Luk Yu Tea House, Kuala Lumpur

Feast Floor, Star Hill Gallery, 181 Jalan Bukit Bintang T. 2782 3850

The folks at Star Hill have carved out its basement floor and given it a complete makeover. Filled with swanky restaurants, a walk through the Feast Floor, as its called, feels like a walk through a treasure trove of restaurants – from Middle Eastern to Thai, Chinese to Italian. Its simply gorgeous and comes complete with funky toilets (must check out!!!).

We decided to drop by Luk Yu for its dim sum and also because it was the busiest of all the restaurants there. They have a halal menu which means that all the traditional dim sum selection is made from either chicken, beef or seafood. It was well done and didn’t detract from the flavour inspite of the substitutions. We tried an array of items: carrot cake (top), cheong fun (steamed rice noodle rolls), chicken char siew baos (steamed chicken buns) and even a beef noodle soup. A nice lunch stop while shopping along Bukit Bintang.