'd love it, it's just the two 5-year-olds I was wondering about.....

[cromasaig]

Yes, we did. We were there at opening time (10am), so we were the only people there, which makes a big difference. They seemed tolerant of kids, and they have a special part of the museum for young kids, although we didn't have time to visit it - we're planning to go back next weekend.

Should be easily achievable with the slinkies I'd have thought. The building is really beautifully restored, so I think visitors would get a lot out of it.

If you can get there while the Korean exhibit is on, then do. One of the artists does digital versions of traditional Japanese (as they look to me, but Korean I guess) paintings that move and change. Sounds gimmicky, but worked surprisingly well in most cases, and the kids loved them. Think of it as particularly highbrow telly...