Contrary to popular belief, I don’t have dimsum every day even though I currently live in the land of dimsum. I usually go for dimsum only when I have visitors. I went to Celestial Court at Sheraton Hotel when my friend, R, was visiting in early Dec. He’s the same friend I went to Bo Innovations and Tastings Wine Bar with. Every time we meet up, all we do is eat.
As he had a voucher to be used at the Sheraton Hotel where he was staying, we decided to use it for dimsum.


I liked the tea light placed under the tea pot to keep the tea warm. I thought that was a nice touch.


This plate of spring rolls wasn’t ordered by me. I usually order the steamed items only. But R had to have his spring rolls. I call it his typical American behaviour! Haha. Anyway he ate all of it. I wasn’t going to waste calories on those spring rolls.


Pork dumpling (siew mai 烧卖) the usual suspect, topped with crab roe.


Plump and fluffy roast pork buns (char siew bao 叉烧包)


Prawn dumplings (Har Gow 虾饺)


Some fried radish cakes and slices of lotus root which I actually enjoyed more than the radish cake. It was like eating chips!


This isn’t a regular on dimsum menus so we decided to give it a try. I can’t remember its name but it had a piece of chicken and a slice of Chinese mushroom wrapped in fish maw and then put to steam. It was light yet tasty and full of the ingredients’ natural flavours.


Claypot beef brisket with rice flour rolls (牛腩肠粉). The was really tasty but probably best eaten after eating the other steamed dimsum that are lighter in flavour.


The pièce de résistance which even came in its individual mini bamboo steamer. The bottom orange bit you see is a thin slice of carrot with Chinese mushroom sitting on it. The Chinese mushroom is in turn stuffed with chicken, topped with scallop, sea urchin and bonito flakes. OK, it all sounds very good, but actually I think the raw sea urchin was a bit wasted in this. Its natural sweetness was lost among all the other flavours dancing on your palate as you bite into the piece. A tad disappointing.


We also had steamed fish head in black bean sauce. Nothing like eating the cheeks!


Fancy mango pudding with the gold leaf shreds. Nothing to rave about. Frankly any normal dessert shop in HK could do one just as good.


Black sesame pudding topped with gold leaf shreds as well. All I can say is that the gold is more nicely contrasted in this than the mango pudding. Again, the taste was mediocre and isn’t something I’d bother to order if I were to go there again.
Overall it was a pretty good dining experience and service was good. But for now, once is enough as there are many other dimsum restaurants to check out!
Celestial Court
Sheraton Hotel
20 Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong
Tel: + 852 2369 1111